Scoop: Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract

 

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Scoop: Fox News says Tucker Carlson breached his contract (axios.com)   "Fox News Wednesday notified Tucker Carlson's lawyers that the former prime-time anchor violated his contract with the network when he launched his own Twitter show on Tuesday, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios.

"Why it matters: A breach of contract claim sets Fox News up to explore potential legal action against Carlson, a move that would intensify the already thorny public battle between the two parties.

"Carlson’s lawyers told Axios that any legal action by Fox would violate his First Amendment rights.

• “Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds. Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events," said Carlson's lawyer, Bryan Freedman, in a statement to Axios.

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FOX News attempts to stop Tucker Carlson from continuing his new Twitter program - American Thinker   . . ."Hats off to AXIOS for breaking this story – which was picked up almost immediately by multiple outlets in the MSM and alternative media.

It’s unclear yet if what may be a looming legal battle pitting Carlson against FOX News will make it to court, to arbitration, or to a quiet settlement, hopefully allowing Carlson to proceed to express his “free speech rights” at Twitter or wherever he chooses to go, without restraint.

"A related issue is what the end of Carlson’s FOX News program will mean to the future of the channel, and to cable news – and to cable and satellite TV – as a whole. Ratings for FOX News since April 24 have declined, especially in prime time (8-11 PM ET) – although the channel continues to maintain its overall leadership in the cable news ratings over MSNBC and CNN (the latter’s ratings have totally collapsed in recent months). For example, TVNewser/Adweek, citing the ratings of Nielsen Media Research, reported (free registration required) that “Week of May 29 Basic Cable Ranker: Fox News Remains No. 1 on Cable News.” Two nights ago, as the same source reported, “Fox News Returns to No. 1 at 9 PM” and won the ratings against MSNBC and CNN in both all day and prime time.

"Numerous analysts have pointed out, as the Washington Post reported in a story replete with data on May 23, “the looming existential crisis for cable news” (available to read free with registration).  Increasingly, the trend is for consumers to “cut the cord” to conventional cable and satellite TV, preferring online streaming services including a la carte subscriptions to services like Netflix. And relying on YouTube for free video clips of their daily ideological red meat from FNC, MSNBC, or CNN without paying to watch those channels."

New Duggar Doc Uses Family Drama To Vilify Christians (thefederalist.com)

The Federalist

. . ."Innocent homeschooled children getting involved in politics pales in comparison to George Soros planting pro-crime district attorneys in American cities, but this documentary isn’t interested in real political plots and damaging infiltrations. It’s just interested in smearing any parents who agree with the Bible and want to educate their own kids, by connecting them to fringe movements with serious problems.

"This has everything to do with ideology, not genuine concern for the well-being of children. That’s why the docuseries complains about Christian institutions of higher learning, specifically Patrick Henry College. Many of its conservative graduates have become involved in American government. It’s also why “Shiny Happy People” is concerned about Christian homeschooling “debate clubs,” where kids learn to “take on any liberal or atheist argument or statement and debunk it.” 

"When the documentarians accuse homeschooling of being a political move on the part of parents, they’re right. Homeschooling is a reaction to the left’s infiltration and politicization of public schools. Homeschooled children should be feared by the left because they were not sent to neo-Marxist reeducation camps for eight hours a day every day of their childhood. This is the reason the creators of “Shiny Happy People” suggested the government should start regulating homeschooling with “universal standards” in an interview about the documentary.". .

My only regret is that so many home-school families hold themselves separate from the Church, the Body of Christ, not sharing their spiritual gifts or discipling young believers in Christ as Scripture calls us to do. TD.

Media blames 'climate change' for Canadian wildfires despite arrest of multiple arsonists -

 LifeSite (lifesitenews.com)

While the mainstream media continues to point to 'climate change' as the source of the wildfires, reports show that multiple people have been arrested in connection with dozens of intentionally set fires in the country.

"Despite the arrest of multiple arsonists, the mainstream media in Canada seems intent on attributing the nation’s recent wildfires to “climate change.”

"As wildfires continue to spread across western, and now central and eastern Canada, burning forestland and homes, the mainstream media continues to imply that climate change is the main culprit, despite a growing number of reports showing that arsonists have been arrested for allegedly setting dozens of fires. 

“ 'Several arsonists have been arrested in the past weeks in different provinces for lighting forest fires,” People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier tweeted. “But the lying woke media and politicians keep repeating that global warming is the cause.” . . .

. . ." 'Despite the numerous arrests, mainstream media outlets continue to publish articles attributing the wildfires to climate change. 

“ 'Rise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study,” the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported.  

“ 'Canadian forest fires are the latest costly climate disaster that public accounts fail to capture,” another CBC headline read.  

“ 'Climate change is increasing the risks of wildfires in the country, experts say,” Global News attested.  

"Despite these claims, statistics from Canadian National Fire Database reveal that wildfires across Canada have decreased in recent years, having peaked in 1989. ". . .

More Religious Groups Attending Pride Events This Year

Companies that have faced massive boycotts include Bud Light, Target, and the LA Dodgers, the latter of which was widely criticized for agreeing to host a performance by an anti-Christian drag queen group. 

 American Greatness   "Despite growing backlash against the “pride” movement in 2023, there has been a noticeable increase in allegedly religious groups showing public support for homosexuality, transgenderism, and other aspects of the LGBTQ agenda.

"According to NPR, the rise in ostensibly religious groups’ support for pride is due to a nationwide initiative called Faith for Pride, run by the far-left group Interfaith Alliance. The group consists of multiple religions and denominations, including Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and others.

" 'We are not going to let this happen to our LGBTQ siblings,” said Baptist minister Paul Raushenbush, president of the Interfaith Alliance. “Not on our watch. We need to organize.”

"Raushenbush also called for left-wing Christians and other progressive religions to “fight back against” legislation being passed in states across the country that are meant to crack down on the promotion of homosexuality and transgenderism, often via indoctrination in public schools. “And we need to rally religious communities and a religious voice to say ‘no.'”

“ 'Don’t feel like you have this choice between your sexuality or your gender and your religious tradition,” Raushenbush continued. “There are people out there who love you, who respect you, who will welcome you and will help you thrive.”

We have lost so much of our language, as realized when reading literature from childhood and seeing innocent words like gay", "pride" and others no longer useable in most conversations. TD

This Pride Month, it's the Revolt of the 'Normies' as Americans reject extremism (nypost.com)

But the current push on behalf of gender fluidity differs fundamentally from previous “liberation” movements, as it requires a wholesale denial of human nature itself and demands conformity to this radical view. 

Don't use their language

 Don Surber

But be careful not to allow liberals to use language to redefine the issue. Even a legend like Hoft can slip because liberals are good at the traps they set.

"Over the weekend, Jim Hoft, the founder of Gateway Pundit, a popular conservative web site, used the phrase “assigned male at birth” in a story about a 17-year-old boy pretending to be a girl who then beat the hell out of a real girl in the girls’ room at school.

Oh come on. Stop it. The phrase is loaded communist doubletalk that undermines a belief in God, rationalizes abortion and accepts the very concept that a man can will himself into being a woman. I try not to speak stupid lies and try to speak the truth. (Pats himself on the back.)

Let me explain the God part. The Lord does not assign you a sex; he creates you as a man or a woman depending on your place in His plan.

The lefty pitch to kids for changing sexes is you are assigned by the doctor and doctors make mistakes. This eliminates God. Always keep in mind that the devil’s greatest trick is not in making people believe he doesn’t exist, but in making people believe God doesn’t.

The abortion part is the implication that you are not a baby until birth because you are assigned at birth. This means you were nothing before birth but a bellyache (and back ache), therefore killing you in the womb is a choice, not a crime.

Finally, being assigned a sex means you can change your assignment.

Hoft is a good guy and I hesitated naming him but the truth is the truth. This is not a typo but a slip into the web of lies the devil — through the AP stylebook.

Hoft’s report began, “A mother in Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against Edmond Public Schools after her teenage daughter was allegedly severely beaten by a transgender student in the girls’ bathroom.

“The incident, which took place at Edmond Memorial High School on October 26, 2022, allegedly involved a 15-year-old girl, referred to as E.G., being severely beaten by a 17-year-old transgender student.". . .

CNN: If It Bores, It Scores!

 Ann Coulter  

Here's some "follow the facts" reporting CNN absolutely refuses to do. The network provides breathless bulletins whenever there's a mass shooting, but as soon as the suspect turns out NOT to be a straight white male, it's back to Ukraine. 

"Anticipating this brutal column, CNN has just fired Chris Licht. If the next CEO plans to last any longer, he'd better implement these changes right away!

"At the risk of raising a topic even more boring than Ukraine, let's talk about CNN. There was a major article (i.e., long) in The Atlantic this week about the civil war erupting at CNN over CEO Licht and his attempt to turn the network into one that people want to watch.

"The point of the article was to show that Licht is failing -- CNN employees don't like him, no one understands what he's trying to do, and ratings are worse than ever.

"But what the article actually illustrated is how completely out of touch the media are with normal people. Any effort undertaken by these dolts to reform themselves is doomed to failure.

"Licht and his bosses aren't idiots. They know what the problem is. Their idea is to move CNN away from doomsday MSNBC-style reporting where "everything is an 11" and appeal to a "broader viewership that crave[s] sober, fact-driven coverage."

"Good idea, right?

"But Licht has no idea how to do it, and no one else in the media does either -- not The Atlantic, not CNN employees, not The New York Times.

"They all seem to believe it's a binary choice: Either left-wing zealots hysterically announcing BREAKING NEWS about Trump 24-7; or ... a one-hour interview with Jill Biden.

"Wait -- what?

"Yes, that was one of Licht's ideas for raking in the viewers. As the Times explained:

"Since Mr. Licht's 9 p.m. experiment, 'CNN Primetime,' ... viewership has fallen below what the network was drawing in the time slot just a few months ago.". . .

EXCLUSIVE: Bill Barr Confirms Rep. Jamie Raskin Lied About Biden Family Corruption Investigation

 EXCLUSIVE: Barr Confirms Raskin Lied About Biden Bribery Probe (thefederalist.com)

‘The FBI is attempting a coverup, and Democrats are doing their bidding by lying to the American people,’ Rep. James Comer told The Federalist.

"It’s not true. It wasn’t closed down,” William Barr told The Federalist on Tuesday in response to Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin’s claim that the former attorney general and his “handpicked prosecutor” had ended an investigation into a confidential human source’s allegation that Joe Biden had agreed to a $5 million bribe. “On the contrary,” Barr stressed, “it was sent to Delaware for further investigation.”

"Former Attorney General Barr went on the record with The Federalist following statements Raskin made to the press Monday afternoon. Soon after attending a closed-door meeting with House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and the FBI — at which lawmakers reviewed the FD-1023 form summarizing a CHS’s detailed allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions — Raskin spoke to the media. 

“ 'What I learned,” Raskin claimed, “was that Attorney General Barr named Scott Brady, who was the U.S. attorney for Western Pennsylvania, to head up a group of prosecutors who would look into all the allegations related to Ukraine.”

“ 'After Rudy Giuliani surfaced these allegations,” Raskin continued, Brady’s team looked into the FD-1023 and “in August determined that there was no grounds to escalate from an initial assessment to a preliminary investigation,” and so “they called an end to the investigation.” 

The second scandal is equally as large because it reaches the top of the FBI: Director Christopher Wray. 

Tucker Carlson 'broke the media matrix' with his first Twitter broadcast, claim conservative commentators, as it's revealed 80m people and counting watched the 10 minute show

 Daily Mail Online  . . ."Some said that by the time they finished watching the number of views had already increased by a million. 

"For comparison, 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' on Fox News, which was the most-watched cable news show, received an average of 3.1 million viewers each weeknight during the weeks leading up to his shock firing.  

"Twitter owner Elon Musk was quick to praise the 54-year old former TV anchor: 'Would be great to have shows from all parts of the political spectrum on this platform!' he wrote while retweeting Carlson's first episode. ". . .

Ep. 1 pic.twitter.com/O7CdPjF830

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 6, 2023

. . ."He said he decided to broadcast his show on Twitter as a means of freely discussing issues of the day, without needing the support of legacy media. Carlson likened it to Cold War-era broadcasting, saying he hoped his show 'will be the shortwave radio under the blankets.'

" 'As of today, we've come to Twitter,' Carlson said in the video. 'We're told there are no gatekeepers here. If that turns out to be false, we'll leave.' 

" 'By this point, it's possible American citizens are the least informed people in the world,' he said. 'Diversity is our strength; trans women are women; Zelensky is Churchill: it's all self evidently true. Doesn't need an explanation. And don't ask questions.'

 

 

California State Senate To Honor Anti-Catholic Drag Group…

 Weasel Zippers

The letter said the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “is well known for their public denigration of the Catholic faith,” adding, “We respectfully request the withdrawal of this invitation, as it sends a troubling message to Californians of all faiths.”

"Three Christian organizations will host a prayer vigil on the west steps of the California state Capitol in Sacramento on Monday as a member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is honored inside by elected officials. 

"The California Family Council (CFC), the American Council, and the California Catholic Conference are hosting the vigil in response to Sen. Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) decision to recognize “Sister Roma,” a member of the drag performers accused of mocking Christianity and Catholicism, on the Senate floor. 

“ 'It’s disheartening to see the California Legislature honor a group characterized by its mockery of Christianity in general and Catholicism in particular,” CFC President Jonathan Keller remarked in a press release. “By promoting the profane ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,’ these elected leaders are endorsing mockery, hatred, and blasphemy. This ceremony is deeply offensive towards millions of Californians across the Golden State.”

“ 'The vigil is not a political protest but a time of solemn prayer and worship,” it continues.". . .

Democrats Use Drag Queen to Rally 2024 Voters (breitbart.com)

However, the centrist pushback against the far-left Democrats is being aided by the growing number of leave-us-alone gays and lesbians who are protesting the pro-transgender evangelization of K-12 children.

Tim Scott Scolds ‘The View’ Over ‘Dangerous, Offensive’ Comments About Black People

 The Daily Wire

"Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) admonished “The View” on Monday over what he described as “dangerous, offensive, and disgusting” messages airing on the show about success among black people being the “exception and not the rule.”

"During an appearance on ABC talk show, Scott — who recently announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination — was asked by co-host Sunny Hostin to explain his claim that he doesn’t believe in “systemic racism” as she pressed him to then to define “systemic racism.”

“ 'Let me answer the question that you’ve asked,” Scott said.

“ 'One of the reasons why I’m on the show is because of the comments that were made frankly on this show that the only way for a young African American kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule,” Scott said.

“ 'That is a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today, that the only way to succeed is by being the exception,” he added." . . .

Ron DeSantis’s War on Woke

Unfortunately, while DeSantis wages a war on woke, Trump seems to be waging a war on DeSantis. Regardless of Trump’s apparent rejection of the term, the former president has recently and repeatedly used “woke” to attack his political opponents. . . 

  American Thinker    "Ron DeSantis calls himself the governor of the state “where woke goes to die,” and his track record of accomplishments in the fight against wokeness as governor of Florida – which he believes will be a model for his presidency of the whole country – has caught the attention of many across the country." . . .

. . ."When asked by NBC correspondent Dasha Burns to define the term woke during his campaign stop in Iowa on Saturday, DeSantis responded that it is “a form of cultural Marxism [.…] It’s about putting merit and achievement behind identity politics, and it’s basically a war on the truth. And as that has infected institutions, and it has corrupted institutions. So, you’ve got to be willing to fight the woke; we’ve done that in Florida, and we proudly consider ourselves the state where woke goes to die.”

"All in all, we may say that there is no politician who better understands this reality – and the threat it poses to the future – and who has wielded political power to fight back against it than Ron DeSantis. Whether it’s about Critical Race Theory, cancel culture or gender ideology indoctrination in the entire education system or the corporate boardroom, DeSantis has taken effective measures to stop the spread of that disease." . . .

Tucker is back, with his alt. view of the Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine and our media’s lies

 Tucker is back, with his alt. view of the Kakhovka dam collapse in Ukraine and our media’s lies - American Thinker   "Tucker Carlson has begun his new video presence on Twitter, complete with a “Tucker on Twitter” logo and a video labeled as “Ep. 1.” And it’s a doozy.". . .

"The former cable news ratings champion was moved to take to Twitter with a ten-and-a-half minute explanation of what happened to the Kakhovka dam that collapsed in Ukraine. And you can be sure that it is not the narrative that the American media is pushing with a seeming single voice. Noting that Russia built the dam and that it serves many Russian-speaking areas as well as the Black Sea Fleet’s port in Crimea, he suggested that Putin is not so crazy as to destroy a dam built by his country that serves his country.

"Updated: courtesy of The Gateway Pundit, here is a transcript of the first portion of the video, on the dam:

“This morning it looks like somebody blew up the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine. The rushing wall of water wiped out entire villages, destroyed a critical hydropower plant, and as of tonight, puts the largest nuclear reactor in Europe in danger of melting down. So if this was intentional, it was not a military tactic. It was an act of terrorism. Then the question is, who did it? Well, let’s see. The Kakhovka dam was effectively Russian. It was built by the Russian government. It currently sits in Russian controlled territory. The dam’s reservoir supplies water to Crimea, which has been, for the last 240 years, home of the Russian Black Sea fleet. Blowing up the dam may be bad for Ukraine, but it hurts Russia more. And for precisely that reason, the Ukrainian government has considered destroying it. In December, the Washington Post quoted a Ukrainian general saying his men had fired American made rockets at the dam’s floodgate as a test strike. So really, once the facts start coming in, it becomes much less of a mystery what might have happened to the dam. Any fair person would conclude that the Ukrainians probably blew it up, just as you would assume they blew up Nordstream, the Russian natural gas pipeline, last fall.” . . .