Carlson’s departure came weeks after the Murdoch family, which owns Fox, agreed to pay damages to settle a defamation lawsuit over reports that cast doubt on the 2020 election recount and outcome, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden.
As part of that case, text messages from Carlson were released that showed that, contrary to what he said on his show, he privately admitted that Trump’s fraud allegations were baseless. The comments included racist or sexist remarks about fellow networkers, and even a confession about Trump: “I hate him passionately.”
Fox also faced a lawsuit over alleged sexist comments by the journalist.
After leaving the network, Carlson now has his own show on X (the social network formerly known as Twitter), where he has interviewed, among others, Trump himself.
A worldwide defender of ultra ideas
After leaving Fox Carlson has not stood still. In a Reuters Institute article, Gretel Kahn states that he has embarked on a campaign to expand his neoconservative ideas. This campaign has reportedly brought him to Spain.
In her travels she has met with Viktor Orban in Hungary, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. He has also recently visited Argentina to meet Javier Milei, the far-right candidate for the presidential elections, whose second and final round will be held next Sunday.
Last year, the journalist sent a recorded message to the session that the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), “the most prominent conservative gathering in the United States,” according to Kahn, held in Budapest. Keynote speakers included Orban and Abascal.
