Fox News Fires Its Biggest Star

<p>Less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle the Dominion lawsuit, the network has abruptly fired Tucker Carlson — an anchor at the center of the case.</p><p>Jeremy W. Peters, who covers media and politics for The Times, explains why the network decided to cut ties with one of its biggest stars.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeremy-w-peters">Jeremy W. Peters</a>, a media and politics correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Tucker Carlson was<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-fox-news-dismissal.html"> one of the network’s top-rated hosts</a> for many years.</li><li>Here is<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/24/business/tucker-carlson-fox-news#here-is-the-latest-on-tucker-carlsons-departure-from-fox-news"> the latest on Mr. Carlson’s departure</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>