ANCHORS AWAY! Tucker Carlson out at Fox and Don Lemon fired from CNN

By Stacy M. Brown

Two controversial news anchors at competing cable networks are out of jobs. On Monday, April 24, Fox News announced it has severed ties with race-baiting and MAGA supporter Tucker Carlson just one week after the network settled a defamation suit for $787.5 million, in part because Carlson joined others in promoting the ‘Big Lie’ that included claims that Dominion voting machines were fraudulent.

Dominion had alleged that statements made on Carlson’s show after the 2020 election were defamatory. The company claimed that messages between Carlson and his team were proof that they knew claims were false that Dominion’s ballot-counting machines were used to manipulate the presidential election in favor of Democrat Joe Biden.

“We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,”

Fox News said in the statement. The company did not offer an explanation for Carlson’s departure. At CNN, Don Lemon announced on Twitter Mon- day that he was absolutely “stunned” by the network’s