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New Trump Attack on Media Has Surprise Target

President goes after Fox News, or at least its weekend crew

(Newser) - Not surprising: President Trump went after the New York Times on Twitter on Sunday, accusing it of writing "phony and exaggerated" stories about migrant detention centers. More surprising: Trump also went after Fox News in a three-tweet barrage—or at least the network's weekend crew. Watching the Fox...

Buttigieg: I Don't Care About 'Grotesque' Trump Tweets

Trump complains about Fox giving candidate airtime

(Newser) - President Trump has claimed that Pete Buttigieg is the Democratic 2020 hopeful he is "rooting for"—but that doesn't mean he wants to see him on his TV. "Hard to believe that @FoxNews wasting airtime on Mayor Pete, as Chris Wallace likes to call him,...

Warren Uses 7 Tweets to Reject Offer From Fox

She won't appear at town hall, denounces network as a 'hate-for-profit racket'

(Newser) - Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar have already done town halls on Fox News, and Kirsten Gillibrand and Pete Buttigieg are on the schedule, notes CNN . Fellow candidate Elizabeth Warren? That would be no, and "no" would be an understatement, based on the seven-tweet explanation she offered Tuesday on why...

Tucker Carlson Offers Rare Apology
Tucker Carlson
Offers Rare Apology
Apr 4, 2019 8:35 AM CDT

Tucker Carlson Offers Rare Apology

It has to do with Joe Biden

(Newser) - It's not often Tucker Carlson offers up an apology, let alone a "sincere" one, though that's what the Fox News host said he wanted to do Wednesday. Carlson kicked off his show by saying he wanted to begin with an apology "that has to do with...

Fox Yanks Judge Jeanine&rsquo;s Show
Fox Yanks
Judge
Jeanine’s
Show 
Mar 17, 2019 8:40 AM CDT

Fox Yanks Judge Jeanine’s Show

Network quietly pulls pundit's show on Saturday evening after controversy

(Newser) - Justice With Judge Jeanine went quiet on Saturday night, reports the New York Times , with Fox News pulling Jeanine Pirro's 9pm show in favor of a re-run of Scandalous. The network had little to say on the matter—"We’re not commenting on internal scheduling matters"—and...

Tucker Carlson Digs In as More Old Audio Surfaces
As More Old Audio Surfaces,
Fox's Carlson Digs In
the rundown
Mar 12, 2019 12:11 PM CDT

As More Old Audio Surfaces, Fox's Carlson Digs In

His defenders accuse liberal Media Matters of ginning up false outrage

(Newser) - The liberal Media Matters for America isn't done with Fox's Tucker Carlson yet. For the second day in a row, it is out with old audio of Carlson saying controversial things on the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show. As with day one , the clips are from 2006...

Fox's Carlson Responds to Flap Over Radio Comments

He's not apologizing after Media Matters unearths audio it calls 'misogynistic'

(Newser) - Today's media flap involves liberal advocacy group Media Matters going after a familiar target—Fox News, and specifically host Tucker Carlson. The group released a video in which it compiles comments Tucker made on the Bubba The Love Sponge radio show between 2006 and 2011. "Misogynistic and perverted"...

Fox Host Gets Rebuke Over Hijab Comments

Jeanine Pirro mused whether Rep. Ilhan Omar's headwear may be 'antithetical' to Constitution

(Newser) - Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar has been at the center of controversy over remarks she recently made that some call anti-Semitic, but a Fox News host's comments on Omar have themselves earned what CNN Business calls a "rare rebuke" from the network. On her program Saturday, Jeanine Pirro wondered...

Trump Threatens Retaliation After DNC's Move Against Fox

DNC has banned Fox News from hosting party's 2020 debates

(Newser) - The Democratic National Committee has banned Fox News from hosting any of the party's 2020 debates, saying the network is "not in a position to host a fair and neutral debate for our candidates." DNC Chairman Tom Perez said the decision was made after a New Yorker...

New Yorker : Fox Killed 2016 Stormy Daniels Scoop
New Yorker: Fox Killed
2016 Stormy Daniels Scoop
longform
Mar 4, 2019 10:10 AM CST

New Yorker: Fox Killed 2016 Stormy Daniels Scoop

Jane Mayer reports on the ties between network and Trump

(Newser) - Jane Mayer of the New Yorker is out with a lengthy story about the relationship between Fox News and President Trump that revolves around a question stated in the headline: "Fox News has always been partisan. But has it become propaganda?" Here are three nuggets generating early attention:
  • Debate
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A Tucker Carlson Interview Quickly Goes Off the Rails
Heated, Unaired Interview
With Tucker Carlson Leaks
the rundown
Feb 21, 2019 11:10 AM CST

Heated, Unaired Interview With Tucker Carlson Leaks

Fox host unleashes profanities on guest Rutger Bregman, and some see a 'trap' set by guest

(Newser) - It would have been quite the interview had it aired. As it is, a testy exchange between Tucker Carlson of Fox News and Dutch historian Rutger Bregman is making headlines nonetheless—because Bregman recorded it himself and leaked it to the media outlet Now This . How testy? At one point,...

Fox Host: Yes, I Was Joking About My Hand-Washing

Pete Hegseth pokes fun at the outrage after he announced he hadn't washed hands in 10 years

(Newser) - If you're seeing a lot of tweets or headlines about hand-washing, the explanation lies with Fox News host Pete Hegseth. He set off a social media flurry when he told his co-hosts, "My 2019 resolution is to say things on-air that I say off-air: I don't think...

Fox's Bret Baier After 'Major' Crash: 'Wear Your Seatbelt'

Anchor, family released from hospital in Montana

(Newser) - Fox News anchor Bret Baier is "banged up, but alive" after a "major" car crash involving his family. The 48-year-old was traveling to an airport with family members after a weekend ski trip in Montana when their vehicle overturned on an icy road Monday, reports USA Today . A...

The Last Time This TV Rating Happened, It Was 2000

MSNBC beats Fox in total daytime viewers

(Newser) - A milestone in the cable wars: MSNBC has beaten Fox News in total daytime viewers for the first time since 2000. For the week of Dec. 17-21, MSNBC averaged 1.56 million viewers between 6am and 2pm, ahead of Fox (1.54 million) and CNN (975,000), according to a...

Parkland Survivor Has News for Fox Host

He's been accepted to an Ivy League school

(Newser) - How's this for a comeback: David Hogg is going to Harvard, USA Today reports. The Parkland shooting survivor and gun-control activist, who was razzed by a Fox News host after rejections from other schools, tweeted Saturday about the news: "Thank you all for the well wishes," he...

Advertisers Need to Stop Boycotting Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson Boycott
Is Dumb and Dangerous
OPINION
Dec 20, 2018 9:20 AM CST

Tucker Carlson Boycott Is Dumb and Dangerous

Media writer Jack Shafer doesn't want fickle companies having a say in coverage

(Newser) - Big advertisers keep pulling out of Tucker Carlson's show on Fox News over his comments that immigrants make the nation "poorer" and "dirtier." Media writer Jack Shafer is no fan of Carlson and his "retrograde views on race, minorities, gays, and women," but he'...

More Advertisers Join Tucker Carlson Boycott

IHOP is the latest to ditch Fox host

(Newser) - IHOP has become the latest advertiser to yank its ads from Tucker Carlson Tonight amid an outcry over the host's comments about immigrants . Advertisers have been leaving the Fox News show since last week, when Carlson complained that admitting immigrants was making America "poorer, dirtier, and more divided....

Fox News Sides With CNN on Jim Acosta-Trump Flap

'Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized'

(Newser) - Fox News on Wednesday came out in support of CNN's suit against the Trump administration in a bid to get back Jim Acosta's "hard pass." Its statement, from Fox News President Jay Wallace:
  • "Fox News supports CNN in its legal effort to regain its
...

Online Mystery: Fox News Has Stopped Tweeting

One report says it's to protest how Twitter has handled Tucker Carlson being doxxed

(Newser) - A weekend head-scratcher comes courtesy of Raw Story , which reports on an online media mystery. It appears that since shortly after 2pm on Thursday, Fox News hasn't tweeted anything on its official Twitter account (the same for its Fox News Research arm ), and the internet is trying to...

Fox News: Hannity's Campaign Appearance With Trump Not OK

Says situation 'has been addressed'

(Newser) - Hours after Fox News host Sean Hannity's controversial appearance at President Trump's final rally before the midterm elections, the network issued a rebuke of his actions, the AP reports. "Fox News does not condone any talent participating in campaign events," the network said in a...

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