Fox News Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch had a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy weeks before the shocking decision to fire Tucker Carlson, the most outspoken critic of the war in American media.
The report comes from veteran journalists at Semafor. The Ukrainian president also had a conversation with Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert’s heir apparent, on March 15. Zelenskyy has confirmed that conversation.
According to Semafor, “Senior Ukrainian officials had made their objections to Carlson’s coverage known to Fox executives, but Zelenskyy did not raise it on the calls with the Murdochs, according to one person familiar with the details of the calls.
“The Murdoch’s have not revealed which of Carlson’s many provocations triggered his firing, and there’s no particular suggestion that Zelenskyy — whom Carlson had called a “dictator” — delivered the final blow.“But Carlson’s firing will immediately relieve pressure on key Capitol Hill Ukraine supporters whom Carlson had criticized on air […]
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