Fox News New York laid off its entire investigative unit of reporters a month after it settled a $787.5 million lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems, according to reports.
Fox News settled Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million just days before firing its top host Tucker Carlson last month.
Carlson’s attorneys later accused the network of agreeing to fire Carlson as part of its Dominion settlement and other things.
Dominion has repeatedly denied playing any role in Fox News cutting ties with Carlson.
“As the Fox principals who negotiated the settlement well know, Dominion made no demands about Tucker Carlson’s employment orally or in writing,” a Dominion spokesperson told the Daily Caller.
“Any claims otherwise are categorically false and a thinly veiled effort to further damage Dominion. Fox should make every effort to stop these lies immediately.”
A Fox News spokesperson also said Dominion’s role in Carlson’s firing is “categorically false.”
However, Rolling Stone reported that the Fox News laid off its entire investigative unit of reporters on Friday, a month following the Dominion settlement
“Yes, [layoffs] have happened,” one staffer told the outlet. “And continue to happen.”
One Fox employee said the laid-off reporters are the “sacrificial lambs” of the Dominion settlement.
“The rank and file journalists are getting let go; meanwhile, upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle,” the Fox employee said.
“We are the sacrificial lambs,” the staffer added.
“The outrage is that Suzanne Scott and Maria Bartriomo keep their jobs,” one staffer added. “Meanwhile, the journalists get let go. We are in shock.”
Another former Fox “talent” said they believe the company is trying to “get money off the books before June 30” due to the Dominion settlement.
“I think producers, management, et cetera [are being laid-off],” a former Fox talent told Rolling Stone.
“They are trying to get money off the books before June 30. They have to save money because of the [Dominion] lawsuit.”
According to an unnamed source, the investigative unit layoffs have “nothing to do with Dominion,” the New York Daily News reported.
READ: Murdoch Spoke on Phone with Zelenskyy Weeks before Fox News Fired Tucker Carlson
Go woke, Go broke!
Why would a network that just makes &^%$ up need “investigative reporters”?