Tuckered Out

Be careful what you wish for.

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Tucker Carlson in 2019. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The most pernicious figure in American cable news is finally unemployed.

Good riddance, Don Lemon.

I kid. He’s not who I mean—although Lemon is, allegedly, quite pernicious in his dealings with colleagues. And he is in fact unemployed.

You know who I mean.

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    Ben Connelly

    “ You can be as inflammatory and irresponsible as you like on Fox’s airwaves in promoting civic discord, but criticizing management in private emails that happen to get caught up in civil litigation is apparently a firing offense.”

    I have no problem with that honestly. We live in a capitalist country (a good thing, in my opinion), and it’s basically the rule in business that if you trash talk your boss and your employer you get fired. I wish more leftist media outlets practiced that rule.

    Shapiro would be great in that spot. Move Fox in a saner direction. I might even tune in occasionally and I hate cable TV.

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  2. MikeS

    Did you really refer to Kari Lake as the governor of Arizona?

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    1. Jackson Condrey

      It’s definitely a tongue in cheek reference.

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      Dave in Houston

      Well she says she won. Surely you don’t think she would lie about something like that!

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      1. MikeS

        Sorry, my irony detectors are...rusty.

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  3. James Morphew

    Mr. Catoggio's one-sided rants are starting to bore me. I am hoping for better from The Dispatch.

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  4. Kansasbirddog

    300-foot RV. square foot?

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    1. Pamwhitmore

      I can only assume they meant 30-foot, unless this is a never-before-seen behemoth that would never actually hit the road.

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    Mister D

    I remember when Carlson was a bowtie wearing modest conservative, then he got spanked on Crossfire, lost his job, and disappeared into the woods. When he emerged, he had ditched the neckwear for flannel and rebranded himself a populist. He's a phony through and through.

    What saddens me is that even though he lost his job, he'll still get the money owed to him and will almost certainly find a way to turn his public pantsing into further profit.

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    1. Christopher Lake

      I was starting to wonder if anyone, other than me, actually remembered the much more moderate, definitely conservative, but *not* angry populist, early days of Tucker Carlson. It's incredible to think of it now, after so many years of his populist re-branding, and all of his attendant lies and promotions of conspiracy theories, but back in the '90s, at least, Tucker was *such* a different voice, from what he eventually became, that it's still hard for me to understand and process his de-evolution.

      What a sadly shameless man. Maybe all of the Fox money helps him to sleep well at night. I hope not though, and I mean that. I'm not a vindictive person, but Tucker deserves many sleepless nights of serious self-reflection, regarding the *very real damage* that his media presence has done to the U.S., at least during his tenure as a Fox News show host.

      He has *knowingly convinced* so many people to believe so many lies and crazy conspiracies. Where is his shame? Does he have any? Again, maybe the money took care of that "problem" for him. I don't pretend to understand it. No one could *ever* pay me *any* amount of money to lie, and knowingly mislead people, and damage the country, as he has done, and I'm not morally grandstanding here, but just thinking in terms of simply being able to live with myself, and still respect myself, and be able to sleep at night.

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      Wj

      Even worse - he was born insanely rich and has never really had to work a day in his life.

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        Pterseus

        I was going to say there is something of the carelessness of people born with money about him.

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        Normb1442

        Hey, that's a plus to the MAGA people. Look at who they worship.

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    Kbroot

    I was hoping he’d move to Hungary like another pundit has.

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  8. Steve C

    Others have mentioned it , but I still find it fascinating that these geniuses at Fox have been gutted by their own texts and emails. Stupidity on an epic level.

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  9. Robert Weisman

    Really like to see some pics of Ray Epps’ 300-foot RV!

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    1. AJLiberty

      Isn't that the usual deep-state payoff?

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    2. Seth

      I had the same reaction!

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  10. Rblik

    I can't think of anyone of these crazies that finally got booted from FOX/MSNBC/CNN...that didn't quickly fade into irrelevance. OReilly and Olbermann were also supposed to be irreplaceable. The reality is they are totally replaceable. Always another loon thirsty for those media jobs and willing to say anything for ratings. I suspect FOX isn't done firing people either.

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    1. Dougrhon

      Olbermann never had a big audience. O'Reilly did.

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