Fox Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Tucker Carlson, Telling Him He Is Not Allowed to Express His Political Opinions Until 2025

Foxweiser rips off whatever part of its mask was remaining.

Fox News has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Tucker Carlson as he ramps up a competing series on Twitter that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios has learned.

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Details: The cease-and-desist letter has "NOT FOR PUBLICATION" in bold at the top.

"NOT FOR PUBLICATION." LOL. It's adorable that Foxweiser thinks it can control what people do with its meritless legal threats.

What's happening: Fox is continuing to pay Carlson, and maintains that his contract keeps his content exclusive to Fox through Dec. 31, 2024.

Carlson is making a First Amendment argument for posting on Twitter, and asserts that Fox has committed material breaches of his contract.

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What they're saying: Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer who represents Carlson along with Bryan Freedman, said in a statement to Axios: "Fox News continues to ignore the interests of its viewers, not to mention its shareholder obligations."

"Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election," the statement continued.

"Tucker will not be silenced by anyone ... He is a singularly important voice on matters of public interest in our country, and will remain so."

Fox News didn't comment.

Dhillon commented on Twitter:

Harmeet K. Dhillon @pnjaban

My friend and client @TuckerCarlson will not be silenced -- by the far left or by Fox News.

For all the friends who have been asking "why don't we see you on Fox anymore?" -- This is why. I am passionately committed to free speech and a free flow of information necessary for a free society. Until Fox stops trying to silence Tucker, it's not a place for me. And I feel for my friends working at the network which has clearly caved into pressure from some quarter to silence @TuckerCarlson.

What you are seeing on Fox today is a censored version of the news. Keep that in mind as you make your viewing and your commenting choices.

3/ Also, where my meme wallahs at? Bring your best memes, folks! Go!

For all the members of Congress, culture warriors, "influencers,"@GOP officials -- do you really want to air your views on a network that spits on its viewers, leaks oppo on its own talent, and even threatens former talent for speaking, for free, on @Twitter?! You have free will!

posted by Ace at 04:00 PM

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