Tucker Carlson welcomed Alex Jones to his Tucker on X series Thursday, and the pair discussed how Jones believed he was systematically censored by certain platforms. However, he shared his belief that a pair of CNN media reporters were behind his downfall on Twitter.

Carlson asked Jones about his viral video in which he called former CNN media reporter Brian Stelter a “cowardly, degenerate sack of anti-human trash”, a “literal demon-spawn of hell” and a “smiling, leering devil”. The pair then recounted how the night before their interview together, they called Stelter and mocked him. Jones claimed he jokingly approached Stelter for a romantic relationship, with Carlson calling Stelter’s response passive-aggressive.

That topic led Jones to share why he is filled with such vitriol towards Stelter and his former colleague Oliver Darcy. He claims the pair constantly harassed him and his sponsors, leading to a constant search for backers.

“(Stelter) was going around with Oliver Darcy, and they would brag on Twitter. Literally hitting hundreds of my sponsors, and I say hundreds, I’d have like 20, they take them all,” Jones said. “I get 20 more? They take them off. This went on for years. So you get a sponsor, you get them, they’re doing great, he takes it away from you. And then he brags to him and Darcy. I was taken off Twitter, not for the Sandy Hook stuff that came later that they focused on. Look it up…They had the former head of Twitter and the lawyer on Joe Rogan about four years ago. And Joe said, ‘Why did you get rid of Alex Jones?’ Lawyer goes okay, let me get my my clipboard. She goes, ‘Here’s why: he was mean to Oliver Darcy.'”

Jones went on to say he once confronted Darcy at the U.S. Capitol over his actions.

“I get in his face. I don’t threaten him, but I say ‘You are an evil man. You’re unAmerican. Come after my free speech? Harassing my sponsors? Trying to get me off the internet?’ And the last place I was on, was Twitter. They held out, and so Jack Dorsey held out. And Jack Dorsey admitted, well, the last straw was I bullied Oliver Darcy.”

Darcy noted the interview with Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones took place in his Reliable Sources newsletter, mentioning that the pair had reserved “choice words” for him. He continued by saying the video wasn’t “worth linking to”, however.

NewsNation played host to the fourth Republican Presidential Primary debate Wednesday, which was simulcast on The CW. Both networks saw record-setting audiences.

Nearly 1.6 million viewers watched the debate on NewsNation according to preliminary Nielsen results. That figure is the largest audience in the brief history of the cable network, which debuted in 2021.

An additional 2.5 million viewers watched the debate between former Gov. Chris Christie (NJ), Gov. Ron DeSantis (FL), UN Ambassador Nikki Haley (SC), and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (OH) on The CW Wednesday. It marked the most-watched primetime program for The CW since 2018.

“NewsNation was incredibly honored to host last night’s debate, and we are very pleased that so many viewers tuned in and watched,” Nexstar Media President Sean Compton said. “This debate represents a remarkable achievement for a cable news network that is just barely three years old. We’re very proud of the NewsNation team, the great job done by the moderators, and the overall production. In the end, the real winners…we’re the nation’s voters.”

Preliminary figures also reveal more than 400,000 streamed the event on the NewsNation website and app.

One of the post-Fox News moves Tucker Carlson teased is to begin the movement to launch his own media company. In October, Carlson scored a significant investment to grow his outlet and secured a major advertising deal.

Carlson’s chief executive told Reuters that their new media company is constructing its base of paying subscribers as they progress toward their launch. 

“We’ve opened our site for membership pre-sales,” Neil Patel, co-founder and chief executive, told the outlet. “Once we are comfortable that all of the systems are running well, launch and brand release will follow.”

Patel stated that paying subscribers will have access to exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage, but he didn’t disclose the pricing.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Carlson incorporated his newly founded media company in Nevada under the name Last Country Inc.

The former Fox News host launched the Tucker on X series after the network fired him in April, and the company is expected to focus on producing video projects, including this series.