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Two Fox News personalities have now unceremoniously quit the network over Fox Host Tucker Carlson’s controversial documentary on the January 6th incursion into the Capitol building.

As The Hill reports:

A pair of Fox News contributors have quit their roles at the network, saying prime-time host Tucker Carlson‘s recent documentary series examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a breaking point.

Stephen Hayes and Jonah Goldberg, two leading conservative writers and pundits who have regularly appeared on the network since 2009, announced they had finalized their resignations from Fox following the release of Carlson’s controversial documentary.

News of the pair’s departure was first reported by the New York Times on Sunday evening.

“The special — which ran on Fox’s subscription streaming service earlier this month and was promoted on Fox News — is presented in the style of an exposé, a hard-hitting piece of investigative journalism,” the two journalists wrote in an entry on their political news and commentary website The Dispatch.

Carlson’s controversial series, entitled ‘Patriot Purge,’ promotes a view of the events of January 6th at odds with mainstream opinion, and at one point even suggests the events may have been a ‘false flag’ provocation.




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  1. I watched these documentaries and found them accurate & well done; the Left over hyped 1/6 while ignoring the BLM/Antifa riots/looting/murders…something wrong w/ these two derelicts.

    1. Good Riddance!! It’s funny that the NYT points it out: “brand of conservatism that has fallen out of fashion”.

    2. If these two were investigating, instead of sitting in their swivel chairs passing on, what they see and hear from their Marxist brothers, they would be able to call themselves journalist, finding the truth takes a effort and by the way, you can’t have an insurrection with out guns…did they check on that!!!

    3. Never heard of them. They did Fox a favor now they can replace them with real journalists.
      Apparently they drink the kool aide about the so called attack of the capital. Truth hurts. It was staged by that other party – The Dumb Asses. All the boo hooping was a joke.

      1. Exactly! I haven’t seen Hayes and Goldberg on Fox in a long time. They’re apart of the Neo-Con cabal that began to fall out of favor with most conservatives a while ago. It’s so ironic how the media suddenly loves this group after being described as evil for decades.

        1. Neo-con and Alt-right are just euphemisms for Progressive. Leftist words trying to assign their degrading characters onto conservatives.

        2. If you happen to be a Trump-hater, the asshats on the left all of a sudden LOVE you! These two are Liz Cheney types for sure. Buh Bye! Have fun over at CNN and MSNBC.

    4. Hayes and Goldberg are Never Trumpers and anything but conservative.
      Just take a close examination of Goldberg’s manuscripts and books. His tone and attitude are very high brow. His (Goldberg’s) approach is very much similar to David Limbaugh. Each of these pundits attempt to make you think they’re the smartest people in the room.

      I used to like Stephen Hayes until he began opining on the candidacy and then presidency of Donald Trump.

  2. I will not miss either of those ‘contributors’. I found myself yelling at them too often to enjoy them. TTFN guys.

  3. I also saw the documentary and concur that it was accurate and well done … facts drove the narrative and bias was minimal . Tell those two….. see ‘ya!

    1. I have never found in 1 instance Tucker to lie, report inaccurate information or make stuff up. These 2 have a lot of nerve. It takes every good citizen to stand together against the left, even minor differences. Our freedoms and way of life are on the line here. The left is out to destroy America as we have known it.

  4. There’s no question Tucker was right. It can be seen, even in the original, televised layout of the situation. It’s not easy to see, but it is as Tucker said. There were Feds talking to a few people who pushed themselves into the Capitol. Also, there was a rioter who wakled out of the building with an American Flag, went across the street from the Capitol and flung his Flag on the ground several times, dropped it, then walked away. That was televised, and showed a deep disrespect for our Country.

    1. Exactly! They don’t belong on the Fox we all have grown to love! Hope the other liberal jerks will soon follow in their footsteps real soon.

  5. I trust they make a hasty retreat from FOX and don’t let the door hit them on their asses
    goingt out. I don’t care that they agree with the events of January 6th that are
    the administration’s view, but to think that there is no other point of view than that, is
    narrow minded and not fitting a unbiased observer of those events. There is much evidence
    that there were characters in the “Insurectionist” crowd that miraculously escaped any review
    by the powers that sent so many “innocents” to a jail cell with no access to bail or communication with family and/or legal representation. There has been no account or dispute to the wide belief that Leader Pelosi turned down offers from the President to shore up the
    security of the congressional building. There has been no accounting why the unarmed tresspassers who didn’t burn down anything, but yet are being treated worse than any of the
    rioters that inflamed our cities for six months or more.. There is a lot to think about in how this Jan 6th matter was handled, and any honest person looking at the facts would have to conclude that there is another side to the story than what we are being led to believe.

  6. Well if they can’t listen to the facts that rest of the news media refuse to report the truth , and are the real cause of the unrest in this country then so be it leave. Bet they will be on the commie stations next week!

  7. Who are they, what was their big contribution, and were they really conservatives as they protest this setup by old Nanc and her bunch to say that conservative protesters were domestic terrorist? The words conservative protesters and domestic terrorist don’t even fit together anywhere except for the dimwit nitwit land of feelings and the liars, cheats and thieves club known to have a proclivity for setting up train wrecks like delivering stacks of blocks to protests and then hiring BLM and antifa to encourage looters always paid for by Soros and his ilk, etc..

    I believe this was clearly a setup arranged by old Nanc who was in charge of all happenings that day at the capital and also based on all evidence to the contrary of conservatives in my entire life and I am over 70. I also know there is always some idiot who falls for the line of it is meant to be and join us at protest every time.

  8. They were going to be fired anyway because of low ratings. Nobody even knows who they are. Except Albert the Troll Hess

  9. No loss either one! Both were pseudo “conservatives” anyway and Goldberg would rather see Biden or Shrillary as POTUS instead of Trump.

  10. Gee, how can Carlson dispute the armed insurrection BS the MSM and the Dumocrats have been spewing for ten months?
    After seeing the headline to this article was hoping one of the names would be Chris Wallace…
    Still waiting for Nazi Piglosi to testify on why she refused National Guard days before the “insurrection “ – LOL
    LET’S GO BRANDON

  11. Good riddance to these two so called “news contributors.” They will not be missed & do not have the talent or intelligence of Tucker Carlson whose analyses are so astute.

  12. Neither one of these clowns are conservative Goldberg is never Trumper and part of the Lincoln project morons Let me know when Geraldo and juan William’s quit also Jessica Turlov she is a Democrat clown also

  13. Good riddance don’t let the door hit you in the ass on way out! So sick of people and their touchy feelings. Don’t like to hear the truth then leave!

  14. My best impression was that the Dems led by Pelosi and others concocted this to stop President Trump from invoking the Insurrection Act, which would have allowed him to truly investigate the rumors that the election was stolen in the swing States. In fact, it looks like it was stolen in those States. From everything we know today, it is impossible to conceive that 81 million Americans voted for Biden, who is probably the most incompetent President in US history. President Trump was victimized by a cabal that included the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the State Dept, Big Tech, the MSM, Social Media and others. Every effort that has been made has been blocked by Biden’s DOJ and FBI, etc. This was a Communist Coup and resembles what happened in the Reichstag fire, which opened the door to the Nazis and Hitler. So much for January 6, which was probably led by Antifa and BLM at the behest of the Democratic Party. Pelosi had every opportunity to surround the Capitol with the National Guard, which was offered to her, but she refused and the Investigation has failed miserably to question her why she refused the White House’s and the Pentagon Offers. Good Riddance to these two rubbish people.

  15. Not sorry to see either “never Trumpers” leave. When they “pundit”, I usually turn down the sound anyway…

  16. If Hayes & Goldberg had differing views..then let them state their positions.

    But to ‘resign’ over the views of another is the action of a petulant child.
    It’s exactly the mindset of Fascist Book, et. al.

    F ’em.

    1. spot on! This is what makes their “resignation” meaningless. If they claimed “Hey Tucker said ‘A’ and we can prove ‘B'” that would be one thing. But basically they disagree with The Truth and cannot prove anything otherwise. Buh-bye

  17. I won’t miss them; I never saw or heard either of those two on FNC. I used to read Goldberg back when he wrote a blog about harmless subjects, no politics that I could discern.

  18. They will not be missed! Tucker has always done his research and follows the facts. If They can’t handle the truth, adios!

  19. The two suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, neither are listened to much by anyone anymore, plus isn’t “conservative” of them to object to a different opinion? One that debunks the establishment’s narrative. You would think that if Tucker’s documentary (which is excellent) is so inaccurate, that these conservative luminaires would enlighten us with their truth…
    Don’t hold your collective breaths.

  20. I despise goldberg and Hayes. These are the poster boys for anti-USA anti-middle class , anti-blue color intellectual elitists.

  21. The Charlottesville riots were also stage managed by the left. Everything was set up to make the right look bad and point the finger of blame at a very small group. The MSM, in cahoots with the democrats, painted a basically one sided view of things – much as they tried to do with Rittenhouse.

  22. Everyone I know stands behind Tucker Carlson. He has the courage to report the truth. If these guys quit, that’s a loss they will have to live with. I don’t believe it will handicap Tucker in any way. He will rise. Yes, the lines are indeed being drawn and so they must. Good against evil. Truth again lies and indoctrination. Thank you to Tucker Carlson for having the backbone to interview, investigate and report the truth. We the People depend upon it!

  23. Unfortunate and strange action by two Fox news contributors. Not just January 6th, but ALL truth is at odds with the mainstream opinion. We used to believe that Fox was a conservative station, but White Hats have left Fox by the hundreds of thousands because that was a lie. You cannot sit on the fence, you have to believe the truth found on the right or believe the lies and corruption on the left. It is obvious which side these two chose.

  24. they purged themselves out, that’s what it needs to be done at the msnbc and cnn all those delinquents host and writers out to be on the street cleaning their garbage. we need line the movie THE CLEANER to get rid off so many people that are destroying our great country and bringing to its needs in front of the world. like the detective said !!EVERYONE!!!.. got to go, and those that are behind the scenes, like Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, Schumer, Deblasio, Nader, Schiff, Omar, AOC and the rest of the quad, everyone are in cohort to destroy the economy, especially AOC, Bernie Sander, what a bunch of unpatriotic bastards that rather bow to China and destroy the country. amazing, they gets money from Xi Ping and others and let the country overflow with illegals for their next move. but it will not be pretty, this guy killed 6 innocent people at the Thanksgiving parade in WI, a real criminal, just like all democrats all are criminals, they all have blood in their hands especially Biden, just wait, 2022 it is coming, we will get to the bottom of Hunter Biden and the whole family of thieves.

  25. IF Goldberg and Hayes are upset with Tucker’s documentary why don’t they show some intestinal fortitude and offer their own “version” of the matter? Or is it because they would have no basis for their opinion? Apparently they have no legs to stand on. Makes Tucker look invincible.

  26. You have to have common sense to see what is happening. Those two must be democrats, because they lack common sense. I am on Tucker Carlson’s side.

  27. They were never conservative’s in the first place. I hope the door hit them really hard on their way out. If cnn can still afford new hires then they can welcome them closet leftist.

  28. They needed to leave. Tucker tells it like it is. If you feel uncomfortable with the truth don’t stick around.

  29. Call it Pelosi’ “Reichstag Riot”. Like Hitler burning down the Reichstag to get sympathy to go after the Communists, Pelosi deliberately withheld the Nationak Guard so the riot would happen – and have an excuse to hunt down Trump and his supporters. I thought everybody knew that.

  30. This article is meaningless until we see the actual production. Who are these guys and are they correct or just faux conseratives? We get no details in this article.

  31. They won’t be missed….I don’t even remember them and I watch Fox daily. No big loss. There’s a reason that Tucker has such high ratings….he is truthful.

  32. I watched Carlson’s 3-part report and found it accurate and clear. I said from the beginning that Jan. 6 was “no insurrection” and smelled of a set-up. The reaction by Ms. Pelosi’s regime seemed at least semi-rehearsed and over-dramatic. I’ve never heard of these two “contributors”, so their departure is irrelevant to me. Carry On, Mr. Carlson!

  33. Good by Jonah and Stephen, you will be missed, maybe 1 or even 2 minutes. Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.

  34. contributors???? Wanna bet they got paid to ”contribute”??? So they decided to quit a part time job to virtue signal??? good for them.. even better for Fox

  35. Goldberg and Hayes still think they and their opinions are relevant. In case you haven’t noticed, guys… Conservatives have MOVED ON AND AWAY from your useless, wimpy, spineless, swamp creature, loser form of the “conservative republican”. You old country club republicans accomplished NOTHING, then constantly wrung your hands when someone like PRESIDENT TRUMP came along and implemented REAL CONSERVATIVISM that resulted in REAL, POSITIVE RESULTS. Losers. Buh-Bye.

  36. The democrats have made 1-6 into something it wasn’t. And some of the things that went on while these people were in solitary defies the imagination. There was no swift trial and justice. A complete over reaction from the same people who were bailing out the real rioters who burned down buildings in cities all over the country in 2020.

  37. I would much rather keep Carlson and lose Goldberg and Hayes. Hayes has always been a little too leftist for me. Same for Goldberg.

  38. Apparently freedom to investigate the truth has alluded these 2 RINO conservatives.. when did America become painted with one broad brush… the whole of the incident has the ear markings of a political protest, FYI.. why isn’t Ashli Babbits murder being investigated … A Capitol Police Sargent shot & killed her ..

  39. Good riddens. Jonah allowed his hate for Trump to destroy his brain. Never really sure about hayes anyway.

  40. Tucker tells the truth and people get crazy over it. Typical liberal bs!
    Good riddance to those two-act like socialists anyway!

  41. Hayes and Goldberg? I’ll help them pack! No loss there! I’ll miss them about as much as I miss Will and Kristol! Good riddance! Oh, good job Tucker!

  42. Leaving Faux News is a great idea. Tucker & Hannity are both Pro Wrestler talk Hosts, Fake and anyone with any Brains, knows it!

    The Trump Cult will will lose again in 2024. Mr. Trump knows he can’t take two devastating loses….Loser!

    I wouldn’t waste my time watching a “Tucker Tune”….its nothing more than a Cartoon.

  43. Reminds me when some BLM students boycotted college. Nobody cared. Next time they demanded a day without white people.
    This is not over for Tucker.

  44. Good riddance to Hayes and Goldberg..! Have not liked their commentary anyway as the conservative content has usually been questionable. I’m sure that CNN will love to have them…!

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