The Fox News producer behind the controversial chiron that called President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” parted ways with the right-wing network two days after the scandal.
The sources said the daily beast On Thursday, Alexander McCaskill, the former editorial director of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” was not hired by Rupert Murdoch’s empire.
Abby Grossberg, the former producer of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” defended the repetition of McCaskill’s name, saying the show had a misogynistic and toxic culture. Ms. Grossberg claims that Mr. McCaskill “looked down” on her and discriminated against her because she is Jewish.
It’s unclear whose decision to part ways was, and Fox News has yet to comment on the news. the independent Fox News has been contacted for comment.
However, Tucker Carlson, who was fired from the network in April after 14 years after settling $787 million with Dominion Voting Systems in a lawsuit related to promoting Donald Trump’s 2020 election lies, said in his latest video “Tucker on Twitter.” On Thursday, the “women who run the network panicked” and “scolded the producer who put the banner on the screen” about Chiron.
“Within 24 hours, he resigned. He has been at Fox for over a decade,” she said.
“He was considered one of the most talented people in the building. Usually he would offer to stay for two weeks, but Fox told him to clear his desk and leave immediately.
Carlson, who continues to defy his former employer’s cease and desist letter in his new Twitter series, later tried to suggest that the claim about Biden was accurate.
“Of course Joe Biden is not a dictator. The fact that he is trying to jail the other candidate for life for a crime he committed does not mean that he has dictatorial impulses. That’s ridiculous!”. he said sarcastically.
“It takes more to earn the title of ‘wannabe dictator’ than jail your political rivals.
It was McCaskill, a longtime producer, who reportedly penned the network’s Kyron during Trump’s post-trial speech, branding Biden a “wannabe dictator” who was trying to “arrest his political rival.”
The right-wing network was the only major cable news network to carry the former president’s speech from his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey on Tuesday night.
As Trump’s comments aired (he continued to make unsubstantiated claims and attacks on Biden), the network surprised viewers with an on-screen headline.
On a split screen, Chiron appeared, showing Biden delivering a speech from the White House on one side and Trump delivering his speech from New Jersey on the other: “Would-be dictator speaks in White House after arresting political rival. ”.
Fox News’ Chiron Calls Biden ‘Wanting Dictator’ As Trump Downplays Accusations of Mishandling Nuclear Secrets
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A day after the news aired, Fox News said in a statement: “Chiron was immediately removed and addressed.”
Chiron sparked an uproar on social media, with many observers urging Biden to sue the network, while others said Fox News had proven his status as a spokesperson for the Republican campaign.
The White House condemned the move, and press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre responded to a question on the matter during a briefing on Wednesday.
“There are probably 787,000,000 things I could say about this. It’s wrong,” she said, referring to Dominion’s $787 million deal.
Fox News’ outlandish claim echoed the words of Trump, who falsely claimed his political rival was behind the federal charges he now faces.
In a speech Tuesday night, the former president reiterated these claims, calling the case against him “an extremely vicious and egregious abuse of power” by Biden.
“This day is infamous, and Joe Biden will always be remembered as the most corrupt president in our nation’s history, but more importantly, perhaps the president along with his close group of thugs, misfits, and Marxists who tried to destroy American democracy. Trump said. saying.
Biden has repeatedly denied any involvement in the investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith. Meanwhile, Trump has been known to try to subvert democracy by refusing to accept the defeat of the Democratic Party in the 2020 election.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump appeared in federal court in Miami, becoming the first former president of the United States to be charged with a federal crime.
After leaving the White House, he pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges related to his handling of classified documents, including national security information.
The indictment, unsealed on Friday (June 9), accused Trump of deliberately lying and misleading officials in order to gain possession of classified documents.
Tucker Carlson in the Fox News studio
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On at least two separate occasions, Trump showed certain classified documents to people who were not authorized to see them, the indictment alleges.
Shocking photos revealed dozens of documents stored around a toilet, bathroom and ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago property.
The indictment includes 31 counts of intentional withholding of national security information and one count of false statements and representations, conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding of a document or record, corrupt concealment of a document, concealment of a federal investigation document. and an outline. Cover up.
Walt Nauta, a longtime Trump aide, was charged with six counts of obstruction and concealment after he allegedly helped move boxes of documents from Mar-a-Lago to Trump’s home and then lied to investigators. documents.
The two appeared in court together, but Mr. Nauta did not plead guilty because he did not have legal counsel in Florida.
