
'If I don't care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?'įox's board was deeply concerned that the message could be made public at trial - a fear that pushed them to agree to the $787.5 million settlement. I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed. 'Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I'm sure I'd hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn't gloat over his suffering. I'm becoming something I don't want to be. 'Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn't good for me. 'Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they'd hit him harder, kill him.


Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously.

'A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living s*** out of him. Members of the Proud Boys are pictured in Washington DC on December 12, 2020 'A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington,' Carlson wrote in the text, sent at 4:18pm on January 7, 2021. The content of the messages so alarmed the board that the wheels were set in motion for Carlson's firing, The New York Times reported. The texts became known to Fox News's board on the eve of the trial - which began on April 18, and was settled before the jury could start to hear evidence. No ruling has yet been made.Ĭarlson's texts also showed him ridiculing Fox bosses and attacking his colleagues.

The judge overseeing the Dominion case is being asked by multiple news organizations to remove the redaction of many of the messages which were part of the case. The text message was unearthed as part of a defamation case filed by Dominion voting systems against Fox News - which, following the 2020 election, allowed the promotion of the idea that Dominion rigged the election in favor of Joe Biden.ĭominion obtained private messages between Fox News hosts and executives, which showed that many of them privately admitted the idea of a stolen election was nonsense.
