Fox News is reportedly trying to stop Tucker Carlson from talking on Twitter.
According to an Axios report on Monday, Fox, which took Carlson off the air in April, has sent a “cease-and-desist” letter to its former host trying to stop his Twitter show just as it is taking off.
Fox continues to pay Carlson’s on-air contract and maintains that they own exclusive rights to his content through Dec. 31, 2024.
Carlson is making a First Amendment argument for his Twitter posts and asserts that Fox has committed material breaches of his contract.
With “Tucker on Twitter,” Carlson and his growing production team are working to elevate Elon Musk’s social media site as a news platform. The second episode went live last week.
Carlson’s first two straight-to-camera monologues drew a combined total of 169 million views.
Ep. 1 pic.twitter.com/O7CdPjF830
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 6, 2023
Ep. 2 Cling to your taboos! pic.twitter.com/45AeVdtwOu
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 8, 2023
Update: Here’s Tucker’s 3rd episode.
