Fox News producer admits to network's 'shady' corporate affairs
A Fox News producer Monday made several admissions about the corporate news network, including its relationship with pharmaceutical companies and former host Tucker Carlson.
As part of his comeback debut since his termination from Project Veritas, OMG CEO James O’Keefe released the hidden camera footage in which Fox News Producer Sean Langille revealed what lay behind the network’s decision to fire its biggest star last month.
Tucker Carlson, who until last month was the highest-rated cable news host on television, struck a chord with millions of viewers on several poignant issues. He expressed staunch opposition to mask and vaccine mandates, supported President Trump, railed against aid to Ukraine, and gave voice to Joe Biden’s political opponents who have been persecuted under the January 6th narrative. It was Carlson who released the unedited footage from the Capitol protest showing that the government had selectively edited the video to crack down on political dissidents. He also reported on Ray Epps, the alleged FBI agent provocateur who led the Capitol breach.
On April 21st, Carlson was terminated by Fox News without explanation.
Langille unwittingly told an OMG undercover journalist that the cable news host’s ouster was part of a settlement agreement with Dominion Voting Systems, an international manufacturer of voting machines. Dominion filed suit against Fox News in April 2021, accusing the network of “deeply damaging” its reputation by insinuating its machines replaced votes for Donald Trump. The two corporations reached a settlement last month for $787.5 million and, apparently, Tucker Carlson’s job.
“They say it wasn’t part of it, but we’re learning that Tucker getting fired was part of that . . . part of the settlement,” said Langille. “He brought up things that cost the company a lot of money.”
The producer added that Carlson was upsetting some powerful people with his January 6 coverage, including Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch.
“[Carlson] went after this guy Ray Epps,” shared Langille. “He said he was an FBI agent on the inside and basically encouraged it. He was going to go on the air and refute what [Epps] said on 60 Minutes and the Murdochs were not too happy about it.”
CBS News, typically very critical of January 6 attendees, hosted Epps on 60 Minutes last month to have Epps claim that he was not working with the FBI when he led the Capitol breach. Immediately after, Epps was defended by news media and protected by US officials, the only January 6 attendee to be so. Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a January 6 Committee inquisitor, in fact demanded Epps be granted reparations.
According to Langille, Carlson was not the cash cow he appeared to be. His opinions alienated some advertisers. After his criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement, advertisers such as Disney, T-Mobile, Poshmark and Papa John’s pulled their advertising from the network. With Carlson now gone, Langille says advertisers are returning.
In addition to advertisers, Fox News has other loyalties — one of which is to the pharmaceutical industry.
“It’s Big Pharma,” said Langille. “Which is crazy, because we would do all this stuff about the COVID vaccines and we’re getting money from Pfizer, Big Pharma, Big Tech.”
Langille did not elaborate, but chalked it down to being in “corporate media, where you’re beholden to all the advertisers.”
“You don’t want to piss off the advertisers,” he emphasized.
The Fox News employee also told the undercover journalist about Mike LaRosa, who left his position as Jill Biden’s press secretary to become the managing director of PR firm Penta Group, where he crafts messaging for Dominion Voting Systems.
“Everyone’s shady,” said Langille. “He left the White House to literally go take down the news outlet that was being unfavorable to his boss.”
