Due to contract discussions that apparently did not fit with Fox News’s goals, Neil Cavuto was forced to leave the network.
On Thursday, December 19, Cavuto, a well-known journalist with a 28-year career at the network, faced the end of his employment, according to Knewz.com.
Insiders claim that Cavuto’s show was a “wormhole to another time” prior to President-elect Donald Trump taking over the Republican Party, which is why Fox News fired him.
After other well-known journalists like Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace left the network in recent years, the anchor’s show was a critical voice that frequently questioned Trump’s actions, making him one of the few Trump-skeptical voices left.
When the network originally went live in 1996, he assisted in launching Your World. In 2018, he led Cavuto Live.
Cavuto’s programming has been characterized by his willingness to take on powerful people, notably Republican leaders, throughout his career. Viewers and the President himself took notice of and scrutinized his critical position on topics like COVID-19 vaccine denial and the marketing of hydroxychloroquine as a COVID therapy.
According to rumors, Cavuto turned down a new deal, which the star called “a very generous opportunity” during his most recent performance. But according to the LA Times, Cavuto’s new deal would have been less expensive as a cost-cutting measure.
“I’ve been doing this for almost three decades here,” he said to Fox News viewers. Some of my current coworkers weren’t even born when I began working at Fox, you know. I am exactly that old.”
The seasoned anchor clarified that he is “not leaving journalism” while explaining that he has been preparing to leave for “some time.” I’m simply heading out of here.”
He clarified: “I got to report the news, which is what I love to do. Not a shout-out, not a blast-out. Call balls and strikes instead of names, keep up with the news, uphold justice for all, and hold truth to power. That’s me, that’s all.
“I’m forever grateful to my bosses here,” Cavuto continued in his farewell email to Fox’s higher-ups. Over the years, they have been quite kind to me.
Cavuto’s exit comes amid a broader trend of budget tightening across cable news networks, with high-profile journalists leaving their posts rather than accepting reduced salaries.
Veteran journalists like Gloria Borger and Wallace have lately left networks like CNN, marking another notable departure.
Fox News announced that a series of rotating anchors would fill Cavuto’s slot until a new show is unveiled in the upcoming year.
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