He's mad as hell and won't take it anymore!
No, we're not talking about Network's Howard Beale, we're talking about ousted Fox News broadcaster Tucker Carlson, who is targeting corporate media after launching his own streaming platform for exclusive content.
“They're doomed,” Carlson told in an exclusive interview yesterday.
“And in some ways they know they're doomed, which is why they're hysterical.” “The era of dominance by a few big media companies, the era of total control of all information by you know, nine people, that's over said Tucker.
And to make sure the message was clear, he organized mobile advertising vans with his picture on the sides and the words “Corporate media is dead” to be parked outside the Washington headquarters of MSNBC, CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times Manhattan.
Fans are encouraged to sign up on its website for $72 per year to access its “exclusive content,” with a “limited-time offer” to “become a founding member.”
The former host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” was fired shortly after Fox settled a $1.6 billion lawsuit with Dominion, and the feisty network used his announcement to target — and issue warnings about — multiple networks and news outlets that they are “dying out”.
Tucker, 54, told : “It's important.” “We're not doing it out of cruelty and we hope we don't rub it in anyone's face or make the people who still work there feel bad, but they are doomed.”
In an exclusive interview with , Tucker Carlson said leading news organizations are “dying out” and claimed: “They know they're doomed.”
Carlson can be compared to Network's Howard Beale, who receives two weeks' notice due to poor ratings and instead silently rails against television networks
The former Fox News host had trucks stationed outside the headquarters of major media companies on Thursday with signs reading “Corporate media is dead.”
Digital billboards are being erected in New York to promote the TCN network. A billboard was put up in front of the New York Times building in Manhattan
Before joining Fox, Carlson expressed his conservative views on CNN shows. His mobile billboard was visible outside the CNN offices today
“This is happening because they abused their monopoly.” “New institutions are needed to fill the smoking crater left by lying news organizations.”
And by new institutions, he means his own subscription service called The Tucker Carlson Network.
It comes seven months after he was fired from Fox News, days after the network was forced to pay $787 million in the Dominion defamation lawsuit.
Since then, Carlson has been uploading his interviews with divisive figures like Andrew Tate and Viktor Orban to X – formerly known as Twitter.
Carlson further criticized The New York Times, saying the organization “no longer has moral authority” and believes NBC News will be dead in 10 years.
He said it made him “angry” that the media had lied to the public and “refuses to admit it”, adding: “I've done a lot of things wrong in my life but I try to admit it – it does Don't discourage me from admitting it.'
However, the former Fox employee praised the NYTimes for apologizing for some of its coverage of the Iraq War and Saddam Hussein in 2004.
But he believes they are now “speaking to a tiny audience of narcissists who lack self-awareness.”
“They all lied, and they were caught lying repeatedly, and they never apologized for it,” he added. “And if you do that enough times, your audience won’t believe you.
“All interesting conversations happen in independent media.” There hasn't been an interesting or true thought expressed on the Today Show in a generation. And everyone knows that.
“If they die, and soon, I will not mourn them. 'They deserve whatever happens to them.'
Carlson, 54, announced this week that he would launch his own $72-a-year subscription streaming platform called The Tucker Carlson Network
Fans are encouraged to sign up on its website for $72 per year to access its “exclusive content,” with a “limited-time offer” to “become a founding member.” The billboards can be seen in front of the Washington Monument
“The era of dominance by a few large media companies, the era of total control of all information by you know, nine people, that's over,” Tucker said. A billboard is pictured outside the Washington Post headquarters on Thursday
Carlson was fired by Fox following the lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems, in which the company sued the broadcaster for $1.6 billion for defamation.
Dominion claimed that hosts like Carlson knew then-President Trump's election fraud claims were untrue but pushed them for reviews.
They settled for $787 million at the last minute, narrowly avoiding an embarrassing and highly publicized trial in which Carlson and other hosts would likely have been called as witnesses.
Carlson wasn't told at the time why he was pushed out of the company – but Fox CEO Suzanne Scott reportedly said the decision was made “from the top.”
Various insiders have claimed that it was News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch who made the decision, with Carlson speaking to about his departure.
Speaking to , he said: “Fox News did a lot for me and gave me a platform for 14 years.”
“They were kind to me, the Murdochs were kind to me every minute I worked there, and not once did they tell me what to think or say.” Not once were they anything but overly polite to me.
“I'll always appreciate that.” And I don't care what happens next. There are people there that I think have mistreated me or that I don't respect or whatever, but I don't want to whine about it.
“Ultimately, I'm much happier and grateful for the experience and I'm not going to attack it. 'I'm glad I'm doing this.'
Carlson joined Fox in 2009 as a contributor. In 2016, he got his own show on the network and quickly became the most-watched presenter
Since his firing, Carlson has hosted his shows on X, with recent episodes being viewed hundreds of millions of times.
His Fox show “Tucker Carlson Tonight” drew 3.5 million viewers nightly — but in recent years it has been called “the most racist show on cable.”
Then a series of controversies, including the Dominion claims and Carlson's own comments about the Jan. 6 riots, landed him in increasingly hot water.
He admitted he knew his time there wouldn't end with a “tearful farewell” to his viewers with a final show, adding: “The end comes quickly and without warning.”
Carlson joined Fox as a contributor in 2009 after previously expressing his conservative views on CNN shows.
In 2016, he got his own show on the network and quickly became the most-watched host, cementing his own fan base and reputation for taking some of the most extreme, right-wing positions in cable news.