Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said the rift between his organization and Fox News is alive and well.

Kirk, a pro-Trump activist, was once a regular on the air at Fox News. In turn, the network’s biggest stars were regular headliners at his TPUSA events. The relationship apparently collapsed earlier this year, with Kirk disappearing from the air at Fox and its talent disappearing from his events.

While Fox News has not publicly commented on the reasons behind the rift, some theories abound. TPUSA is a haven for conspiracy theories, most notably former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. A Daily Beast report from July suggested the rift had something to do with Fox’s $787 million settlement with Dominion over those election lies, as the network feared having its hosts participate in events where such conspiracy theories were being pushed.

“Fox’s relationship with Turning Point is basically over,” a network source told the Beast. “They don’t want their talent associated with them anymore.”

  • The Barto
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    957 months ago

    Imagine being so terrible that Fox ‘news’ won’t even deal with you…

    • Dr. Dabbles
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      437 months ago

      ToiletPaper USA has a well earned reputation, and fox thought they could get some of the crazies on their side for a while. Nope. Crazies used Fox for all they were worth and left them with the bill. 😆

      Imagine getting outdone by these dweebs and not hiding your shame in a hole forever.

      • The Barto
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        187 months ago

        Like when the Taliban condemned Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.

    • @[email protected]
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      67 months ago

      Like Katie McHugh. She is so freaken screwed I am almost feel bad for her, then I remember the sheer amount of crap her ilk dealt out to immigrants in the US and I feel a lot less bad for her.

        • NielsBohron
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          87 months ago

          I haven’t even watched Trek other than in elementary and middle school when I watched TNG every day after school (and then the Chris Pine movies when I was in grad school), and I still love Risa.

          I have absorbed just enough of the lore through general nerd osmosis to understand the memes, and it’s fantastic.

  • originalucifer
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    817 months ago

    ha. it took a .8 billion dollar settlement to get fox news to move their bullshit needle -> <- that much. im surprised it happened at all.

    • @[email protected]
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      257 months ago

      The important thing is that the effects are exponential so an equal amount added to this would be far more effective at renouncing bat shit from their mouths.

    • athos77
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      107 months ago

      If you look at the photo, you can see his teeny, tiny hands too.

  • @[email protected]
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    267 months ago

    I can never tell if that’s his real face or if it’s been photoshopped smaller and smaller again…

    • @[email protected]
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      157 months ago

      Its also no true scotsmaning themselves into smaller and smaller groups. Which I’m all about.

      Rather them hating on eachother, than unified and destroying the country.

  • @mindbleach
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    17 months ago

    Fox trying to put the C back in front of “overt fascists.”