\u2026My <\/i><\/b>deal on the cable station runs until January 2025, I feel humiliated for been yanked off the air as part of the Dominion settlement, I will be suing for a breach of signed contract soon<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
*Vow: \u2018I am launching a new version of my show on Twitter which we have been doing for the last six-and-a-half years, I will anchor the program on cyber space with same staff, same known people who worked with me on my previous show\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n *\u201cFox employees, including Rupert Murdoch broke promises to Carlson intentionally and with reckless disregard for the truth. We are accusing Fox executives of making material representations, or promises, to Carlson that were intentionally broken, constituting fraud. Fox broke an agreement with Carlson not to leak his private communications to the media and not to use Carlson’s private messages to take any adverse employment action against him. Fox broke promises not to settle with Dominion Voting Systems in a way which would indicate wrongdoing on the part of Carlson and not to take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson’s reputation\u201d<\/b>-Carlson\u2019s lawyer Bryan Freedman writes Fox officials Viet Dinh and Irena Briganti<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n *Fox sends out a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters to stop publishing leaked Tucker Carlson videos<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n *BY SAMSON SHOAGA\/<\/b>GROUP MANAGING Editor<\/i><\/b> & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/<\/b>AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n TUCKER CARLSON, a former host of the show, \u2018Tucker Carlson Tonight\u2019 on prime time network of Fox News is threatening \u2018fire and brimstone\u2019 after been humiliated, yanked off the air two weeks ago by the Board of Directors and Editorial management of the television station after the company paid out a hefty amount of money to Dominion Voting System running into millions of dollars over the lies and fraudulent allegations made against digital electoral company regarding the 2020 election in the United States. The former television host is now alleging fraud against Fox corporation from the top of the management down, especially how he was disgraced when several videos of his sarcastic criticism of the station were leaked to other media outlets after his \u2018firing\u2019 unceremoniously. He is claiming his contract with Fox runs till 2025 and that he is not taking the matter lightly.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Carlson said he is launching a new show on Twitter, putting him on a potential collision course with Fox News, which ousted him last month while keeping him under contract.<\/b><\/p>\n \u201cStarting soon, we\u2019ll be bringing a new version of the show we\u2019ve been doing for the last six-and-a-half years to Twitter. We bring some other things too, which we’ll tell you about. But for now we’re just grateful to be here. Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others,\u201d<\/span> Mr. Carlson said in a video posted to the social-media platform Tuesday afternoon. <\/span><\/b>Former Fox News host will staff the program with people who worked on his previous show.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The embattled television anchor announced and would be bringing his show to Twitter. He accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract-and made a host of document demands that could precede legal action.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The aggressive letter from his lawyers to Fox positions Carlson to argue that the non-compete provision in his contract is no longer valid-freeing him to launch his own competing show or media enterprise.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson\u2019s lawyer writes Fox News counsel:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n According to a well worded letter written by Carlson\u2019s lawyer Bryan Freedman to Fox officials Viet Dinh and Irena Briganti, it reads:<\/span> \u201cFox employees, including Rupert Murdoch broke promises to Carlson intentionally and with reckless disregard for the truth. We are accusing Fox executives of making material representations, or promises, to Carlson that were intentionally broken, constituting fraud. Fox broke an agreement with Carlson not to leak his private communications to the media and not to use Carlson’s private messages to take any adverse employment action against him. Fox broke promises not to settle with Dominion Voting Systems in a way which would indicate wrongdoing on the part of Carlson and not to take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson’s reputation\u201d.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n The Twitter move would seem to technically violate Carlson’s contract with Fox, but his lawyers’ letter effectively holds that Fox breached the contract first.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson’s lawyers sent their letter before the broadcast journalist took to Twitter to announce his new show.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson, allegedly frustrated by being held to his contract, is preparing to unleash allies to pressure the network\u00a0 into letting him work for-or start- a right-wing rival. His contract runs until January 2025 and Fox News wants to keep paying him, which would prevent him from starting a competing show.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson already has gotten eye-popping offers from several right-wing outlets, and has talked to Elon Musk about working together.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Multiple outlets have reported on Carlson\u2019s redacted communications from pre-trial discovery documents and have suggested that they led to his ousting.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The letter also alleges Fox broke promises not to settle with Dominion Voting Systems “in a way which would indicate wrongdoing” on the part of Carlson and not to take any actions in a settlement that would harm Carlson’s reputation.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson was told by a member of the Fox board that he was taken off the air as part of the Dominion settlement.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n FOX REACTION:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter on Friday to Media Matters, the progressive watchdog, and its president, demanding that it take down embarrassing behind-the-scenes videos of Tucker Carlson attacking Fox News\u2019 streaming service and making crude remarks while joking with staff. The footage, published over the last week in a series of clips, comes in the wake of Carlson\u2019s abrupt firing at the right-wing network and as a steady drip of leaked text messages show the former primetime star making racist and denigrating comments.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The sternly worded letter from Fox Corporation lawyers said the \u201cunaired footage\u201d is its \u201cconfidential intellectual property\u201d and demanded Media Matters \u201ccease and desist from distribution, publication, and misuse of Fox\u2019s misappropriated proprietary footage, which you are now on notice was unlawfully obtained.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cReporting on newsworthy leaked material is a cornerstone of journalism,\u201d Media Matters President Angelo Carusone said in response to Fox\u2019s demand Friday. \u201cFor Fox to argue otherwise is absurd and further dispels any pretense that they\u2019re a news operation. Perhaps if I tell them that the footage came from a combination of WikiLeaks and Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, it will alleviate their concerns.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Carlson has not responded to CNN requests for comment about the footage.<\/b><\/p>\n The watchdog group published a video clip on Wednesday showing Carlson speaking to colleagues on set between broadcasts candidly discussing the deposition he gave in Dominion Voting Systems\u2019 defamation case against Fox. Carlson referred to a Dominion lawyer as a \u201cslimy little motherf**ker\u201d and confessed to his producer \u201cthe hate\u201d that he felt for him.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to feel that way. I think it\u2019s wrong. It\u2019s bad. It\u2019s totally bad for you to feel that way,\u201d Carlson said. \u201cBut that guy, he triggered the sh*t out of me.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The footage also showed Carlson trashing the right-wing network\u2019s streaming service Fox Nation, expressing frustration that the platform \u201csucks\u201d and complaining that it’s \u201cunbelievable\u201d shortcomings were a \u201cbetrayal\u201d of his efforts.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n In other clips, Carlson is seen talking about sex ahead of an on-camera interview with Fox Nation host Piers Morgan, saying \u201cIf we\u2019re going to talk about sex, I\u2019d love to hit some of the fine points of technique.\u201d<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n *Additional reports by CNN<\/b><\/p>\n CERTAINLY, Good journalism costs a lot of money. Without doubt, only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government. 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