曾与CGTN主播刘欣隔空辩论的美国女主播翠西·里根的节目日前被停播后,美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)27日发布消息称,美国福克斯商业频道27日宣布与翠西·里根解约。本月早些时候,翠西·里根因在节目中称,新冠病毒大流行是一场阴谋,目的是让特朗普总统下台而引发争议。“我们感谢她多年来所做的贡献,并祝愿她在未来的工作中继续取得成功。”美国福克斯商业频道在发给CNN的一份声明中说,他们将继续缩减黄金时段的直播时间,努力将人员配置在有关疫情危机的连续突发新闻报道中。
本月13日,美国福克斯商业频道宣布,翠西·里根的“翠西里根黄金时间”栏目及另一档节目停播,如有变化另行通知。当时福克斯给出的理由是要集中资源做好疫情报道,不过美国舆论认为,节目停播的原因是翠西日前关于疫情的评论引发争议。
翠西在节目中称,民主党将疫情的责任全推给特朗普,“这是再次企图弹劾总统”;民主党和“自由派媒体”试图利用新冠疫情“摧毁”总统。
《国会山报》称,这段评论招致大量批评,甚至有人要求福克斯开除翠西。
此前,48岁的翠西因与CGTN主播刘欣辩论而在中国小有名气。
After mentioning the theory of virus conspiracy, the famous American anchorman who once had an appointment with CCTV host finished class!
Tracy Reagan, an American female presenter who had a debate with Liu Xin, a cgtn anchor, was suspended from the air recently. CNN released a news report on the 27th that Fox Business Channel announced the termination of its contract with Tracy Reagan on the 27th. Earlier this month, Tracy Reagan sparked controversy by saying on the show that the new coronavirus pandemic was a conspiracy to bring president trump down. "We thank her for her contributions over the years and wish her continued success in her future work." Fox Business Channel said in a statement to CNN that it will continue to reduce its prime time live broadcast time and try to deploy its personnel in the continuous emergency news coverage of the epidemic crisis.
On the 13th of this month, Fox Business Channel announced that Tracy Reagan's "Tracy Reagan prime time" program and another program will be suspended, and any changes will be notified. Fox's reason at that time was to concentrate resources to do a good job in reporting the epidemic. However, American public opinion believed that the reason for the suspension of the program was that Cuixi's comments on the epidemic caused controversy.
Tracy said in the program that the Democratic Party put the responsibility of the epidemic on trump, "this is another attempt to impeach the president"; the Democratic Party and "liberal media" try to use the new crown epidemic to "destroy" the president.
According to the Capitol Hill newspaper, the comment attracted a lot of criticism, and even fox was asked to dismiss Tracy.
Previously, Cuixi, 48, had a reputation in China for arguing with Liu Xin, a cgtn anchor.