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The Untold Story of How Jeanine Pirro Failed Up and Tucker Carlson Flunked Out at Fox News<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p><em><strong>This reporting is featured in this week’s edition of </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>Confider</strong></em></a><em><strong>, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe </strong></em><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsletters?newsletter=confider&tdb_source=confider&tdb_medium=top_article"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong> and send your questions, tips, and complaints </strong></em><a href="mailto:confider@thedailybeast.com"><em><strong>here</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></p> <p>Fox News star <strong>Jeanine Pirro</strong> failed her way up into a coveted seat on the most-watched cable-news show in America. And <strong>Tucker Carlson</strong>’s lengthy rap sheet of insubordination with Fox News brass extended way beyond his election conspiracy-mongering and into international politics. </p> <p>These are some of the revelations unearthed in <strong>Brian Stelter</strong>’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Network-Lies-Donald-American-Democracy-ebook/dp/B0C29VZWD2">new book</a>, <em>Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy</em>, due out next Tuesday, parts of which were shared exclusively with Confider. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-untold-story-of-how-jeanine-pirro-failed-up-and-tucker-carlson-flunked-out-at-fox-news">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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This reporting is featured in this week’s edition of Confider, the newsletter pulling back the curtain on the media. Subscribe here and send your questions, tips, and complaints here.

Fox News star Jeanine Pirro failed her way up into a coveted seat on the most-watched cable-news show in America. And Tucker Carlson’s lengthy rap sheet of insubordination with Fox News brass extended way beyond his election conspiracy-mongering and into international politics.

These are some of the revelations unearthed in Brian Stelter’s new book, Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy, due out next Tuesday, parts of which were shared exclusively with Confider.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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