Two major US news outlets announced the splits on the same day.
Today, two American TV news channels got rid of their popular faces.
Fox News, favored by conservatives, announced that Tucker Carlson Tonight would not host the show Tucker Carlson no longer employed by the channel.
On the other hand, CNN, which pleases the liberal population, announced that the morning program CNN This Morning had hosted Don Lemon has been dismissed.
Carlson received embarrassing attention in connection with the lawsuit
According to Fox News, the channel and Carlson “have agreed to part ways.”
Less than a week ago, Fox News and voting equipment manufacturer Dominion agreed to $1.6 billion in damages over unsubstantiated election fraud allegations made at Fox.
Fox News had to pay for lies that Dominion used its voting machines to change the 2020 election result Joe Biden for.
The messages published in the evidence in the lawsuit between Dominion and Fox News revealed that Tucker Carlson, among others, knew he was spreading lies. Carlson’s messages criticizing Trump to his colleagues were embarrassing for the TV company.
Carlson has been one of Fox News’ most popular hosts since 2016. According to Fox News, Carlson’s last show aired on Friday.
Lemon caused outrage with his comment about women getting older
CNN (you will switch to another service) To Don Lemon the firings came to light when Lemon shared them on Twitter. He managed to work at the channel for 17 years.
According to Lemon, CNN did not tell him about the firings personally, but he heard about them from his agent. According to CNN, Lemon was offered the opportunity to meet in person.
CNN has not said the reason for the firings, but Lemon caused a stir some time ago with his comment about the aging of women.
– A woman is at her best in her 20s, 30s or maybe 40s, Lemon said when the program discussed the Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s comment on checking the health status of presidential candidates over the age of 75.
Haley is 51 years old. Lemon later apologized for his comment.
After the news of the firing, Haley posted a tweet saying it was a good day for all women.