Fox News contributor Liz Peek on Tucker Carlson's firing: “It just kind of makes everybody quake in their shoes a little bit. ... It rattled everybody's cage a little bit.”
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Fox News contributor Liz Peek on Tucker Carlson's firing: “It just kind of makes everybody quake in their shoes a little bit. ... It rattled everybody's cage a little bit.”
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From the April 25, 2023, edition of The Steve Gruber Show
LIZ PEEK (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): As far as I know, I didn't know anyone in the building who was prepared for this. I don't think Tucker Carlson was prepared for this. I mean, he signed off Friday, I believe, saying, I'll, you know, I'll see you next Monday. And that was that. So pretty shocking.
You know, I think obviously shocking because Tucker Carlson was such an enormous part of our prime-time lineup and had so many followers. So, you know, it just kind of makes everybody quake in their shoes a little bit.
But clearly, look, clearly stuff had come out in the course of the fact finding regarding the Dominion lawsuit that was not favorable for Fox and some of their personalities, including Tucker. And, you know, for a news organization to have an anchor who appears to have been telling audiences one thing and his pals quite another, that's not great. That's not great for your brand. It's not great for that news anchor. So, I'm not totally shocked, but boy, it did —yeah, it rattled everybody's cage a little bit.