Tucker Carlson faces string of reactions amid release of messages that 'set of panic' at Fox News

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's previously concealed text messages reportedly “set off a panic” for the network's executives which ultimately led to his termination, a new report reveals.

According to The New York Times report, published on Tuesday, May 2, "The discovery of the message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Mr. Carlson’s firing."

The conservative news anchor's termination came after a series of incriminating text message conversations were revealed during the legal proceedings for Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against the news outlet.

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Records indicate that Carlson's messages were sent on Jan. 7, 2021. At the time, he was having a conversation with one of his producers following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Per Mediaite, Carlson confessed "to having had a brief desire to see a group of Donald Trump supporters kill 'an Antifa kid' in a separate incident two weeks prior. He also said of the attackers, 'It’s not how white men fight.'"

"A couple of weeks ago, I was watching video of people fighting on the street in Washington. A group of Trump guys surrounded an Antifa kid and started pounding the living shit out of him. It was three against one, at least. Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight. Yet suddenly I found myself rooting for the mob against the man, hoping they’d hit him harder, kill him. I really wanted them to hurt the kid. I could taste it."

"Then somewhere deep in my brain, an alarm went off: this isn’t good for me. I’m becoming something I don’t want to be. The Antifa creep is a human being. Much as I despise what he says and does, much as I’m sure I’d hate him personally if I knew him, I shouldn’t gloat over his suffering. I should be bothered by it. I should remember that somewhere somebody probably loves this kid, and would be crushed if he was killed. If I don’t care about those things, if I reduce people to their politics, how am I better than he is?"

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The latest follows the release of another text message Carlson sent that also turned heads. In that message, he referred to one of the network's executives as a "c***."

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