{"id":40278,"date":"2023-05-09T16:53:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=40278"},"modified":"2023-05-09T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T20:53:54","slug":"fox-has-chosen-a-successor-to-tucker-carlson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=40278","title":{"rendered":"Fox has chosen a successor to Tucker Carlson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all., The disaster that is the Fox News decision to fire Tucker Carlson continues. The suddenness of Carlson\u2019s dismissal caught pretty much everyone by surprise. People were wondering who Fox was going to get to replace Tucker Carlson. Now Fox has made their choice.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/fa\/3b\/82\/fa3b82587bf73236953e6453a1e42701.jpg?resize=366%2C252&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"366\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The person replacing Tucker Carlson is Lawrence Jones. If that name means nothing to you, you aren\u2019t alone. I\u2019ve never heard of the man either. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsfront\/lawrence-jones-fox-news-tucker-carlson\/2023\/05\/01\/id\/1118148\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Here are the details from Newsmax, (Who is currently eating Fox\u2019s lunch)<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Fox News picked Lawrence Jones\u00a0to be the temporary replacement for the time slot that used to feature the\u00a0highly rated Tucker Carlson, who was unceremoniously ousted a\u00a0week ago. <\/b><b>Jones, 30,\u00a0is considered to be the &#8220;youngest black solo host of a cable news show in history,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12028409\/Lawrence-Jones-named-Tucker-Carlsons-rotating-replacement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the Daily Mail<\/a>. Newsmax\u00a0had Joe Pinion, now 39, as a host before he left the network to run for Senate to vie for the seat held by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><b>Jones, a self-described libertarian,\u00a0is expected to host starting Monday night after Fox News has struggled to keep viewers in Carlson&#8217;s time slot.\u00a0Its audience\u00a0plummeted from an average of 3.2 million viewers with Carlson to 2.6 million tuning in Monday, 1.7 million Tuesday, and\u00a0just 1.3 million Wednesday. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/dd\/14\/c7\/dd14c721af985034e104a7ce2b5d6e6b.jpg?resize=400%2C266&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While I wish Mr. Jones the best of luck, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s going to be able to turn things around. The ratings for Fox are getting worse, and now there are rumors that two more commentators might be fired. I would suggest that Mr. Jones use this opportunity to \u201cPad his resume\u201d while he looks for a network that isn\u2019t imploding faster then Bud Light.<\/p>\n<p>Thatisall<\/p>\n<span id=\"post-ratings-40278\" class=\"post-ratings\" data-nonce=\"c08d555343\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_40278_1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1 Star\" title=\"1 Star\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(40278, 1, '1 Star');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_40278_2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2 Stars\" title=\"2 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(40278, 2, '2 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_40278_3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3 Stars\" title=\"3 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(40278, 3, '3 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_40278_4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4 Stars\" title=\"4 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(40278, 4, '4 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"rating_40278_5\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/stars_crystal\/rating_on.gif?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5 Stars\" title=\"5 Stars\" onmouseover=\"current_rating(40278, 5, '5 Stars');\" onmouseout=\"ratings_off(5, 0, 0);\" onclick=\"rate_post();\" onkeypress=\"rate_post();\" style=\"cursor: pointer; border: 0px;\" \/> (<strong>2<\/strong> votes, average: <strong>5.00<\/strong> out of 5)<br \/><span class=\"post-ratings-text\" id=\"ratings_40278_text\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"post-ratings-40278-loading\" class=\"post-ratings-loading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-postratings\/images\/loading.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"post-ratings-image\" \/>Loading...<\/span>\n<p><i><b>~The Angry Webmaster~<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=48&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=vinyl_sns&amp;banner=1YX1F8EDM58CYCXMDN82&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=322e4aea47559a7b6d1d38b96778b822&amp;t=angersentral&amp;tracking_id=angersentral\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all., The disaster that is the Fox News decision to fire Tucker Carlson continues. The suddenness of Carlson\u2019s dismissal caught pretty much everyone by surprise. People were wondering who Fox was going to get to replace Tucker Carlson. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=40278\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,750,71,219],"tags":[4,125,347,222,15,377,101,151,110,57,68,1270],"class_list":["post-40278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty-politics","category-maga","category-news-of-the-day","category-the-good-idea-fairy","tag-entertainment","tag-epic-fail","tag-fox-news","tag-good-idea-fairy","tag-incompetence","tag-maga","tag-news","tag-rino","tag-scoamf","tag-technology","tag-television","tag-tucker-carlson"],"views":416,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40238,"url":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=40238","url_meta":{"origin":40278,"position":0},"title":"Tucker Carlson and Fox News part ways","author":"Angry Webmaster","date":"April 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Good day all. 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