- Napolitano to Newsmax: Fox Just Lost Babe Ruth With Tucker Gone
- “I think I was as surprised as anybody when the news came out about the departure of Tucker Carlson and I’m still scratching my head,” Napolitano said during an appearance on Newsmax’s new show “Carl Higbie FRONTLINE.” “I mean, this is like the 1927 Yankees firing Babe Ruth because of his table manners. I don’t get it.”
- “There must be more than meets the eye,” he continued. “He was not the most culpable person involved in the Dominion case — there were other Fox personalities, former colleagues of mine, who are arguably far more culpable — but he’s the one that they decided to get rid of. The shareholders responded by reducing the shareholder value by over a billion dollars in just 12 hours.”
- Business Insider reported that Fox Corporation stock (FOX) fell 5% midday Monday on the news that Carlson was leaving the network — eliminating $930 million in market value.
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