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GoLocalProv | Business | NEW: Tucker Carlson Out at Fox News
Monday, April 24, 2023
Outgoing Congressman David Cicilline (proper) usually appeared on Carlson’s present. PHOTO: TV screengrabs
Tucker Carlson — a graduate of St. George’s College in Middletown, Rhode Island — is out at Fox Information.
The information group made the announcement on Monday.
“We thank him for his service to the community as a number and previous to that as a contributor,” mentioned Fox in a launch.
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In accordance with Fox, Carlson’s final program was Friday, April 21 and “Fox Information Tonight” will air stay at 8 PM/ET beginning Monday as an interim present,.
Fox says it will likely be “helmed by rotating FOX Information personalities till a brand new host is discovered.”
Outgoing Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline — a Democrat — was a frequent visitor on Carlson’s exhibits.
Cicilline introduced in February that he’s stepping down from his seat to take over the place as the top of the Rhode Island Basis and accumulate a wage of $650,000 for the group devoted to supporting these in want.
Carlson’s RI Ties
As GoLocal reported in 2021, Carlson was tied to numerous controversies on the time.
In accordance with a number of studies together with images, Carlson’s 1991 faculty yearbook at Trinity Faculty has him itemizing himself as being a part of the “Dan White Society.”
White was an American politician who in 1978 assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
His yearbook profile additionally lists him as being a part of the “Jesse Helms Basis.”
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