Western Standard - August 24, 2023


Tucker Carlson biographer says Fox imposed broadcast ban on Trump interview


Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

221.69812

Word count

235

Sentence count

14


Summary

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Fox News has a policy in place that prevents them from even acknowledging that Donald Trump will be appearing on Tucker on the network's new morning show, Fox News Radio. They are also forbidden from even mentioning Trump's name on air.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Okay, so this is my question to you, is like, has Fox News even mentioned that Donald Trump,
00:00:07.400 don't they have an obligation to their audience to note that Donald Trump is speaking with Tucker
00:00:11.860 tonight? I don't think they've even mentioned that. Well, you would think. So there is a source
00:00:15.860 inside Fox, and I'm telling you this for the first time, just told me it still works there,
00:00:20.160 that they are totally banned from even, all shows are banned from even acknowledging that
00:00:24.120 Trump will appear on this show. Whatever happens on the show, if Trump breaks news,
00:00:27.740 they can't mention it. There's been a policy in place since Tucker's taken off the air that you
00:00:31.880 can't say his name on air. And, you know, he's like, Voldemort. He's like, who shall not be named?
00:00:37.640 And explicitly, everyone at Fox was told they cannot mention this or what happens on it.
00:00:44.300 I mean, that's very, I mean, there are a lot of really good people at Fox. I used to be on the
00:00:47.440 network a lot. I'm not talking about the executives, but, you know, there's a lot of people there who
00:00:51.700 consider themselves real journalists. They're very good people. They take their work seriously.
00:00:55.160 And this is most frustrating to them. They can't report on the news,
00:00:59.380 all because of this vendetta that the network has against its former top host.