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