Alex McCaskill who used to don the position of producer at Fox News has parted ways with the conservative news channel.

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McCaskill attracted huge criticism after he wrote the line, “Wannabe Dictator Speaks At the White House After Having His Political Rival Arrested” and it appeared in the ending part of “Fox News Tonight” on Tuesday.

Who is Alex McCaskill?

Alex McCaskill was the former managing editor of “Tucker Carlson Tonight”. In a personal Instagram post, Alexander McCaskill announced his departure from Fox News. The “time has come” for him to go on, he said, adding that Fox News was “the best place” he has ever worked. According to McCaskill, Fox News eventually granted his request to have him fired after he made it known that he had done so. The post’s accompanying image showed McCaskill leaving Fox News’ New York headquarters with a box of his belongings.

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McCaskill in the post wrote, “Today was my last day at FOX. It’s been a wild 10 years and it was the best place I’ve ever worked because of the great people I met. But the time has come. I asked them to let me go and they finally did.”

As per media reports, after the “Wannabe Dictator” incident, McCaskill resigned earlier and asked to serve two weeks, but the channel told him to clear the desk and leave with immediate effect.

Social media went into a frenzy as the on-screen chyron that referred to President Biden as a “wannabe dictator” appeared. Many viewers voiced their indignation and demanded that the network be sued, pressing President Biden to do so.

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People related to McCaskill have confirmed the news of his departure and confirmed his involvement in the chyron incident. After the chaos, the White House also circled the broadcaster. Press secretary Jean Pierre said, “There are probably 787 million things that I can say about this that was wrong about what we saw last night.”