WSJ: Carlson found out about firing 10 minutes before Fox announced

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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New details emerge of Tucker Carlson’s sudden exit from Fox, reportedly being given a ten-minute notice. What was the rush? Also, the Georgia district attorney investigating Trump reveals her timeline for possible criminal indictments against Trump and his allies. The reporter who broke that story joins OutFront. Plus, diamonds, furs, luxurious vacations are all apart of an exclusive look at the life of the wife of one of the men behind Putin’s deadly invasion. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.0	On front next, new details on Tucker Carlson's southernutter and exit from Fox reportedly getting a 10-minute notice.
0:39.5	Ten minutes. What was the rush? New reporting tonight. Plus, just in, the Georgia DA investigating Trump,
0:45.0	reveals her timeline for possible criminal indictments against Trump and his allies. It is specific,
0:49.7	and the reporter who broke that story will be out front. And a story that you'll see first out front tonight, diamonds, furs, luxurious vacations,
0:57.7	the wife of one of the men behind Putin's deadly invasion, living it up.
1:02.1	Let's go out front.
1:04.8	And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett.
1:06.7	Out front tonight, fired.
1:08.6	We are learning new details about how Tucker Carlson's sudden exit from Fox News went down.
1:13.5	A source telling CNN that Carlson was not given a heads up. And according to the Wall Street Journal,
1:18.6	which is also owned by Fox's parent company, Carlson was notified 10 minutes before the network
1:24.9	publicly announced his departure. I mean, that is incredible. Ten minutes for their top anchor. It was so abrupt, in fact, that the network publicly announced his departure. I mean, that is incredible.
1:32.4	Ten minutes for their top anchor. It was so abrupt, in fact, that the network was still promoting his show right as the news broke this morning.
1:37.0	The Beck Rameswamy goes inside his 2024 campaign. Next, Tucker Carlson tonight.
1:42.9	And then it happened.
1:46.3	Well, the stunning announcement, also rattling investors.
1:49.5	At one point, Fox Corp's shares slid more than 5%. That wipes out an estimated $500 million.
1:52.4	And I just want to put that into perspective.
1:54.1	The stock closed lower today than it did on the day Fox agreed to settle for nearly $1 billion in the Dominion case.
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