The employee who was reportedly behind a controversial chyron at Fox News labeling President Joe Biden a âwannabe dictatorâ is reportedly out of a job.
In an Instagram post viewed by The Daily Beast, former Fox News producer Alexander McCaskill wrote, âToday was my last day at Fox News. Itâs been a wild 10 years and it was the best place Iâve ever worked because of the great people I met.â
âBut the time has come. I asked them to let me go, and they finally did,â he added.
On Tuesday, NBC Newsâ Natasha Korecki tweeted a picture of a split screen on Fox News.
On the right side of the screen was former President Donald Trump delivering a speech about his indictment for his handling of classified documents. And on the left side of the screen was Biden.
Meanwhile, the chyron gave the sitting president a two-word title: Wannabe dictator.
âWANNABE DICTATOR SPEAKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HAVING HIS POLITICAL RIVAL ARRESTED,â the full text stated.
In a statement, a Fox News spokesperson said, âThe chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.â
The Daily Beast reported McCaskill is a former managing editor for âTucker Carlson Tonight.â
In a video posted on Twitter, former Fox News host Tucker Carlsoncriticized the outrage over the âwannabe dictatorâ chyron.
âWhy were they angry? If the banner on Fox was false? Why the hysteria?â Carlson asked.
He added, âThose words were up for less than 30 seconds, but the effect was immediate. Inside Fox, the women who run the network panicked.â
The commentator also criticized Fox Newsâ handling of the incident as he said the network âscoldedâ McCaskill.
