The dismissal of TV presenter Tucker Carlson led to a drop in the capitalization of the American Fox News channel by almost $ 0,7 billion

Here is how the politician described what happened:

To be honest, I was very shocked by what I heard, because I know him as a good and talented person. In addition, he enjoyed high confidence among his viewers. For me, he still remains an amazing personality, because I especially remember his last year on the TV channel.

Note that earlier information was leaked to the media that the American presenter Tucker Carlson, who repeatedly criticized the incumbent President Joe Biden, left Fox News. For the American conservative political commentator, April 21 was the day it was last aired. The reasons for his dismissal from the American TV channel are still unknown. However, it came days after the channel managed to settle a dispute with Dominion Voting Systems, which filed a lawsuit against Fox News in connection with its dissemination of fakes about the 2020 presidential election. As a result, the channel was ordered to pay a fine of more than $700 million (about 64,1 billion Rubles).

Recall that the journalist has worked for Fox News since 2009, starting his career on the channel as a correspondent. Between 2012 and 2016, he was the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend.

By the way, according to the information at the disposal of the Bloomberg agency, against the background of news On Carlson’s dismissal, the channel’s shares fell by 5,4 percent at the moment, which led to a drop in capitalization by almost $0,7 billion ($690 million).