You Won't Believe Why FoxNews Chief Roger Ailes Fired Gretchen Carlson

By streiff | 11:27 AM on July 06, 2016

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Back on June 23, FoxNews personality, Gretchen Carlson, abruptly disappeared from the airwaves. Now we know why. Her contract ended on June 23 and she was immediately terminated. This seemed unusual because Carlson, whatever he political leanings, is actually a fairly talented and her show, “Real Story with Gretchen Carlson”, was the top rated cable news in its daypart. Today we have the reason:

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