Chris Wallace is now on CNN after having left Fox News, and he went on MSNBC to talk with Ari Melber. Melber broke out some texts from Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, with Carlson saying that "we devote our lives to building an audience and they let Chris Wallace wreck it." Asked for his response, Wallace said that he was employed and Carlson really wasn't.

Fox veteran Chris Wallace responds to criticism from Tucker Carlson, adding: "I'm employed, and Tucker really isn't anymore..." pic.twitter.com/sKF6a23IWw

— The Beat with Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) October 9, 2024

Tucker draws 50x the audience Chris does.

— JD Sharp (@imjdsharp) October 10, 2024

Who wants to tell him that Tucker Carlson has his own show, and network?

— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) October 10, 2024

Carlson is self-employed. Just because he's not with one of the brand-name news networks doesn't mean he's not working.

Tucker works for himself and is successful, Chris works for CNN, you know the rest of that story. 🤣

— Savannah (@BasedSavannah) October 10, 2024

Tucker is self-employed with a bigger audience and probably making more money.

— Cillian (@CilComLFC) October 10, 2024

You could fit everybody who watches Chris on CNN in a high school gym.

— John Steigerwald (@Steigerworld) October 10, 2024

Tucker has one of (if not the) most viewed podcast, utterly destroying Wallace in views...and $ money $....and reach.....and influence.

— justadudeinthemountains (@justadudeinthe1) October 10, 2024

Tucker has the 2nd most popular podcast in the world.

— Pro America Politics (@Pro__Trading) October 10, 2024

This would be funny if people actually watched Chris Wallace.

— Joey Caesar Salads (@JoeySalads) October 10, 2024

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That's hilarious because Tucker is clearly minting it.

— Mark Pukita (@mpukita) October 10, 2024

Tucker is self employed now and can say whatever he wants on his show.

Chris is just jealous.

— Rebecca (@RebeccaMtn) October 10, 2024

Uh… that’s not the flex he thinks it is

— Jesse Drama (@iamjessedrama) October 10, 2024

So his measure of success is whether he’s employed by a legacy media outlet? No wonder he’s barely remembered, and when someone does recognize his name it’s probably the father they’re thinking about.

Tucker has made waves, Wallace has collected a paycheck 🤣🤣

— Lynx (@RandomLynx) October 10, 2024

Chris Wallace's official position is that if you are self employed, you are not really employed.

— Joel (@joelhegeman) October 10, 2024

Bragging that you're controlled isn't a win.

— ProfElwood (@ProfElwood) October 10, 2024

Wallace I didn't know you were still on the air.

— 3 Labs (@3Labs5) October 10, 2024

What was Wallace doing on MSNBC anyway? Aren't they the competition?

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