When Dan Bongino went on his podcast Thursday and told listeners he was leaving Fox News, he said it was simply a matter of failing to reach agreement on a new contract—and nothing more than that. “It's no big conspiracy, I promise you,” he said. “You're going to read a thousand left-wing articles about some nonsense, and I'm guaranteeing you on my reputation, it is all made up. It's a simple contract thing, and that's it. It is no more complicated than that.”
He was right, reports Mark Joyella at Forbes. The rumors began swirling immediately after Bongino made his announcement. Mainstream media sites like Los Angeles magazine reported that Bongino had been “fired,” despite Bongino’s statement saying it was untrue. Many commenters immediately linked Bongino’s exit to Dominion and a rumored housecleaning at Fox that could involve the firing of several high profile hosts. The Palmer Report tweeted that “to be clear, Fox News has fired Dan Bongino. That one’s real. And perhaps just the start.”
“Dominion truth bomb produces Fox’s first casualty,” was the headline on a post about Bongino at the Washington Press blog, which argued that the $787 million that Fox agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems to settle its defamation lawsuit was directly responsible for Fox parting ways with Bongino. “That’s a big hit to the payroll. And when media companies start bleeding money, the first cuts they make are always to the weakest members of their staff who are a drain on the finances.”
I was informed this morning, by the same libs who told me there was a pee-pee tape, and a Russian laptop, that I was fired, and I’m unemployed as well.
— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) April 22, 2023
This was news to me and my family but we deeply appreciate their concern. You can always count on the libs for truth and…
On his podcast Friday, Bongino joked about “the first day of my unemployment,” saying “the liberals said I was fired, I’m unemployed...kind of hysterical watching the reaction.” As for suggestions that Bongino leaving Fox News was linked to the Dominion settlement, a person inside the network familiar with the negotiations said Bongino’s exit “was not related to the matter.”
“Murdoch thinks firing Bongino will fix Fox News’ image,” one conservative commenter suggested on Twitter. On his “open MAGA mic Friday,” conservative radio host Brian Craig told listeners that despite Bongino said about not being fired, “he’s basically been fired. And I know they’re not saying he’s been fired...but he was fired.”
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