Fake News

The Guardian reports: Tucker Carlson “knows” he was fired by Fox News in April as a condition of the $787.5m settlement with Dominion Voting Systems regarding the broadcast of Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud, the former host says in a new book. “They agreed to take me off the air, my show off the air, as a condition of …

“This is really about control. That’s what it’s really about. The reason they want you to go from a gas stove to electric stove is, eventually they can control that stove. They’re already doing that in some towns in California – controlling the thermostats. They can turn it down when they want to. You look at electric cars, they’ll be …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): Remember we said we were talking about bombing the cartels? And people were going, “No, no, no, that’s an act of war, that’s in another country.” Yeah, but we do that to terrorists as well, and this is kind of a terrorist activity. And the thing is, now, we see this at …

“Well, I made a joke last night on Hannity, those shoes, my father will be 87 in a week, and to a man of that generation wearing those shoes, particularly as commander in chief in public, when you’re going on, this is formal business — that’s the equivalent of wearing your bedroom slippers outside. That’s like wearing a speedo and …

“Of course, CNN’s Jeff Zeleny is not a dumb person. He knows that if RFK wasn’t polling so well, his remarks wouldn’t be censored. They’d be dealt with. The Democrats would be smart if they did some self-reflection here because RFK’s popular not just because of his views on the vaccine, he’s popular because on key issues, he represents the …

“You’ve gone viral not only with your message, but just your sheer masculinity. I mean you’ve got those workout videos that are floating around. I mean, that — what did that video teach you about the state of American politics in 2023?” – Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy, speaking this morning to RFK Jr., who is surprisingly open to …

“Now Primetime isn’t saying this was Ashley’s cocaine or Hunter’s cocaine. We have no idea. These are just our suspects. We hope it’s not their cocaine because that’d be tragic. We want them to stay clean. Remember: NBC suggested the coke was found near the entrance that Kamala slides in. Is it Kamala’s? Is it Doug’s? Is this Joe’s plan …

The Daily Beast reports: Three former Fox executives expressed “deep disappointment” for their roles in helping Rupert Murdoch launch Fox News, saying that their efforts helped create the “Fox disinformation machine.” In a blog post published on Wednesday, Ken Solomon, Bill Reyner and Preston Padden—all of whom took credit for “helping to give birth” to Fox’s television networks—detailed the parts …

“With Trump up for re-election, the media needed a fraud to take him out. They knew Joe Biden basically would do what he was told. He’d do anything for power. And if he didn’t do it, they’d blackmail him because they knew everything about his secret little life, so they pumped up Joe’s phony brand and savaged anybody who pointed …

The New York Times reports: Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted on his since-canceled Fox News program, one looms large: a conspiracy theory that an Arizona man working as a covert government agent incited the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol to sabotage and discredit former President Donald J. Trump and his political movement. What’s …

“We’re seeing desperate middle class Chinese – these are generally not poor people – because they can pay $35,000 a head to the Mexican cartels to bring them in. “But among them are packs of males of between 5 and 15 who are of military age, not coming with family groups, pretending not to speak English, and engaging in Chinese …

Mediaite reports: Fox News Digital retracted a story on Friday that “inaccurately attributed” a scathing statement to former President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price. Prior to its retraction, Fox News had published a supposed quote from Price claiming there was “no way” he would support Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign “after he fired me.” “The only …

Media Matters has the transcript: CHARLES HURT (GUEST): And, quite frankly, I was sort of half-joking when I said that I thought that the White House press office planted the cocaine just so they wouldn’t have to talk about, like, the economy and everything else. But they would rather talk about Hunter Biden the crackhead. PETE HEGSETH (HOST): You think …

The Hill reports: Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany threw cold water on the suggestion the cocaine found at The White House over the holiday weekend could have belonged to Hunter Biden, the president’s son. “For it to be Hunter Biden, he left on Friday, he was at Camp David. There is no way, it is inconceivable to think …

The Guardian reports: Fox Corporation has settled for $12m a lawsuit by the former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who had made claims of gender discrimination. She also accused the network’s lawyers of pressuring her to make misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case, her lawyer Tanvir Rahman said on Friday. Fox settled with Dominion for $787.5m in April …

Variety reports: Geraldo Rivera has called Fox News his home since leaving CNBC in 2001 to join as the cable outlet’s ostensible war correspondent. He appears to have a lost a recent battle. After being ousted from a rotation on “The Five,” Rivera said in a video post on Twitter Thursday, he is leaving Fox News. “I’ve been fired from …

Media Matters reports: Fox News personalities are weaponizing the news that President Joe Biden recently began using a CPAP machine to help with the widespread disorder of sleep apnea to fearmonger over his physical and mental health. Their baseless claims run the gamut, from arguments that the sleep apnea diagnosis is a charade to cover up Biden’s purported dementia to …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (CO-HOST): It’s okay to cry, my fellow guys. A survey finds that 71% of modern men confess to being in touch with how they feel and 82% of women are saying the same thing. I can’t even see who this survey is. 37% of men say being called sensitive would be a compliment …

“She is literally a heartbeat away from the presidency. Thirty-nine percent had very negative feelings about her, like, hated her.  People are fighting with each other to get to the exit door. This is a woman who was in a position to make it easy for other women behind her to come forward and do the job, where Americans can …

Deadline reports: Fox News unveiled a new primetime lineup, with Jesse Watters moving to Tucker Carlson’s old 8 p.m. time slot and Laura Ingraham slotted earlier in the evening at 7 p.m. Hannity will remain at 9 p.m., while Greg Gutfeld’s show will take over Ingraham’s slot at 10 p.m. The changes will be effective as of July 17. A …