Geraldo Rivera more information about spills Fox news and his recent expulsion from the conservative network, RadarOnline.com has learned.
In a surprising development that comes after Rivera resign Fox News after his dismissed by The five last month, the 80-year-old conservative journalist appeared on Alisyn Camerota‘s CNN tonight on Tuesday evening.
According to Rivera, he felt “liberated” and “free at last” after leaving the Rupert Murdochowned network last month.
He also told CNN’s Camerota that he felt “muzzled” at Fox News and did not appreciate the network’s “rigid” and “controlling” discipline.
“Well, you know, you’re muzzled, corporate discipline muzzles people, even if, you know, self-muzzles if that’s a word,” Rivera explained. “I felt – you know, first of all they denied me permission to go to a lot of shows over the course of my long career there. They have a very rigid, very controlling discipline.”
Rivera also claimed that Fox News was “afraid” of his “flamboyance” and his habit of criticizing former president Donald Trump during co-hosting The five.
“Oh, my flamboyance and, you know, saying things like I said about the president — former President Trump, you know he stabbed the Constitution in the back,” Rivera told Camerota. “If you have that as your attitude, that’s your — you know, position and you’re in a conservative milieu, you know, it’s — it’s pretty damaging to people who believe in a way.”
“So, you know, there’s a lot of things going on,” he added. “But it was — it was a very, it’s a very rigid, very controlled atmosphere, where everyone is accountable to management, and management doesn’t allow beats to go unpunished.”
