Tucker Carlson, iconic Fox News anchor, is leaving the air with immediate effect. Fox Corporation shares lost nearly 4% on Wall Street around 16:30 GMT.
Fox News forced last week to agree to pay nearly $ 800 million to avoid an embarrassing defamation lawsuit on its coverage of the 2020 presidential election. CNN also announced Monday that it is parting ways with one of its star anchors, Don Lemon, the latter had caused controversy by suggesting that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, 51, was "on the return"