Tucker Carlson has left Fox News

And been sued twice in the process

Hannah Adams Asst. Opinion Editor

Tucker Carlson is officially cutting ties with the Fox News network, as the corporation is making arrangements to replace his segment. Along with this departure, the network is facing a lawsuit after Carlson’s previous head of booking, Abby Grossberg, came forward with accusations of sexism and harassment. Grossberg has made a series of claims against Carlson and the news network, one of them being that the male staff consistently made vulgar jokes regarding women and antisemitism.

Grossberg also claims that during her first day working with Carlson, she discovered posters of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a swimsuit plastered around the room. Along with the sexist and hateful speech Grossberg has reported, the previous employee has also come forward to say that Fox News lawyers tried to coerce her into making an untruthful deposition in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation case. She was instigated into defending an offensive text message sent by Carlson and eventually “rewarded” by the network heads, initiating a holiday called “Abby Day” to celebrate.

According to the investigative reporting done by The New York Times in the article “In a lawsuit, Tucker Carlson is Accused of Promoting Hostile Work Environment,” Carlson’s departure has been, in part, a result of his consistently aggressive behavior.

“In a statement on

Monday, one of Ms. Grossberg’s attorneys, Tanvir Rahman, said that Mr. Carlson’s departure from Fox News ‘is, in part, an admission of the systemic lying, bullying and conspiracy mongering claimed by our client.’ Mr. Rahman said that the legal team would be taking Mr. Carlson’s deposition and those of his subordinates ‘in the very near term.’”

It seems about time that Carlson takes accountability for the plethora of problematic behavior he has exhibited throughout his career. Carlson is known for being aggressive in both his personal and professional life, and has often been seen on-air with a scowl in place and a condescending attitude. This is not the first time that attention has been drawn to speculation

“His show has been condemned by civil rights leaders for broadcasting racist, antisemitic and anti-immigrant ideology. His work on his show — accentuated by specials on the streaming service — also sparked a firestorm by seeking to exonerate people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol as civic-minded people who were being politically persecuted.” that Carlson runs a supremacist segment. In July 2020, Carlson’s head writer was released from their position after posting homophobic, racist and sexist commentaries. According to NPR writer David Folkenflik, Carlson’s behavior has been considered problematic by civil rights leaders since the start.

Carlson is a reporter that seemed to be given a special privilege of maintaining his position on air, despite his problematic behavior being nothing new. The anchor has been accused many times of being racist and anti-immigrant and has even been sued multiple times for spreading false information as news. This has caused Fox lawyers to make claims of rhetorical hyperbole. This ultimately means that the speaker has used exaggerated speech to emphasize a point, and it cannot be taken as fact. A claim like this, even one time, can diminish the credibility of any honorable journalist; multiple claims make the journalist look as if they should not be delivering news to the people at all, and Carlson is no exception. Carlson deserves to be held accountable for the harm he has done to others and his failure to do his job as a journalist. The accusations against him, and Fox News’s failure to take initiative, show the shortcomings of both parties. The real shame is how long it took for a consequence like this to take place.