“It was always going to end badly”: The untold story of Tucker Carlson’s ugly exit from Fox News

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Vanity Fair / Brian Stelter / Oct 31, 2023

“The reason Carlson’s team couldn’t immediately settle on one simple explanation is because there wasn’t one.” —

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