Fox News Goes After Tucker Carlson, Claims His New Twitter Show is a Breach of Contract

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, former host at Fox News, has been accused by the network of breaching his contract by starting his own show on Twitter.

In a letter obtained by Axios, Fox News informed Carlson’s attorneys about the violation, citing the terms of the agreement which stated that his “services shall be completely exclusive to Fox.”

The letter quoted Carlson’s contract, explicitly stating that he was “prohibited from rendering services of any type whatsoever, whether ‘over the internet via streaming or similar distribution, or other digital distribution whether now known or hereafter devised.'”

BREAKING: Fox News plans to sue Tucker Carlson after his 1st video on Twitter went viral

They claim it’s a breach of contract

Maybe we boycott Fox News until they stop trying to silence one of the biggest voices before the 2024 election?

FREE SPEECHhttps://t.co/h6npCCHdvY

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) June 7, 2023

This move comes after Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement earlier this year in a defamation lawsuit filed by the latter.

As a result, Fox News and Carlson decided to part ways.

On Tuesday, Carlson posted the first episode of his Twitter show, which focused on the recent destruction of the Nova Kakhova dam in Southern Ukraine.

Will Fox News be able to silence Tucker Carlson?

He suggested that the incident could be attributed to a Ukrainian operation.

This letter sets the stage for a potential legal battle between Fox News and Carlson.

Responding to the network’s efforts to halt his Twitter show, Carlson’s attorney, Bryan Freedman, argued that it would infringe upon his client’s First Amendment rights.

.@TuckerCarlson:
🔸90M daily views on Twitter
vs
🔸3M daily views on Fox

Twitter is the new media. pic.twitter.com/SUbZdDxXcG

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 7, 2023

“Fox defends its very existence on freedom of speech grounds.

Now they want to take Tucker Carlson’s right to speak freely away from him because he took to social media to share his thoughts on current events,” Freedman stated.

It remains to be seen how this dispute will unfold, as both sides assert their positions and potentially engage in a legal battle over contractual obligations and free speech rights.

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