A top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has resigned after reports surfaced that he had posted racist and sexist comments in an online forum known to be a hotbed for offensive and bigoted remarks, Fox News executives confirmed in a memo Saturday.
CNN Business found that Neff used a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on the platform while he worked at Fox News.
Top executives at Fox News Media condemned such remarks on Saturday, saying the network parted ways with him as soon as it learned of his behavior.
“We want to make abundantly clear that Fox News Media strongly condemns this horrific racist, misogynistic and homophobic behavior,†said Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and President Jay Wallace in a memo to staffers Saturday obtained by NBC News.
Before working for Fox News, Neff wrote for The Daily Caller, a conservative news outlet that Carlson co-founded
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