{"id":17505,"date":"2023-05-08T09:59:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=17505"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:20:35","slug":"glenn-beck-claims-fox-ceo-rupert-murdoch-didnt-want-him-discussing-god-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/05\/glenn-beck-claims-fox-ceo-rupert-murdoch-didnt-want-him-discussing-god-on-air","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Beck Claims Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch Didn’t Want Him Discussing God On-Air"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Fox News host and media personality Glenn Beck says Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch personally asked him not to discuss God on the air. During a BlazeTV network broadcast late last month, Beck told his audience<\/a> about the alleged discussion after reviewing the latest on another former Fox News opinion host, Tucker Carlson, who left the channel.<\/p>\n

Beck told the story where he says Murdoch specifically told him not to use the word \u201cGod\u201d on air. He said, \u201cThis is something that bothers Rupert deeply, deeply bothers him. I was told not to use the word \u2018God\u2019 on the air anymore. And I was like, \u2018Wow, okay. That really bothered them; Rupert doesn\u2019t like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a post on Twitter, Beck wrote, \u201cI don\u2019t know if Tucker Carlson\u2019s speech about God and prayer was the final straw, but I have a feeling it DEEPLY bothered Rupert Murdoch.\u201d Beck read from a recent report from Vanity Fair<\/a> alleging that Carlson\u2019s departure from Fox wasn\u2019t about the nearly $800 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over Fox\u2019s reporting on the 2020 election and instead about Carlson\u2019s \u201creligious talk\u201d during the segment.<\/p>\n

The report alleged Murdoch was unhappy with Carlson\u2019s speech at the Heritage Foundation days before the Fox News announcement. Carlson spoke openly about the moral state of America and the continuous battle between \u201cgood\u201d and \u201cevil.\u201d Carlson\u2019s Heritage speech could be considered more of a sermon, but it was a dinner Murdoch had with his ex-fiancee and Carlson that some believe was the final straw.<\/p>\n

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When I was at Fox News, I was told not to use the word “God” on the air. They COUNTED how many times I disobeyed. I don’t know if Tucker Carlson’s speech about God and prayer was the final straw, but I have a feeling it DEEPLY bothered Rupert Murdoch. pic.twitter.com\/4trZyHOYhI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) April 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n