Fox News competitors such as Newsmax would welcome Tucker aboard. So would RTN, the Russian government-owned network that loves to show clips of the fallen Fox personality defending the Motherland.

Since its launch four years ago, The First has been a kind of witness protection program channel for a murderer’s row of talking heads, including some whose once high-flying careers were grounded by scandal. Recently, however, The First’s fortunes brightened, and further rightened. (Image: Pixabay)

Can Chris Wallace’s reputation as the down-the-middle guy at Fox News, the flagship of right wing media, help CNN shed the network’s left-leaning image and tack to the political center? But a better bet is that in a couple of years, when his contract is up, there won’t be anyone talking to Wallace on CNN.

Among the more prominent – and more frightening – of the local news personalities who have entered the political arena is Kari Lake.