Contract with them the debate though is turning into a broader conversation on First Amendment rights to free speech after Tucker left Fox News rumors were swirling of where he would go next and on May 9th Tucker revealed that his new show would not be on a News Network or
Even on his own website instead he announced he’d be taking full advantage of the video capabilities now on Twitter shortly afterwards Elon Musk noted there was no signed deal between the platform and Tucker and the lack of a signed deal could be important in the coming legal debates because here’s why all this
Really matters Tucker and Fox News on the brink of a very tense legal battle where each is accusing the other of breaching a contract apparently that contract restricts Tucker’s ability to work on the new on a news show but even Beyond this debate the bigger question is whether a contract with a private
Company can restrict a person’s constitutional rights can a News Network stop a former host from publicly expressing an opinion while Tucker’s new show called Tucker on Twitter has a similar structure to his former show on foot fox it features Tucker’s monologues as well as a shorter takes he makes on various news topics
It looks like somebody blew up that kokovka damn so if this was intentional it was not a military tactic it was an act of terrorism the question is who did it now the show is not just a straight news program it’s it’s an opinion show and Tucker expresses his viewpoints on it in
His first episode he calls Ukrainian leader valada marzolinski are Shifty dead-eyed Ukrainian friend in the track suit he says the media lies about the news and attacks people who talk about stories that they don’t want to be discussed and he also challenges the system of control that establishment media has gotten over National
Discussions soon after the video aired however Fox News accused the former host of violating his contract with the network axios claimed to have obtained a copy of the letter sent to Tucker’s lawyers and it reported that a breaching contract sets the stage for Fox to take legal actions against Tucker Carlson the
Letter States in connection with such breach and pursuant to the agreement Fox expressly reserves All Rights and remedies which are available to it at law or equity now Tucker signed his contract with fox in November of 2019 and it was amended in February of 2021. the letter states that fox was made
Aware of Tucker’s Twitter video which was just over 10 minutes long and notes this pursuant to the terms of the agreement Mr Carlson’s Services shall be completely exclusive to Fox It also says that under the fox contract that Tucker is quote prohibited from rendering Services of any type
Whatsoever whether over the internet via streaming or similar distribution or other digital distribution whether now known or Hereafter devised meaning well everything in other words it happens that well it appears the contract with Fox could end Tucker’s career in journalism the former host is arguably unable to
Report the news in a video format and if he does fox argues it has exclusive rights to that content now Tucker is pushing back and the grounds he’s using could really become a watershed point for free speech Tucker’s lawyers argue that if Fox takes legal action against him that it would violate
His first amendment rights into the Constitution a statement obtained by NBC news from one of Tucker’s lawyers Mr Brian Friedman States this Fox defends its very existence defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away
From him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events now it could turn into a serious legal argument can a business restrict a former employee from expressing their opinions on topics unrelated to the company can a business restrict a person from commenting on politics or news what
If they express their opinions or talk about news on the internet after all the internet has become the New Town Square it’s where most discussions happen these days can a company strip a person of that right including on a social media platform like Twitter for example now of
Course there are legal issues similar to this there are for example non-disclosure agreements there are non-competitive agreements and these can restrict a person from revealing certain information or from you know a person starting a business that would compete with a former employer but this bait this debate between Tucker and fox
It’s going to show how far contracts like this are able to go it’s also possible they may try to avoid the legal conflict altogether but given the situation between Tucker and fox well it may be unlikely there are several key issues at stake and fox is not too happy
With it it seems one of them is that Tucker can compete not just with Fox but with the media establishment overall in fact Tucker Carlson is openly calling out the systems of information control which he says are keeping Americans focused on pointless news topics and keeping Americans from discussing the
Issues that actually matter watch 50 years later it is bewildering to consider the ironies here we’re the ones who live in ignorance now the US government has managed to classify more than a billion so-called public documents so at this point we can’t possibly know what our leaders are doing
We’re not allowed to know by definition that is not a democracy yet it’s fine with the media secrecy is a powerful tool of control stop asking how we got so rich here’s another story about racism go eat each other that’s the program that’s how most of us
Now live here in the United States manipulated by lies silenced by taboos it is unhealthy and is dehumanizing and we’re tired of it then there’s the other reality for Fox which is that Tucker has the potential of siphoning off a large portion of their viewers they risk
Losing a large chunk of Their audience as people may choose to watch Tucker rather than Fox this is especially the case if Tucker can start his new show within the narrow window of public controversy Adam leaving the network now Tucker Carlson was pushed out of fox back in April they canceled the show
That Tucker Carlson tonight despite it being the most popular Primetime show not just on Fox but on any news platform at all and Views at Fox plummeted afterwards they never fully disclosed notably why Tucker was ousted although there are many rumors on why that happened circulating around
Tucker Carlson made it clear very soon after leaving the network though that he was not done with news that he would not just disappear from the public stage so easily he posted a video on Twitter on April 26 where he criticized what he called the unbelievably stupid content
Featured in most television debates and he also claimed that political parties are colluding to shut down public debate on issues that actually do matter watch the undeniably big topics the ones that will Define our future get virtually no discussion at all war civil liberties emerging science demographic change corporate power natural resources
When was the last time you heard a legitimate debate about any of those issues it’s been a long time debates like that are not permitted in American Media both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it
With that statement Tucker made it clear that he is not only planning to stay in the news business but he also intends to expose and challenge the system of control on information and by extension of that the system of control over what topics Drive our political debates
Tucker’s war is not just about a former Fox News host you know fighting a contract to stay in the news business it’s about whether we as individuals have the right to free speech and whether any power whether it’s corporate or government can take that right away from us it’s also about the importance
Of news overall it’s the argument that news is not just a normal business news is a necessary Public Service it can expose corruption it can keep Nations educated and make people aware of what matters if the hands of power seize control of information they also seize control of public debate and along with
It the information that determines the direction of a Nation and if the people can seize that power back well it places that power back in the hands of We the People stating after the break we’re speaking with representative Tim Burton about the push for greater transparency on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomenon
