'I think there is an act of evil – I think it probably runs the television industry.
We’ve just seen too much.' 
The problem with 'media today', he said 'is, they’re all afraid.'

(So, boys and girls, what tribe controls the print & broadcast media?)

Former Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Bill O'Reilly teamed up for an interview Wednesday, during which they discussed what they called the downfall of cable news.

The former prime-time hosts both experienced widely reported exits from the conservative news channel - and the interview, aired on Carlson's X profile, comes as the first time the prime time stars were ever filmed in the same place.

Aired the same time as the second Republican debate, the sitdown has already gone viral - garnering more than 4million views within a mere two hours.

Their 45-minute discussion touched on a variety of topics - from both of their firings at the then Rupert Murdoch-run network, to the current president's apparent incompetence.

Also touched on was Biden's recent indictments of 'primary opponent' Donald Trump, as Carlson put it, and the crisis at the Southern border. The pair even spoke about O'Reilly's famed freakout on the set of Inside Edition that went viral in 2008.

The most sensational claims, though, came when the pair conversed about the current state of cable news - a medium that O'Reilly said is quickly being replaced by ventures like his and Carlson's.

When asked if forums like Tucker on X or BillOReilly.com are 'the future', O'Reilly - whose was fired almost six years to the day before Carlson, in 2017 - said yes, before airing his belief that cable news, like network news, is set to go the way of the dodo.

The veteran broadcaster, now 74, also insisted that 'there is an act of evil' currently permeating both industries - one he claimed 'runs' TV today.

Speaking about the coming months and years, he told Carlson, 54, that 'cable news will be there', but quickly parlayed 'but it's like the network news.'

'When was the last time you said, you heard somebody say, "Wow, did you see that on Norah O'Donnell?" When's the last time you ever heard that?'

The assertion - and accompanying question - earned an audibly sarcastic reply from Carlson, who was the one Fox pegged to take over O'Reilly's primetime slot after his ouster.

'I don't think I have,' he said with a stone-face and deadpan delivery.

'No,' O'Reilly responded, before harking back to the 80s, 90s and even 2000s when network news was still a fixture in American households.

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When asked about Trump's array of indictments, O'Reilly also had an internet-breaking response, asserting: 'American people know the fix is in.'

At a point, Carlson - in an assessment of the current world climate - said: 'We run a risk of entering like, an actual period of chaos' - earning another sensational assertion reply from his high-profile interview.

'We are in the chaos now, Carlson!' he said, waving his hands and almost leaving his seat. 'We’re there!' (read more)