Tucker Carlson vows he ‘will not be silenced’ as Fox News issues cease-and-desist letter over Twitter show
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Tucker Carlson has insisted he will “not be silenced” after Fox News sent a cease-and-desist letter ordering him to stop releasing shows on Twitter. Last week, Fox’s attorneys wrote to Carlson demanding he stop posting “Tucker on Twitter” videos, whose first two episodes attracted a combined 169 million views. In a statement to Axios, Carlon’s lawyer Harmeet Dhillon said: “Doubling down on the most catastrophic programming decision in the history of the cable news industry, Fox is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.” “Tucker will not be silenced by anyone. In his first “Tucker on Twitter” show released last week, Carlson described Ukraine’s Jewish president Volodymyr Zelensky as “sweaty and rat-like”, in comments widely interpreted to be anti-semitic.