Fox News was under attack from liberals and its former chief executive Roger Ailes would have “never put up with this shit”, Tucker Carlson told his producer in new leaked video of the fired Fox star.
Describing a conversation with an unnamed female executive at the rightwing network, Carlson said: “I was like, she’s got a lot of liberals working over there. And, you know, they see this as war and we’re the main force on the other side.
“That’s crazy. If you’ve got pronouns in your Twitter bio, you shouldn’t work here because we can’t trust you because you’re on the other side.
“Just because you’re liberal doesn’t mean you did this. It does mean you shouldn’t work here. And Roger would never put up with this shit.”
Ailes built Fox News into a conservative political powerhouse but was fired in July 2016 after allegations of extensive sexual harassment. He died less than a year later.
Fox News has now been sued for gender discrimination by Abby Grossberg, a former producer who alleges that Carlson ran a workplace rife with misogyny, sexism, antisemitism and bullying. Fox has called the claims “unmeritorious” and “riddled with false allegations against the network and our employees”.
The video of Carlson discussing leaks and liberals was the latest published by Media Matters for America, a progressive watchdog, since the anchor was fired last month.
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