Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said the rift between his organization and Fox News is alive and well.

Kirk, a pro-Trump activist, was once a regular on the air at Fox News. In turn, the network’s biggest stars were regular headliners at his TPUSA events. The relationship apparently collapsed earlier this year, with Kirk disappearing from the air at Fox and its talent disappearing from his events.

While Fox News has not publicly commented on the reasons behind the rift, some theories abound. TPUSA is a haven for conspiracy theories, most notably former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. A Daily Beast report from July suggested the rift had something to do with Fox’s $787 million settlement with Dominion over those election lies, as the network feared having its hosts participate in events where such conspiracy theories were being pushed.

“Fox’s relationship with Turning Point is basically over,” a network source told the Beast. “They don’t want their talent associated with them anymore.”

  • Flying Squid
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    So many opportunities to spread the Riker these days…

    • @cmbabul
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      I just want to say I appreciate your dedication to spreading it

      • Flying Squid
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        One day, all of Lemmy will be Risa!

        • @grue
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        • NielsBohron
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          811 months ago

          I haven’t even watched Trek other than in elementary and middle school when I watched TNG every day after school (and then the Chris Pine movies when I was in grad school), and I still love Risa.

          I have absorbed just enough of the lore through general nerd osmosis to understand the memes, and it’s fantastic.

  • The Barto
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    Imagine being so terrible that Fox ‘news’ won’t even deal with you…

    • Dr. Dabbles
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      ToiletPaper USA has a well earned reputation, and fox thought they could get some of the crazies on their side for a while. Nope. Crazies used Fox for all they were worth and left them with the bill. 😆

      Imagine getting outdone by these dweebs and not hiding your shame in a hole forever.

    • @WhatAmLemmy
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      I imagine it’s like being so terrible even ISIS is like “your inhumanity disgusts me”

      • The Barto
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        Like when the Taliban condemned Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      Like Katie McHugh. She is so freaken screwed I am almost feel bad for her, then I remember the sheer amount of crap her ilk dealt out to immigrants in the US and I feel a lot less bad for her.

  • originalucifer
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    ha. it took a .8 billion dollar settlement to get fox news to move their bullshit needle -> <- that much. im surprised it happened at all.

    • @ChicoSuave
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      The important thing is that the effects are exponential so an equal amount added to this would be far more effective at renouncing bat shit from their mouths.

  • @MegaUltraChicken
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    I can never tell if that’s his real face or if it’s been photoshopped smaller and smaller again…

    • @Desistance
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      It’s his real face. He’s a living caricature.

    • athos77
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      If you look at the photo, you can see his teeny, tiny hands too.

    • @A_Random_Idiot
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      Its also no true scotsmaning themselves into smaller and smaller groups. Which I’m all about.

      Rather them hating on eachother, than unified and destroying the country.

  • @LemmyIsFantastic
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    You all are obsessed over this guy. Part of the problem.

    • @TrickDacy
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      You’re obsessed with making a pro-right wing shitty comment every chance you get

      • @LemmyIsFantastic
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        Whatever you need to tell yourself. You’ve got quite an imagination!

        • @TrickDacy
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          You know comment histories are public? Lol

          • @LemmyIsFantastic
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            🤷‍♂️ again whatever you need to tell yourself. If you can point out anything particularly GoP ish it would be a surprise to me. Again so imaginative.