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Late Fox News CEO’s widow just lowered the boom on Rupert Murdoch

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One longtime television news industry legend is getting the last word from beyond the grave. 

That’s after the wife of longtime Fox News head Roger Ailes just took on one of the richest families on the planet. 

No doubt Rupert Murdoch was taken aback to be called on the carpet by his old CEO’s widow. 

In the weeks following Tucker Carlson’s inexplicable firing from Fox News, many conservatives are questioning exactly what’s going on behind the scenes at the network and at News Corp., the network’s parent company. 

The public company is controlled by billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his family. 

And many speculate that the corporation’s decision to send their most popular host packing came after Carlson gave a fiery speech at the Heritage Foundation’s 50th Anniversary celebration where the conservative commentator—without naming names—likely took a swipe at his top boss. 

Now the widow of Fox News’ longtime CEO Roger Ailes just cast shade on the billionaire and his family—and she had no hesitation when it came to letting everyone know exactly who she was talking about. 

Elizabeth Ailes published her barbed post on Twitter on her late husband’s birthday as a sort of tribute. 

“Happy Heavenly Birthday Roger Ailes,” she wrote. “It took you 20 years to build Fox News into the powerhouse that it was and only 6 years for the Murdochs to wreak havoc.”

“Rupert thought he could do your job. What a joke,” she added in her bitter piece. “He has the checkbook but could never come close to your genius. RIP.”

Fox News’ ratings plummeted after the network showed Tucker Carlson to the door. 

Viewership during his time slot has tanked by 50 percent. 

Even more important for the network with a largely aging audience (the average viewer is 68 years old), younger viewers are fleeing the network. 

When Carlson left the network, two-thirds of the audience in the coveted 25- to 54-year-old age bracket disappeared. 

Immediately after Carlson’s departure was announced, the company’s market value plummeted by $962 million as of April 24, with the stock price at $32.65.

And it’s not recovering any time soon. 

Just over three weeks later, on May 16, the stock price opened at $30.81. 

With 541 million shares outstanding, that means the company has lost another $995,440,000. 

Even for Rupert Murdoch losing a cool $1.9 billion in less than a month has to hurt—and Elizabeth Ailes seems to be thoroughly enjoying rubbing it in. 

Pants on Fire News will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

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Fox News is in deep trouble after one disturbing leak

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Fox News appears to be in utter disarray.

Letting go of Tucker Carlson was just the beginning.

Now Fox News is in deep trouble after one disturbing leak.

Democrats and their media allies have been duped into believing that Fox News is a “far-right” network.

But in reality, the network has bent the knee to the Left on many occasions.

For instance, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was chastised on the air for mentioning the obvious fact that George Soros funds far-left district attorneys across the country that implement pro-crime policies.

But even worse than that, Fox News has jumped on board the radical transgender movement.

A source at Fox News told the Daily Signal that the company instructed hosts not to ridicule controversial transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney and supported the concept of gender transition.

The Daily Signal reported that “producers for the new 8 p.m. ‘Fox News Tonight’ program were told not to bash Mulvaney. That directive came from high-level executives, the source said.”

In the company’s training material, Fox also boasted that it got a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the far-left LGBTQ+ organization.

HRC uses something called the Corporate Equity Index (CEI), which rates companies on their promotion and acceptance of LGBTQ+ ideas and people.

For example, an airline company would receive points on its CEI score if it provided free airline travel for LGBTQ+ protesters to go to a rally or another political event.

Companies with high CEI scores get investments from major wealth management asset firms like BlackRock.

A former Fox News employee told the Daily Signal that “Fox News devotes hours of programming to attacking ‘woke companies,’ but ironically Fox is as woke as the rest of them.”

A separate former employee told the Daily Signal that viewers would be “astonished to find out what the company is like.” 

Fox News notoriously ran a pro-gender transition segment that could’ve easily aired on MSNBC or any other far-left platform.

Conservative commentator Matt Walsh from the Daily Wire absolutely ripped the network for running the propaganda segment.

Walsh had allegedly been blacklisted by Fox News, and producers for Tucker Carlson’s show were unable to clear him with management.

Walsh told the Daily Signal, “Fox’s viewers think that Fox shares their values…And it’s very clear that that’s just not the case. Gender ideology is as far radical Left as you can possibly go. They have embraced radical leftism in its most extreme form…There’s no daylight at all between Fox News and MSNBC when it comes to gender…And I think that’s something that Fox’s viewers need to know…If it were up to me, Fox would get the Bud Light treatment.” 

If Fox News isn’t careful, the network will get the Bud Light treatment.

Judging by the ratings in Carlson’s 8 p.m. time slot, it might have already begun.

Pants on Fire News will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

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Fox News made an announcement that proved the network is in disarray

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Fox News made a huge mistake by throwing Tucker Carlson under the bus.

The ratings at the network are down significantly in his time slot.

Now Fox made an announcement that proved the network is in disarray.

Fox News settled its lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million regarding claims of voter fraud, and now it seems as though the bill is coming due.

According to a report from Rolling Stone, Fox News scuttled its entire seven-person investigative reporting team.

Three employees were allegedly let go, and the remaining four were “reassigned,” a source told Rolling Stone.

The Fox News source was angered that journalists were let go while upper management did not suffer.

The source told Rolling Stone, “The rank and file journalists are getting let go meanwhile upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle…We are the sacrificial lambs…The outrage is that Suzanne Scott and Maria Bartiromo keep their jobs…Meanwhile the journalists get let go. We are in shock.”

Ironically, Tucker Carlson was blamed for the Dominion voter fraud claims, but he forcefully challenged the narrative put forth by Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani.

A former on-air talent told Rolling Stone, “I think producers, management, et cetera [are being laid-off]…They are trying to get money off the books before June 30. They have to save money because of the [Dominion] lawsuit.”

Many have speculated that Carlson was let go per the Dominion settlement, but both Fox News and Dominion deny the claim.

A spokesperson for Dominion said, “As the Fox principals who negotiated the settlement well know, Dominion made no demands about Tucker Carlson’s employment orally or in writing…Any claims otherwise are categorically false and a thinly veiled effort to further damage Dominion. Fox should take every effort to stop these lies immediately.”

The timing is certainly peculiar, however.

Carlson was yanked from the air shortly after the settlement was announced despite having the top-rated show on cable news.

A separate Fox News source told Breitbart News that the layoffs had “nothing to do with Dominion” and that more layoffs are likely.

Media companies across the board have been cutting back on staff, so the actions could be unrelated, but it’s hard to imagine that the biggest defamation settlement in media history had nothing to do with major cuts at the network.

Pants on Fire News will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.

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Tucker Carlson made a huge accusation against Fox News

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The war between Tucker Carlson and Fox News is heating up.

The popular opinion host is out at the network despite having the highest-rated show on cable news.

And Carlson made a huge accusation against Fox News.

Tucker Carlson was yanked from the air despite having the most-watched cable news show.

On top of that, Fox News seemingly will not let Carlson out of his contract.

Carlson’s deal expires in January 2025, coincidentally after the conclusion of the 2024 election cycle.

But Carlson is not going to be muzzled for a full year and a half.

That’s why he announced he was taking his show to Twitter.

And Carlson seems to believe that Fox News is engaging in a smear campaign against him.

According to the Daily Caller, a news site co-founded by Carlson, someone close to Carlson was approached by Fox’s chief legal counsel who said that someone on the Fox board of trustees was the person behind the leaks aimed at embarrassing Carlson.

The Daily Caller reported that Chief Legal Counsel Viet Dinh told a Carlson associate that he believes that the network’s leaders suspected a member of the board of directors had been speaking to the press about Tucker without authorization.

Carlson’s attorney Bryan Freedman said, “It strains credulity that, immediately after agreeing to pay almost $780 million to settle serious allegations of misconduct that a member of Fox’s Board of Directors would be engaging in an attempted smear campaign by illegally leaking information about Tucker Carlson…However, we have to trust that it is true when the Chief Legal Officer informs Tucker that he believes it to be the case.”

Many speculated that the person behind the leaks was notorious Fox News PR boss Irena Briganti, but Dinh allegedly said she was “not authorized” to leak and that she would be “fired” if she were caught doing so.

Either way, it’s concerning if the head of PR or a member on the board is behind the transparent smear campaign against Carlson.

The two most likely board members to be behind the leaks were narrowed down to wealthy hedge fund manager Anne Dias and former House Speaker Paul Ryan.

Even though Ryan is establishment through and through and hates Carlson—the feeling is mutual—the Daily Caller claimed that Carlson’s team ruled him out.

That could leave Dias as the person behind the smears, but there has not been any concrete evidence thus far.

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