It sounds like the latest defenestration at Fox News was like a scene out of The Godfather, admittedly without bullets. But still.
Here’s the lede from Brian Stelter’s report on what went down.
A sharp knock on the door signaled that Greta Van Susteren’s time on Fox News Channel was over.
A courier arrived at Van Susteren’s Washington, D.C. home at 9 a.m. Tuesday, hand-delivering two letters that said that Van Susteren “was being taken off the air” immediately, according to her husband, John Coale, who is a high-profile Washington lawyer.
Van Susteren was already planning to leave, but she thought she would be hosting her 7 p.m. program “On the Record” for a few more weeks.
Yanking her off the air without a chance to say goodbye was “a bit immature,” Coale remarked.
It was also a message from Rupert Murdoch.
The story goes on to elaborate what seems like at least semi-contradictory explanations of the backstory. Either Greta wasn’t happy with how Fox had run under Ailes or she took the opportunity of Ailes’ defenestration to negotiate hard for a pay raise.
Apparently Murdoch didn’t like that and this was the result.
As I noted earlier, Greta’s husband has already suggested “litigation” may be coming soon.
