Media Matters in trouble for releasing leaked Tucker Carlson videos.
Fox Corporation Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter to Media Matters for America Over Leaked Tucker Carlson Footage
Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America (MMFA) over the left-wing media watchdog publicizing leaked footage of former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson.
Carlson and Fox News parted ways on April 24.
Fox Demands MMFA Cease and Desist
In a May 5 letter to MMFA President and CEO Angelo Carusone, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, a law firm, wrote that MMFA had no right to publish the footage.
“That unaired footage is Fox’s confidential intellectual property; Fox did not consent to its distribution or publication; and Fox does not consent to its further distribution or publication,” they wrote. “This proprietary material was given to you without Fox’s authorization. Fox demands that Media Matters cease and desist from distribution, publication, and misuse of Fox’s misappropriated proprietary footage, which you are now on notice was unlawfully obtained. We reserve all rights and remedies.”
The footage includes Carlson making jokes with members of his staff. In one clip, on the set of his Fox Nation show, “Tucker Carlson Today,” Carlson said, “I can never assess my appearance. I wait for my postmenopausal fans to weigh in on that.”
In another video, Carlson blasted the company’s on-demand subscription service, Fox Nation.
Public Figures Weigh In
Numerous public figures have weighed in on the leaked footage.
Journalist Megyn Kelly, a former primetime Fox News anchor, blamed her previous employer for leaking the footage, specifically.
“Ask yourself about my theory that this is Fox News doing it to him, that it’s Irina Briganti, who sat there calling through his commercial downtime to look for anything,” said Kelly, referring to Fox News’ senior executive vice president of corporate communications.
Bill O’Reilly, who preceded Carlson in Fox News’ 8 p.m. ET weeknight slot, said on NewsNation on May 3 that the leaking was most likely by someone at Fox News in order to make Carlson look like “a racist villain.”
Fox has refuted allegations of its involvement in the leaks. “This is completely false and an outright lie,” a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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