Talking to Fox employees, there’s still a ton of uncertainty about why Lou Dobbs was canceled and what, if anything, will happen next. One said that Fox is a “land of confusion” right now.
There was speculation that Jeanine Pirro could be in trouble, but her show aired as normal
There was speculation that Jeanine Pirro could be in trouble, but her show aired as normal
Dobbs is clearly unhappy about the cancellation, hence all the retweets supporting him, including some that criticized Fox by name. But with him still reportedly under contract, I wouldn’t expect to get his full take on what happened for a little while...
I think only the Murdochs and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott know why Dobbs was canceled but others mentioned in the Smartmatic lawsuit were not.
A good analysis from @brianstelter: cnn.com/2021/02/06/med…
A good analysis from @brianstelter: cnn.com/2021/02/06/med…
The other question is whether Fox could lose the audience that watched Dobbs.
There’s also the possibility that some of the network’s most pro-Trump personalities could use this as a reason to jump ship for more ardently pro-Trump pastures like Newsmax, though it pays a lot less
There’s also the possibility that some of the network’s most pro-Trump personalities could use this as a reason to jump ship for more ardently pro-Trump pastures like Newsmax, though it pays a lot less
Finally, there is a chance that Fox could face another major defamation lawsuit related to its coverage of the election, this one from Dominion, which said in Dec. 22 letters to Fox that litigation is “imminent.”
“There is another shoe, I think, to drop,” a Fox employee told me.
“There is another shoe, I think, to drop,” a Fox employee told me.
Good on Howard Kurtz for acknowledging the Dobbs cancellation (and the Smartmatic lawsuit) on his show this morning: mediaite.com/tv/foxs-howard…
I think that would make him the only (or one of the only) Fox employees to acknowledge publicly what happened to Dobbs...
I think that would make him the only (or one of the only) Fox employees to acknowledge publicly what happened to Dobbs...
FYI, lots of Lou Dobbs fans on Facebook are saying that the cancellation was the final straw for them. A sampling:
“I will follow your show anywhere. Will not watch Fox in support of you!”
“Fox was on the bubble for me. They are off my list now.”
“Time to turn off the channel”
“I will follow your show anywhere. Will not watch Fox in support of you!”
“Fox was on the bubble for me. They are off my list now.”
“Time to turn off the channel”
Here is something I wrote in 2018 about David Asman, who will be filling in for Lou Dobbs for a few days this week: hollywoodreporter.com/news/youre-man…
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