Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has released his first public message to his audience after being abruptly fired from the network over the weekend.
Carlson posted a video message of himself talking to the camera to his Twitter account, which has over 6.2 million followers, Wednesday evening.
Good evening pic.twitter.com/SPrsYKWKCE
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 27, 2023
🚨🚨🚨TUCKER CARLSON RELEASES NEW VIDEO pic.twitter.com/N3CA9TbWu7
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 27, 2023
🚨#BREAKING: Tucker Carlson breaks silence #BreakingNewspic.twitter.com/jR9ncUNECS
— Breaking News (@NewsJunkieBreak) April 27, 2023
Within hours of the Carlson departure announcement, Fox Corporation reportedly lost $930 million in market value, according to a report by Business Insider, which reported that “Fox Corporation stock fell as much as 5% on Monday and erased $930 million in market value after it was announced that Fox News Media parted ways with host Tucker Carlson. Shares of the media company recovered slightly and were trading at $29.61, down almost 4% at 12:15 p.m. ET.”
Fox News’s stunning market loss comes shortly after the network paid more than $700 million as part of an out of court settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, meaning some could say the company has lost nearly $2 billion in two weeks.
The surprise decision has elicited a tsunami of online mockery from Carlson’s supporters.
