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Tucker Carlson: Drudge Is Posting 'Woke' Propaganda

The Fox News host takes a swing at the online media star

(Newser) - Matt Drudge, a "woke" liberal of the "progressive left"? So said Tucker Carlson on Friday while interviewing the author of a new Drudge biography, the Daily Beast reports. The Fox News host was echoing recent concerns among Trump fans about drudgereport.com posting links to stories that...

Reporter Doxed After Carlson Calls Out NYT
Tucker Carlson
Gets Reporter Doxed
Jul 21, 2020 7:49 AM CDT

Tucker Carlson Gets Reporter Doxed

'NYT' claims attack on Murray Carpenter was based on false information

(Newser) - Fox News host Tucker Carlson spent the final moments of Monday's show attacking a New York Times reporter, whose personal information—including home address—was soon after shared online. Carlson said freelance writer Murray Carpenter was "working on a story about where my family and I live" so...

Suit Accuses Fox News Stars of Sexual Harassment, Rape

Former staff member says Ed Henry attacked and battered her

(Newser) - A federal lawsuit filed Monday by two women accuses Ed Henry of rape and other Fox News stars of widespread sexual harassment. The allegations by Cathy Areu and Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer, involve host Sean Hannity, host Tucker Carlson, journalist Howard Kurtz, and contributor Gianno Caldwell. Fox News...

Trump Is Asked: Will You Commit to the Election Results?
Commit to Election
Results? 'Look ...
I Have to See'
sunday talk shows
Jul 19, 2020 12:40 PM CDT

Commit to Election Results? 'Look ... I Have to See'

President Trump gives Chris Wallace a wide-ranging interview on 'Fox News Sunday'

(Newser) - President Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote, as he scoffs at polls showing him lagging behind Democrat Joe Biden, the AP reports. Trump says it's too early to...

Here's What Tucker Carlson Has to Say About Ousted Writer

Condemns his posts, but also condemns 'the ghouls now beating their chests in triumph'

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson weighed in on his former top writer three days after he resigned over secret racist online posts . Fox News on Saturday said it "strongly condemns" Blake Neff's posts, which it referred to as "abhorrent," "horrific," "racist, misogynistic and homophobic," Mediaite...

Tucker Carlson's Top Writer Gets Outed Over Secret Posts

Blake Neff resigned after his online remarks came to light

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson's top writer has quit after posting bigoted comments on an online forum known for its offensive content, CNN Business reports. The writer, Blake Neff, was using a pseudonym on AutoAdmit—a mostly unmoderated board where sexism and racism run rampant—to pepper in his share of intolerant...

Trump Calls Fauci 'Nice Man,' Then Starts Finger-Pointing

President slams nation's top infectious-disease expert, other health officials on virus to Hannity

(Newser) - In a week where the US saw three consecutive days of more than 55,000 new coronavirus cases, with Florida, Texas, and California all experiencing record daily death rates, President Trump was put in the hot seat on the pandemic on Fox News Thursday night—but he didn't point...

Shepard Smith Gets a New Job —and Not at MSNBC

The former Fox News anchor has landed at another network

(Newser) - Former Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith will join CNBC for a weeknight program, the network announced Wednesday. The News with Shepard Smith will feature "fact-based storytelling," the network said, and put Smith back in the 7pm Eastern time slot where he was during the early part of...

Carlson Does a 180, Blasts Masks as 'Bizarre Health Theater'

Fox News host, who once said social distancing, other virus safety measures work, changes tune

(Newser) - A lot can change in three months. For Tucker Carlson, that change has come in the form of a big reversal on coronavirus safety measures. In a segment Tuesday on Tucker Carlson Tonight, the Fox News host was discussing the topic of schools reopening amid the pandemic, rueing the fact...

Tucker for President? It&#39;s a Thing, but in 2024
The 2024 Buzz Has Started—
for a Surprising Name
in case you missed it
Jul 5, 2020 10:20 AM CDT

The 2024 Buzz Has Started— for a Surprising Name

Tucker Carlson of Fox News is the focus of much speculation

(Newser) - The 2020 election is still months away, but it's evidently not too early to start the speculation about 2024. And in this case, the speculation centers on Tucker Carlson of Fox News, who is the subject of multiple stories—most notably at Politico and Business Insider —that explain...

Fox Anchor Out Amid Sexual Misconduct Accusations

Chief national correspondent Ed Henry fired after investigation into years-old incident

(Newser) - Fox News chief national correspondent Ed Henry is out of a job following an investigation into sexual misconduct claims. The America's Newsroom co-anchor was suspended Thursday after the network "received a complaint ... from a former employee's attorney involving willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago,"...

Fox's Ingraham Calls Out Conservatives

She slams those 'on the sidelines' in volatile times

(Newser) - Fox News host Laura Ingraham called out fellow conservatives in what the Daily Beast describes as "apocalyptic" terms Monday night. More precisely, she called out conservatives she accuses of remaining on the "sidelines" during turbulent times, per Mediaite . She suggested that the very future of the country is...

Fox News Pulls Doctored Pics of Seattle 'Zone'

The media giant says it 'regrets these errors'

(Newser) - Fox News has removed doctored images of Seattle's protest zone that made it look more like a war zone, the New York Times reports. One image, of a man armed with a rifle in front of a shattered storefront, was really two spliced together—of broken windows in downtown...

T-Mobile CEO: 'Bye-Bye, Tucker Carlson!'

Fox host dumped after Black Lives Matter remarks

(Newser) - Advertisers are once again deserting Tucker Carlson's show. The latest exodus follows the Fox host's attacks on the Black Lives Matter movement, the Los Angeles Times reports. He had said it is "soulless" and "craven" for companies and celebrities to support the movement and went after...

Fox Has a New &#39;First Couple&#39;
Meet the
'First Couple'
of Fox News
Jun 12, 2020 6:30 AM CDT

Meet the 'First Couple' of Fox News

It's Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt, sources say

(Newser) - Sean Hannity and Ainsley Earhardt have been quietly seeing each other for quite some time, sources tell Vanity Fair . The magazine calls them "the first couple of Fox News," and recounts how they arrived together, via helicopter, to the wedding of another Fox couple last August. "Hannity...

Fox News: Sorry About That Stock Report

The graphic aired Friday on 'Special Report with Bret Baier'

(Newser) - Fox News apologized Saturday for how it displayed a chart correlating the stock market's performance with the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Martin Luther King Jr., and Michael Brown, the AP reports. The graphic that aired Friday to illustrate market reactions to historic periods of civil unrest...

Tucker Carlson Goes After Jared Kushner
Tucker Carlson
Goes After Trump
Jun 2, 2020 8:00 AM CDT

Tucker Carlson Goes After Trump

'How are you going to protect the country? How are you trying?'

(Newser) - Tucker Carlson is usually a staunch advocate of President Trump, but he lit into Trump on his Fox News show Monday night and into son-in-law Jared Kushner even more. Carlson complained that leaders on the local and national level have been too soft on protesters, and he noted that a...

Protesters Attack Fox News Reporter
Protesters Attack
Fox News Reporter
May 30, 2020 5:15 PM CDT

Protesters Attack Fox News Reporter

Other media are encountering violence, too

(Newser) - A Fox News reporter was pummeled and chased by protesters who had gathered outside the White House early Saturday as part of nationwide unrest following the death of George Floyd, the AP reports. For several journalists across the country, the demonstrations were taking an ominous, dangerous turn. A television reporter...

Controversial Duo Has Disappeared From Fox

Daily Beast reports the network has cut ties with Diamond and Silk

(Newser) - Where are Diamond and Silk? The controversial duo, staunch supporters of President Trump who have lately been pushing conspiracy theories about the coronavirus, seem to have disappeared from their biggest stage, the Fox network. CNN media reporter Brian Stelter first noted that the sisters—Lynette "Diamond" Hardaway and Rochelle...

Hydroxychloroquine Falls Out of Favor
Trump Called It a Potential
'Game Changer.' No Longer
the rundown
Apr 22, 2020 11:55 AM CDT

Trump Called It a Potential 'Game Changer.' No Longer

A coronavirus panel recommended against hydroxychloroquine's use on Tuesday

(Newser) - The bloom appears to be off the rose when it comes to the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. President Trump has repeatedly touted it as a possible treatment for the novel coronavirus, but a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study released Tuesday found there were more deaths among COVID-19 patients at US veteran hospitals who were...

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