Yet another former Fox News contributor is picking up a contributorship gig at another network.
Variety reported on Monday that the WarnerMedia network confirmed conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg will be joining CNN as a contributor.
As Variety reports, âGoldberg, a longtime editor at National Review and a founder of The Dispatch, will appear on CNN programs as news networks gear up for the 2022 midterm elections.â
However, it said CNN âdid not offer additional details about Goldbergâs role.â
Last month it was revealed that former Fox News contributor Steve Hayes is joining NBC News as a contributor.
Goldberg and Hayes were contributors for Fox News but left last year over host Tucker Carlsonâs documentary about the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The pair co-founded the conservative outlet The Dispatch in 2019
In a blog post in November, they announced their departure from Fox as they wrote, âThe specialâwhich ran on Foxâs subscription streaming service earlier this month and was promoted on Fox Newsâis presented in the style of an exposĂ©, a hard-hitting piece of investigative journalism. In reality, it is a collection of incoherent conspiracy-mongering, riddled with factual inaccuracies, half-truths, deceptive imagery, and damning omissions.â
âAnd its message is clear: The U.S. government is targeting patriotic Americans in the same manner âand with the same toolsâthat it used to target al Qaeda,â they continued.
The post added, âThis is not happening. And we think itâs dangerous to pretend it is. If a person with such a platform shares such misinformation loud enough and long enough, there are Americans who will believeâand act uponâit.â
Finally, they claimed that while Fox does âreal reporting,â the âvoices of the responsible are being drowned out by the irresponsible.â
Carlson reacted to their departure, telling NPR, âThese are two of the only people in the world who still pretend the Iraq war was a good idea.â
âNo one wants to watch commentary that stupid,â he added.
While the two said they left over Carlsonâs documentary, a source from the network said it did not plan on renewing their contracts.
