Tucker Carlson says he will resume his show on Twitter

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson announced that he is launching a new show on Twitter. He announced this by posting a video to the social networking site just two weeks after abruptly parting ways with Fox News.

“Society can’t be free if people aren’t allowed to say what they think is true,” he said.

Carlson was not just a popular anchor whose 8 to 9 p.m. nightly show was watched by millions, but also a man who in many ways set the agenda for the conservative side of American society and, through it, the Republican Party.

His show offered viewers an array of conservative views on issues ranging from immigration and crime to issues of race, gender and sexual orientation; woke ideology was a particularly frequent target.

Twitter owner Elon Musk retweeted Carlson’s video Tuesday night, accompanying it with the statement that “on this platform, unlike a one-way street, people can communicate with each other and criticize and refute everything that is said here.”

“I also want to make it clear that he and I made no deals. Tucker is subject to the same rules as all other content creators,” he added.

According to Carlson, a new version of his show is coming soon. He emphasized that Twitter has long been a place where the national discussion is born and grows. It’s a non-partisan platform where everyone is allowed, and we think that’s a good thing.”

In April, Fox News published a terse statement saying that both he and Carlson had “agreed to part ways.”

Fox News did not explain the reasons for the breakup, but it came just six days after Fox Corporation, which owns the channel, agreed to pay nearly $800 million out of court to voting machine maker Dominion.

That firm sued Fox Corp. for what the plaintiffs say was its channel’s dissemination of slander by Trump and his supporters who claimed that the 2020 presidential election results were rigged, including by the voting machines they produced. According to Dominion, these allegations have had a negative impact on their reputations and income.

This court case led to the disclosure of text messages that contained Carlson’s personal and highly unflattering opinions about Donald Trump and some of his Fox News colleagues.

In April, The Wall Street Journal, reported that Carlson’s contract was worth about $20 million a year and was signed through January 2025.

According to U.S. news website Axios, Carlson’s attorneys, sent a letter to Fox management accusing the corporation of fraud and breach of contract.

Among other things, the letter stated that Fox violated an agreement with Carlson that his personal communications were not to be shared with the media.

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