Tag Archives: Fox News

Proud Boy Loses Claim Carlson Footage Is Exculpatory

Politico reports: Prosecutors did not withhold or “suppress” Jan. 6 security footage — aired in February by Tucker Carlson — from the Proud Boys now on trial for seditious conspiracy, a federal judge ruled late Sunday. U.S. District Court Judge Tim Kelly used his 10-page order to knock down a series of thinly premised but eye-popping allegations lodged by one …

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Musk Claims Feds Had Access To Twitter Users’ DMs

The Daily Beast reports: A teaser trailer of Twitter CEO Elon Musk’s upcoming interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson was released Sunday—which features Musk making the extremely serious (and currently unsubstantiated) allegation that various unnamed government agencies had full access to Twitter users’ direct messages before his takeover. “The degree to which various government agencies effectively had full access …

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Fox Makes Last Minute Settlement Offer To Dominion

CNN reports: Dominion Voting Systems’ high-stakes defamation trial against Fox News, which was supposed to begin Monday, was abruptly delayed on Sunday evening, in a stunning eleventh-hour twist that threw into question whether a settlement was in the works. Opening statements were expected on Monday, but the Delaware Superior Court said in a surprise announcement that “the start of the …

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TOMORROW: Fox-Dominion Defamation Trial Begins

The Associated Press reports: Starting Monday in a courtroom in Delaware, Fox News executives and stars will have to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election and creating the gaping wound that remains in America’s democracy. Jurors hearing the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems must answer a specific question: Did …

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Fox Formally Apologizes To Dominion Judge For Lying

CNN Business reports: Fox News formally apologized to the judge in the Dominion defamation case, taking responsibility for the “misunderstanding” regarding Rupert Murdoch’s role at the network that led the judge to launch an investigation into potential legal misconduct by Fox, according to a letter obtained by CNN. In the letter, which was dated Friday and filed with the court, …

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Carlson Predictably Lies About Racist Pentagon Leaker

Media Matters has the transcript: The only man who has been taken into custody — or likely ever will be — is a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsmen who leaked the slides that showed that Lloyd Austin was lying. He revealed the crimes, therefore he’s the criminal. That’s how Washington works. Telling the truth is the only real sin. Now, …

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Jury Selection Begins In Fox-Dominion Defamation Trial

Deadline reports: Jury selection started on Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, as both sides appear to be headed for a trial next week. At the 7th floor of the Leonard Williams Justice Center in downtown Wilmington, DE, jurors are being questioned one by one behind closed doors in proceedings led by Judge Eric …

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Audio Shows Giuliani Admitting He Had No Evidence

Mediaite reports: MSNBC’s Alex Wagner aired potentially devastating recordings of Rudy Giuliani and a campaign official for Donald Trump telling Fox News they lacked receipts regarding the former president’s claims about fraud in the 2020 election. The recordings were provided by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who has filed two lawsuits of her own against her ex-employer. She alleges …

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Gutfeld: Blacks Often Enter Capitalism By Drug Dealing

“The problem isn’t with the dealers. The problem is with us, right? We’re the demand. They’re just the supplier. You know what? You want to know who the drug dealers are? “Snoop Dogg was a drug dealer, Jesse. Jay-Z was a drug dealer. 50 Cent was a drug dealer. Mark Wahlberg was a drug dealer. Tim Allen. And you know …

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Fox Sanctioned For Withholding Dominion Evidence

NBC News reports: Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis on Wednesday sanctioned Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., for withholding evidence in the Dominion defamation suit, and said he’s considering further investigation and censure. According to a person present in the courtroom, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems played recordings Fox News producer Abby Grossberg made during 2020, which …

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Fox Corp Shareholder Sues Murdochs For Election Lies

NBC News reports: A Fox Corp. shareholder sued Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and several members of the Fox Corp. board of directors in Delaware on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that they violated their fiduciary duty to the company when they allowed Fox News to broadcast election conspiracy theories. The derivative action — a kind of lawsuit brought by shareholders who believe …

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Judge: Fox Lied About Murdoch’s Role At The Network

Deadline reports: A Delaware judge on Tuesday expressed anger over recent disclosure made by Fox that Rupert Murdoch is listed as an officer of Fox News, not just Fox Corp. “This is a problem,” Judge Eric M. Davis told Fox attorneys, saying that it could have impacted his previous rulings in the case. A Dominion attorney argued that the last-minute …

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Conway Frets Dems Are “Turnout Machine” For Young

“The Republican Party cannot wait for the young to get old and the single to get married to find new voters. We can’t be beaten on this, policy-wise. I think that we have already won the policy arguments on the economy, education, on several issues. “I think we’ve got some work to do on the young people who think differently …

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Carlson: George Soros Behind Conviction Of Texas Killer

“Perry is behind bars tonight, but the governor has instructed the pardons board to work on an expedited review. That’s required by law in Texas in order for a pardon to occur. But he is pardoning this man. That is obviously the right thing to do. George Soros can’t pay for people to put his political opponents in jail and …

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Levin: Leftists Are Behind End Of AM Radios In Cars

Media Matters has the transcript: Ford is the latest manufacturer that says the future production of cars will not include the AM platform. Mister producer, you saw that, right? BMW has said it, others have said it because it interferes with something or other. They finally figured out how to attack conservative talk radio, mister producer, let me be the …

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Fox Anchor Proposed Special To Debunk Election Lies

NPR reports: Fox News anchor Bret Baier repeatedly sought to devote an hour-long Sunday evening special following the 2020 elections to set out and debunk the leading myths bolstering Trump’s baseless claims of fraud. On “Special Report,” Baier had addressed many of those individual claims, which had been promoted by Trump and embraced by his supporters. Baier told colleagues he …

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Fox News And Ex-Host Lou Dobbs Settle Lawsuit

Bloomberg News reports: Fox News and former on-air host Lou Dobbs settled defamation claims by a Venezuelan businessman falsely accused on-air of being a central player in an effort to rig the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump. Fox’s confidential accord with Majed Khalil was revealed in a brief letter Saturday to US District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan, who …

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Levin To Prosecutors: “Use Anything To Charge Biden”

“And once again, for multiple times, this show’s heard all over the country — it’s heard all over the world, actually. I’m asking Republican prosecutors out there to take a very good look at your own statutes – local, state, and even federal, but particularly the state prosecutors, the DA’s, the state prosecutors, and so forth. “See if there’s anything …

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Fox Hosts Defend Expulsion Of Tennessee Democrats: This Sends A Message Not To Storm Our Govt Buildings

Fox & Friends host Will Cain: I’m listening to President Biden, and I’m just trying to understand — and I’m going to feign some inability to understand this because I fully get that the use of protecting democracy or accusing something of being undemocratic is just a proxy for ‘I want you to lose.’ So during January 6th, people condemn-ably …

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Ingraham: “Political Hit Job On Thomas Is Total Bull”

“It seems like a real run up by the media to push for either more members of the court, more court packing or just changing the subject from the absolutely desperate shape the US economy is in and the desperate numbers, definitely bad numbers for Joe Biden. “This is total bull, okay? And I put this in the same category …

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