Tucker: we're back
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This is actually kind of genius. They refused to release him from his contract so he is simply going to use social media to share his thoughts, which doesn't violate the noncompete clause in his contract.
They are essentially bankrolling his own Twitter show which will gain far, far more viewers than FOX. I wonder if they'll try to litigate and declare Twitter a 'news venue' even though they don't employ Tucker or pay him.
This is a pretty funky way to fuck over FOX, I'm all for it.
... What? I mean, this certainly sounds like the shady shit networks would do to suppress competition from its own, but this makes no sense.
He's getting paid full price to stay home so that he's stuck with the non-compete. the amount of money they were paying him to be on Fox is considered worth paying just to keep him silent. He's effectively still "employed" with his job being to stay home and do nothing.
He wasn't fired. They just pulled him off the air. As of right now, it seems like they want to keep paying him his full salary while the bench him so that he can't go to one of their competitors.