For nearly as long as Tucker Carlson has appeared on Fox News, PolitiFact has been fact-checking claims he made during the network’s broadcasts.
Our fact-checking of Carlson will likely continue, but his affiliation with Fox News will not. The network said April 24 that it and Carlson "agreed to part ways."
According to AdWeek's TVNewser, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the second most-watched cable news program in 2022, drawing about 3.3 million viewers on average. When Fox News viewers tune in at 8 p.m. ET — the usual start of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" — they will see not Carlson, but "an interim show" hosted by other Fox News personalities.
Carlson’s last show was April 21. He gave no warning then of his abrupt exit.
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On April 21, Carlson closed his show by saying, "We’ll be back on Monday. In the meantime, have the best weekend with the ones you love, and we’ll see you then." (The Internet Archive)
"Tucker Carlson Tonight" began in 2016, but Carlson’s connection with Fox News started earlier. He co-hosted "Fox & Friends Weekend" from 2012 to 2016.
The announcement of Carlson’s departure came less than a week after Fox News reached a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that supplies voting technology used in nearly 30 states. Dominion sued Fox News for defamation, arguing that the network and its hosts — including Carlson — had broadcast numerous false claims about Dominion’s technology.
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