Seth Meyers Digs Into Foxs ‘Oppo File On Tucker Carlson
Fox News has seen its share of embarrassing headlines in recent weeks, most of them related to the channel's poor reporting and conflicting relationship with the truth. And when it comes to covering big news that affects or influences the network in any way, Seth Meyers said Wednesday that "usually the last people you know are watching Fox News."
In fact, the late-night host detail may have had some mystifying some of the '80s watching Brian Kilmeade replace the recently ousted Tucker Carlson earlier this week and wondering why Tucker was so weird.
While the news of Tucker's split from Fox shocked the media industry on Monday, it's clear that those in power at the network may have seen the collapse, or at least expected it to give them a headache. to Tucker. on a certain moment.
On Tuesday, Myers explained: " Rolling Stone ran this really crazy story: 'Fox News executives have a file of allegations against Taka Carlson in case he attacks the network after he leaves.'
The story goes that this divorce will be ugly, and that the most powerful decision makers at Carlson and Fox will part ways on "the worst terms" and in the "ugliest" way. But the network seems to have been successful. He was actively protecting himself by collecting all the embarrassing junk they could find with the money if they needed to use it.
According to Rolling Stone, "Fox is willing to publish some of its content if executives suspect that Carlson is stalking the network."
“Shit,” was Myers' immediate response to this sensational anecdote, before adding, “If you're an employer who ruins an employee but doesn't do anything about it unless you need revenge, tell them and tell them .” .
In an email to The Daily Beast, a Fox News spokesperson denied the existence of the "Oppo file", writing: "It is patently absurd and patently false."
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