Fox News competitors such as Newsmax would welcome Tucker aboard. So would RTN, the Russian government-owned network that loves to show clips of the fallen Fox personality defending the Motherland.

It’s important to note that Rupert Murdoch (above) has a history of dictatorially jettisoning his most potent stars when they become liabilities. That’s what happened with Glenn Beck when he sailed off the reality rails with his rallies and proto-QAnon conspiracy mongering. Likewise, Bill O’Reilly, when he got caught up in multiple sex scandals.

Over the last few months, Abughazaleh’s biting video commentary on Tucker Carlson’s nightly rants, interspersed with tart observations on other Fox News talking heads, have turned Kat Abu, as she’s known on Twitter and TikTok, into a bit of a social media sensation.

Since its launch four years ago, The First has been a kind of witness protection program channel for a murderer’s row of talking heads, including some whose once high-flying careers were grounded by scandal. Recently, however, The First’s fortunes brightened, and further rightened. (Image: Pixabay)

Can Chris Wallace’s reputation as the down-the-middle guy at Fox News, the flagship of right wing media, help CNN shed the network’s left-leaning image and tack to the political center? But a better bet is that in a couple of years, when his contract is up, there won’t be anyone talking to Wallace on CNN.

Who other than Rupert Murdoch should be the immoral center of the year’s best real-life “Succession” docuseries? “The Murdochs: Empire of Influence” aired on CNN and it became essential viewing for anyone interested in the astonishing power of partisan media, where facts are relative and making millions and wielding influence is everything.

The CNN documentary Empire of Influence builds a potent case for how Rupert Murdoch’s insatiable lust for power and profit has turbocharged white nationalism and the decline of democracy.

Among the more prominent – and more frightening – of the local news personalities who have entered the political arena is Kari Lake.

NewsNation may be the haven of last resort for fallen cable-TV news stars like Chris Cuomo, and Bill O’Reilly, who reportedly is in negotiations with the fledgling TV news operation.

While DeSantis enjoys sweet dreams in the governor’s mansion, 91-year-old kingmaker Rupert Murdoch is hard at work.

Brady’s $375MM contract with Fox Sports is a Murdoch dream come true.

Three months into Joe Biden’s presidency, Fox News has yet to prove it can dominate with primetime hate the way it once did.