• Join Puck

    Directly Supporting Authors

    A new economic model in which writers are also partners in the business.

    Personalized Subscriptions

    Customize your settings to receive the newsletters you want from the authors you follow.

    Stay in the Know

    Connect directly with Puck talent through email and exclusive events.

  • What is puck? Newsletters Authors Podcasts Events Gift Puck Careers

Tucker Theories & CNN’s Trump Revival

News and notes on the latest comings and goings in the land of cable news: suspicions regarding the trending explanations for Tucker Carlson’s ouster, and all the internal feels about CNN’s Trump town hall.

Undoubtedly, everything in the Times report is true enough, but it nevertheless still felt like window dressing on the real motivation for Tucker’s termination.
Undoubtedly, everything in the Times report is true enough, but it nevertheless still felt like window dressing on the real motivation for Tucker’s termination. Photo: Jason Koerner/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
May 3, 2023

In the nine days since Tucker Carlson’s expulsion from Fox, there have been a litany of rationales and hypotheses put forth to explain why Rupert Murdoch abruptly cut ties with his most powerful and highly rated host, exposing the business to MAGA-world blowback, tanking the Fox News primetime ratings, blowing up the Fox Nation streaming service, and leaving himself on the hook for about $20 million in salary payments in the process. To date, however, none of the explanations have been wholly satisfying.