’ long-running program, marking an abrupt end to one of its best-watched shows and representing the latest in a series of programming changes taking place at Fox News Media as it works to find its place in the post-election landscape.
“As we said in October, Fox News Media regularly considers programming changes and plans have been in place to launch new formats as appropriate post-election, including on Fox Business — this is part of those planned changes,” the company said in a statement. Starting Monday, an interim program, “Fox Business Tonight,” will fill Dobbs’ 5 p.m. slot, anchored Monday and Tuesday by Jackie DeAngelis and on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by David Asman.
Dobbs is one of three Fox News personalities who has been sued along with the Fox Corporation unit by Smartmatic, a v oting technology company that has levied a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit, citing damaging statements made on air during programs anchored by Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. According to the lawsuit, Dobbs in November aired comments by Sidney Powell, a former attorney for former President Donald Trump, alleging a dead Venezuelan president helped create the company’s proprietary technology, an allegation that has no basis in fact.
Fox News has also been grappling with a downturn in viewership in several parts of its schedule after some far-right elements of its audience were outraged by its coverage of the 2020 election. In recent weeks,
Ridiculous
I guess it's putting a few more on notice.
Dobbs is one of three Fox News personalities who has been sued along with the Fox Corporation unit by Smartmatic for defamation.
flop LouDobbs
Damn Cancel Culture .......muahahaha
Please cancel crazy and cruel Tucker
I wonder the crimes that this man committed against humanity to get this treat
Supporting and lying for Trump cost Lou Dobbs his job but he'll find someone way to spin it and cry that the Biden administration is losing jobs.
Fox News...Cancel Culture is wrong and un-American. Fox News...Lou, we're getting sued, you're cancelled.