I might be wrong, who would know, but I smell a larger story.
Tucker is the biggest earner by far in the cable news world
Last year, Tucker Carlson Tonight contributed to $77.5 million to FOX revenue, higher than Hannity's and Ingraham's ad sales, according to Variety magazine. He is the highest earner by far in the entire cable news business.
FOX News and the Rupert Murdoch conglomerate organization just dodged a bullet by settling their lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787 million, the largest defamation case ever settled. Settled means the check is in the mail, no drawn out appeals, no more dough for the lawyers.
Large as it was, the shot that rang out across the internet was far from fatal to FOX, in that FOX needed not even issue an apology to their audience for years of outrageous lies. But certainly a wake-up call for libel actions yet to be adjudicated.
One would think they’d crank up the old Tucker Money Machine and get on with re-establishing the brand, but they’re not, …