{"id":2114671,"date":"2023-12-03T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-host-stuns-audience-after-blistering-on-air-crack-at-network-honchos-involving-forbidden-subject\/"},"modified":"2023-12-03T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T21:56:31","slug":"watch-fox-news-host-stuns-audience-after-blistering-on-air-crack-at-network-honchos-involving-forbidden-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-fox-news-host-stuns-audience-after-blistering-on-air-crack-at-network-honchos-involving-forbidden-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News host shocks audience with scathing on-air jab at network bosses over taboo topic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-fox-news-host-stuns-audience-after-blistering-on-air-crack-at-network-honchos-involving-forbidden-subject%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2114671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Watch: Fox News Host Stuns Audience After Blistering \u200dOn-Air Crack at Network Honchos Involving Forbidden Subject<\/h2>\n<p>Greg Gutfeld\u200c was playing \u2063a dangerous\u2062 game.<\/p>\n<p>The acerbic \u2064Fox \u2062News funnyman has \u200cbeen building a reputation \u2063for\u2064 years as\u2063 one of the keenest, funniest minds on the conservative side of the aisle,\u2063 and his\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gutfeld-fox-news-wallop-late-night-competition-premiere-2-new-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hugely successful<\/a> nightly comic commentary show is \u200cjust cementing that in place.<\/p>\n<p>But on Friday night, Gutfeld turned the \u200csharp edge of his wit against his own\u200c employer \u2014 and left\u2063 his audience stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Gutfeld\u2019s topics were corporate\u2064 cowardice,\u2063 advertiser pressures, and the growing censorship regime taking \u2062over \u2063too much of the Western media.<\/p>\n<p>To polish off his point, he broke an \u2063apparent taboo \u2062on Fox against \u2064using\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fox-news-cuts-away-trump-speech-4-seconds-says-tucker-carlson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">name of Tucker Carlson<\/a>, the former Fox \u2063commentator \u200dremoved \u2063from the air in April.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Fox \u200cNews \u200cguests get visibly uncomfortable \u200bafter host Greg Gutfeld calls out\u200d advertisers\u200c and his\u2062 employer for\u200d firing Tucker \u200dCarlson.<\/p>\n<p>You could feel the tension in \u2063that \u200croom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusk may\u2062 be the last man standing between real freedom of \u2062speech and \u200bthe suffocating block \u2062of \u200cthe\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pwC9POWM1B\">pic.twitter.com\/pwC9POWM1B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg\u200d (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1730968954624258508?\">December 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gutfeld was\u200c springing \u2063off\u2064 his \u201cVideo of the Day,\u201d feature,\u200b which on \u2063Friday featured\u200b X owner Elon Musk telling\u2063 an interviewer\u2063 last week that any advertiser trying to \u201cblackmail\u201d him \u2062into abandoning his free speech principles could \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-punches-back-woke-advertisers-trying-blackmail-go-f\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go f*** yourself<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact is, Musk may be the last man standing between\u2063 real freedom \u200bof speech and \u200cthe suffocating block of\u2063 this <a title=\"Biden admin swiftly appeals court ruling to maintain censorship regime.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-rushes-appeal-against-court-ruling-in-effort-to-keep-censorship-regime-intact\/\">censorship industrial\u200c complex<\/a>, \u200bwhich is made\u200d up of government, media,\u2062 and tech forces,\u201d Gutfeld said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2062 realizes that advertisers have no spine and\u200b can be easily cowed by <a title=\"Ohio voters will determine the level of ease for pro-abortion interest groups to amend their constitution.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-ohio-voters-to-decide-how-easily-theyll-let-pro-abortion-interest-groups-change-their-constitution-2\/\">special interest \u2063groups<\/a> in cahoots with political\u2063 allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t believe me, I\u2019ve got two\u200d words for \u200cyou: Tucker \u2064Carlson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064full video is available\u200c below. Gutfeld\u2019s panel\u2019s reaction was almost as interesting as the words themselves.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The unease among\u2064 Gutfeld\u2019s guests was almost as palpable as the audience reaction was\u200b audible. They were no doubt relieved\u200d when \u200che \u200ccontinued \u200cthe topic without returning to Carlson\u2019s ouster from\u2062 Fox.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s likely\u200b not the \u2064end \u200dof the\u2063 story.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think\u2063 Gutfeld will be out of a job soon?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none;\"><label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n<label>No<\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>Completing this \u2064poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge via email. You may opt\u2063 out at \u200banytime. You also \u2063agree \u2063to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 80%;\">\n<p>Yes: 80% (4 Votes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 20%;\">\n<p>No: 20%\u200d (1 Votes)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What Gutfeld did was open insubordination against the\u200d Fox executives who had no problem jettisoning their \u2064most popular primetime host for<\/p>\n<h2>How has advertiser pressure affected freedom of speech in the \u200cmedia landscape?<\/h2>\n<p>W.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-warns-advertisers-peer-pressure-surrendering-principle\/&#8221;>stick it where the sun doesn&#8217;t \u2062shine.\u201d\u2063<\/p>\n<p>Gutfeld saw this \u2062as the perfect opportunity to address the issue of\u200d censorship and advertiser\u2064 pressures within his own network. \u2064He did not hold back, questioning the corporate\u2064\u200b cowardice that has permeated the mainstream media. He highlighted the increasing censorship regime that is <a title=\"Democrats Seek to Force Big Tech to Police Content More Tightly in Section 230 Reform Bill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-seek-to-force-big-tech-to-police-content-more-tightly-in-section-230-reform-bill\/\">stifling free speech<\/a> \u2064in the Western world,\u2064 and how it is affecting Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>But what really shocked his audience was when he mentioned the forbidden name, Tucker Carlson. Carlson,\u200c a well-known commentator at Fox News, was \u2063removed from the air in April. It was clear that Gutfeld was not afraid \u200dto call out his \u2064employer for what he saw as \u2064a betrayal\u200c of free speech values.<\/p>\n<p>The tension\u200c in the room was palpable as the guests on\u2062 the show visibly squirmed in discomfort. Gutfeld&#8217;s \u2062brazenness in criticizing Fox News \u200dand its\u200d advertisers was a bold move, \u200cespecially on a <a title=\"Chris Cuomo Was Offered Early Access To COVID-19 Treatment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-cuomo-was-offered-early-access-to-covid-19-treatment\/\">widely watched program<\/a> known for its\u200c conservative viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Gutfeld&#8217;s remarks highlighted a deeper issue within the media\u200b landscape. \u200bThe \u2062pressure from advertisers to conform to certain narratives and <a title=\"Disney Channel Alum Flees Instagram After Being Flamed for Neutral Israel-Palestinian Post\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-channel-alum-flees-instagram-after-being-flamed-for-neutral-israel-palestinian-post\/\">avoid controversial topics<\/a> has\u200c become a significant concern. \u200bIt raises questions about the extent to which media organizations are beholden to their corporate interests and the impact \u2062this has on journalistic integrity.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where freedom of speech is vital to \u200da functioning democracy, Gutfeld&#8217;s critique brings attention to the dangers of\u2064 self-censorship and the erosion of diverse viewpoints. He \u200bargues that the fight for freedom of speech is \u2064not just a political battle but\u2064 a cultural one as well. Maintaining an open \u200cand honest discourse is essential \u200dfor the health \u200dof a \u2063society.<\/p>\n<p>While Gutfeld&#8217;s comments may\u2062 have shocked some, it\u200c is important to recognize\u2062 the \u2062bravery it takes to speak \u2064out against one&#8217;s own\u200b employer and challenge the status quo. It highlights the power of the individual to exercise their right\u200c to free speech, even in the face of potential backlash.<\/p>\n<p>In a time where censorship and self-censorship \u200dare on the rise, it is refreshing to \u200bsee \u2063a\u2063 public\u200d figure like Greg Gutfeld take a stand. His boldness serves as a reminder that true freedom of speech requires vigilance and\u2063 the willingness to speak uncomfortable truths.<\/p>\n<p>As the media landscape continues to evolve,\u2063 it\u2063 is crucial to uphold the\u200b principles of free speech and encourage\u2064 diverse perspectives. Only \u200bthrough open dialogue and the acceptance of differing opinions can society progress and \u200cevolve.\u2064 And it is the responsibility of \u2064both media organizations and individuals to protect and defend this fundamental right.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Gutfeld&#8217;s daring on-air commentary serves as \u2062a wake-up call.\u200b It reminds\u2063 us all to remain vigilant and \u2063unwavering in our commitment to \u2063preserving freedom of speech and challenging the status quo, regardless of \u2064the potential\u200b consequences. Taking a stand against censorship and advertiser pressures is essential in order\u2064 to retain the integrity and purpose \u200bof journalism in today&#8217;s world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg Gutfeld, the witty Fox News personality, has been known for his sharp and humorous conservative commentary. His popular nightly show further solidifies his reputation. 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