{"id":57244,"date":"2023-06-26T13:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T20:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57244"},"modified":"2023-06-26T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T22:40:07","slug":"a-primer-on-jesse-watters-who-is-replacing-former-fox-news-white-nationalist-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57244","title":{"rendered":"A Primer on Jesse Watters Who is Replacing Former Fox News White Nationalist, Tucker Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April fox News suddenly, and without explanation, fired their top rated primetime host, Tucker Carlson. His pink slip came within days of the $787 million settlement that Fox agreed to pay to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation and lying about nonexistent election fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=A Primer on Jesse Watters Who is Replacing Former Fox News White Nationalist, Tucker Carlson%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=57244\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/FoxNews\/watters-wiggum.jpg\" alt=\"Jesse Watters, Fox News\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36688\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although neither Fox nor Carlson connected the two events, it is hard to imagine that they weren&#8217;t related. After all, Carlson&#8217;s private communications were revealed in texts and emails that showed him viciously disparaging Donald Trump, as well as his Fox News colleagues and bosses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56363\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In Dominion v Fox News, Network Cries \u2018We Can\u2019t Make People Think We\u2019ve Turned Against Trump\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, after two months and a series of on-air auditions, Fox News has announced that they have chosen Jesse Watters to replace Carlson. It&#8217;s sign of weakness that they are relying on Watters, and his fellow Fox Newsers (Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, and Greg Gutfeld) to rescue the network despite their historically low ratings. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/26\/business\/fox-news-prime-time-tucker-carlson\/index.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According<\/a><\/strong> to their competition at CNN&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Fox News on Monday unveiled a revamped prime-time lineup, naming a new 8 pm host to fill the void left by Tucker Carlson\u2019s firing and shuffling its biggest stars around to boost sagging ratings as viewers rebel to protest the popular host\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The right-wing network announced that Laura Ingraham will helm its 7 pm hour; Jesse Watters will move to 8 pm; Sean Hannity will remain at 9 pm; Greg Gutfeld will slide an hour earlier to 10 pm; and Trace Gallagher will anchor 11 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new schedule \u2014 made up almost entirely of hosts who have grown in popularity by feeding their loyal conservative audience a mixture of right-wing talking points, outrage and misinformation \u2014 will take effect on July 17.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jesse Watters is best known for his creepy stalking of women reporters &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=37278\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including some at Fox News<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; and for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=51597\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">advocating shooting Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/a><\/strong>, telling his listeners to seek out Dr. Fauci in public and, when they find him, to confront him aggressively saying, <em>\u201cNow you go in with the kill shot. [&#8230;and tell him&#8230;] You know why people don\u2019t trust you, don\u2019t you? BOOM! He is dead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For the record, what follows is a primer of the repugnant programs that Watters has presented. It provides a clear picture of what to expect in the future.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56659\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Whines that \u2018You\u2019re Putting Donald Trump\u2019s Life in Danger\u2019 By Trying Him for His Crimes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55116\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Hack FREAKS OUT Over President Biden Eating Ice Cream at a Campaign Stop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=54165\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Trump Cult Knows He\u2019s Guilty, So They\u2019re All on Fox News Yammering About Planted Evidence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=52544\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boring Biden? Fox News is Very Upset that Biden Isn\u2019t a Hyper-Psycho Drama Queen Like Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43241\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTF? Fox News Hack Says Ukraine Isn\u2019t a \u2018Sexy\u2019 Enough Scandal to Impeach Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=38281\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s Child Abuse is Politicized By Fox News Hacks in the Most Idiotic Way Possible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=35453\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News Host Considers Confederate Traitors to Be \u2018Revered\u2019 American Leaders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be prepared for more of the same lies and overt hostility as Watters takes Carlson&#8217;s place. [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediamatters.org\/jesse-watters\/fox-news-names-misinformation-machine-jesse-watters-permanent-host-7-pm-hour\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See Media Matters for more<\/a><\/strong> of Watters&#8217; clownery] It is confirmation that Fox News has nothing else to offer their glassy-eyed viewers, and even after the Dominion debacle, they have no intention of pretending to be news enterprise. In other words, it&#8217;s monkey business as usual at Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newsie.social\/@NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mastodon<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April fox News suddenly, and without explanation, fired their top rated primetime host, Tucker Carlson. His pink slip came within days of the $787 million settlement that Fox agreed to pay to Dominion Voting Systems for defamation and lying about nonexistent election fraud. Click here to Tweet this article Although neither Fox nor Carlson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,684,16],"tags":[33,227,25],"class_list":["post-57244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-media-bias","category-wankery","tag-fox-news","tag-jesse-watters","tag-tucker-carlson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/watters-wiggum.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-eTi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50962,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50962","url_meta":{"origin":57244,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Carlson Attacks White House Parental Leave Policy, Which Fox News Also Offers","author":"Mark NC","date":"10\/15\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Leave it to the Fox News Senior Hate Monger, Tucker Carlson, to find a way to malign fatherhood, while viciously insulting LGBTQ people, and simultaneously displaying rank hypocrisy, all with the smirk of an elitist, trust fund baby, shielded from consequences by his right-wing employer. 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