Tucker Carlson alleges billionaire sports owners coordinated to bar Macklemore from stadium performances

What was said

"One billionaire made that decision and then he got on the line with a bunch of other billionaires who also own sports teams and said, "We can't let this guy perform in our stadiums." Is that the market at work? It's his stadium. Really?"

Tucker Carlson claims Macklemore’s reported cancellation from a stadium performance was driven by a decision by a billionaire owner — which he links to New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft — and then coordinated with other sports-team owners to keep the artist from performing at their venues. Carlson also says Fox News framed the issue misleadingly as audience-driven, and he questions whether the stadium involved was subsidised by public funds, arguing that would undercut claims it was simply “the market” at work.