Shhhh....a little secrete, ALL of the major network news "shows" spew trash and lies...ALL of them!! Another instance of facts and reality getting in your way if you don't believe this.
And if you think going from #1 to #2 is a notable decline and why he was fired, then wow, and yes, again you are choosing to let your narrative get in the way of facts and reality. But hey...you are intitled to your own opinion and narrative.
Back to Tucker...I stopped watching him, well and news in general, about 5 years ago (I visit multiple news sites online to get my "news"). He got too extreme for me. In my opinion, he went from fact-based arguments and calling people out, to sensationalization of topics and going to the far extreme to pick arguments and try and make people look bad.