Chadwick Moore says Fox staffers leaving to follow Tucker

Fox News has gone from being a missile-firing destroyer, they are now a ship of fools as their ratings continue to plummet after they silenced the one voice that filled the proverbial seats: Tucker Carlson. 

Fox employees are not allowed to mention Tucker Carlson's name on air at the risk of being fired.

Tucker's Twitter show is destroying Fox's numbers as well as those of other networks. Nielsen reported after the third [of four] shows that Carlson raked in over 216 million views that covered Trump's indictment and other topics. In spite of being the number one cable news network for 120 weeks, Fox's primetime 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. viewership averaged 1,504,429 compared to MSNBC over the same time frame which averaged 1,520,857. While not a complete blowout, Fox fell behind the Marxists.

And Tucker's attorney, Harmeet Dhillon said she would not be appearing on Fox anymore because like Tucker and many conservative Americans, she believes in free speech. She urged others to reconsider their choices about where they get their news until Fox respects the First Amendment. She said the network is ignoring the interest of its viewers and their stockholders.

"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."

Fox has filed a cease and desist order, claiming that Carlson is still under contract with them, but Tucker claims that they're the ones in breach, as they try to deny him his right to free speech.

According to Chadwick Moore, Carlson's biographer, things are about to deteriorate even further at Fox as nine former staffers of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" have left and are joining Tucker's team:

My sources have now told me *NINE* former Tucker Carlson Tonight staffers have left Fox News to join Tucker on his next venture. There are others who are waiting to leave as soon as a role opens up for them with Tucker. Each of the 9 approached Tucker, not the other way around.

— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) June 17, 2023

Did you see the famous on-air chyron below the photo of President Biden: “Wannabe dictator speaks at White House after having his political rival arrested?" Well a loyal Tucker employee with ten years at Fox was forced to resign after he approved it.  Moore thinks the "Chyron Guy," Alex McCaskill, is one of those who's joining up with Tucker:

The Based Chyron Guy, Alex McCaskill, was a former Tucker Carlson Tonight producer who has now left Fox News after ten years, en route to joining Tucker’s new team. He is one of at least three former producers who have left Fox to join Tucker’s new venture. https://t.co/UioyIyk90L

— Chadwick Moore (@Chadwick_Moore) June 17, 2023

Moore goes on to say that Carlson's team at the network was extremely close and most started there when Tucker first launched his show. Obviously, Carlson was a much-loved boss because people don't tend to leave their job as a sign of solidarity for another person.

Like Bud Light, the MLB, Target and all those woke companies that ignore your feelings and beliefs, add Fox News to your list and do what you will with your time and your money. You have choices and finally, many conservatives are standing behind theirs.

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Fox News ratings collapse by half with Tucker Carlson gone

Tucker Carlson's firing from Fox News had a similar effect that the cross-dresser Dylan Mulvaney had on Bud Light sales. The network has now experienced a dramatic plunge in its ratings, particularly its 8 p.m. prime-time slot. It went from an average of 3.2 million with Tucker to 2.6 million without him on Monday, and the key word is "average."

On Tuesday, it looked as if the ratings were circling the bowl with a mere 1.7 million viewers tuning in--that's about as many people ride the roofs of one train in India.

Round and round the ratings circled and by Wednesday, Fox experienced a catastrophic drop to 1.3 million viewers, or a 59% drop from Tucker's average ratings.

The network has yet to announce a new host for Carlson's slot, and is rotating popular hosts to fill in for now, starting off with Brian Kilmeade.

And while Fox is circling the bowl, Newsmax is soaring as its 8 p.m. average audience with "Eric Bolling The Balance" increase by 261% to an average 534,000 viewers. Now that isn't anywhere close to what Tucker and Fox in general had, the future looks bright for the network. The fact that Newsmax is available in 24 million fewer homes than Fox, the relative viewership is quite impressive and they hope to gain even more subscribers.

Nielsen data shows that Newsmax was drawing 57% of Fox's audience on a proportional basis Wednesday at 8 p.m. and they explain that it's currently free on most major OTT (over the top) platforms, giving it 400,000 additional viewers at the 8 p.m. time slot not counted by Nielsen, and they even surpassed CNN with a .43 share against "Anderson Cooper 360" at a mere .37.

MSNBC was also a winner Wednesday, with the androgynous Chris Hayes' show, "All in With Chris Hayes" topping Fox with close to 1.34 million viewers.

All the way to the bank

Tucker posted a 2-minute video at 8:01 p.m. Wednesday and it gained over 60,000,000 views by Thursday afternoon. It did not directly attack Fox News or any of their staff nor speak of his termination, but it did suggest that he has future plans to make a media comeback, and he seemed to have made veiled swipes at his former company.

Here is some of the text of the video:

"Our current orthodoxies won't last," he said. "They're brain-dead. Nobody actually believes them. Hardly anyone's life is improved by them. This moment is too inherently ridiculous to continue, and so it won't.

"The people in charge know this, that's why they're hysterical and aggressive. They're afraid. They have given up persuasion, they're resorting to force. But it won't work.

"When honest people say what's true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful. At the same time the liars, who are trying to silence them, shrink. They become weaker. That's the iron law of the universe. True things prevail.

"Where can you still find Americans who say true things? There aren't many places left but there are some, and that's enough. As long as you can hear the words, there is hope."

So we can be quite certain that Tucker Carlson will not go quietly into the night. And while you may not see eye-to-eye on everything Tucker professes, he at least has the courage to do the professing.

Most of all, do not believe everything people might say good or bad about him--especially the bad--they cannot read his mind, and they might have their own agenda for saying those things. Always consider the source.

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