Fox 'Wannabe' Producer Exits Fox News

The Fox News producer who authored the network’s chyron Tuesday night labeling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” has parted ways with the company, two sources told The Daily Beast on Thursday.

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Former Tucker Carlson Tonight managing editor Alexander McCaskill, who features prominently in a toxic work environment lawsuit by a former colleague, is no longer with the network—a topic that Carlson himself discussed in the latest episode of his Tucker on Twitter video series.

The ousted Fox News host said that after the chyron ran, “the women who run the network panicked.”

“First they scolded the producer who put the banner on the screen,” Carlson claimed. “Less than 24 hours after that, he resigned. He had been at Fox for more than a decade. He was considered one of the most capable people in the building. He offered to stay for the customary two weeks, but Fox told him to clear out his desk and leave immediately.”

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— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) June 15, 2023

Carlson then turned to the network’s public statement about the chyron, which was shown on screen during the tail end of what had once been the time slot for Tucker Carlson Tonight. In a terse statement, Fox said the chyron “was taken down immediately and was addressed.”

Carlson also complained about White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre saying Wednesday that Fox airing the chyron was “wrong.” Notably, Fox News cut away from Jean-Pierre’s response during its live broadcast of the press briefing.