Fake News

Rolling Stone reports: Top on-air presenters are openly worrying about getting fired. Management is on the prowl for leakers. And the leakers themselves are dodging “snitches” by putting fake names in their phone to hide incoming calls from reporters. Fox News’ first week of life after Tucker Carlson got fired was a strange one indeed. Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, …

“The establishment will do whatever it takes to keep Biden in the White House. You know that. He’s very useful to them. You see, his boring presidency is actually an opportunity. While we focus on Joe’s naps, Democrats solidify even more control across the sprawling federal bureaucracy. “The deep state gets deeper every day. They work quietly while Joe does …

The Insider reports: Viewership for the 8 p.m. hour of Fox News, a prime-time television spot occupied by Tucker Carlson for years, has plummeted by half in the days since the anchor was suddenly fired Monday. Ratings data from Nielsen reported by CNN’s Oliver Darcy show a minor dip on Monday, possibly because many viewers were unaware Carlson had been …

TMZ reports: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and now another conservative news outlet, Newsmax, wants him to be more than just the face of the network, and it’s putting on a full-court press to land him. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the news channel is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come …

“Mr. Herring [photo] did make a substantial offer, which would be several million more than Fox paid — to my chagrin cause I don’t make that — but anyway, it’s Tucker. This isn’t about me. So, the offer’s on the table. We know Tucker’s in Florida vacationing with the family — wish him the best, hanging out. But, yeah — …

Media Matters has the transcript: RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): Pandemic would have been a really great time to scare America back into shape. We learned early on that one of the biggest predictors of COVID-related deaths was obesity. But what did Democrats do? They shut down the playgrounds, gyms, and they forced you to stay in your house and order takeout. …

A partial transcript via Yahoo News: Both political parties, and their donors, have reached consensus on what benefits them, and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it. Suddenly, the United States looks very much like a one-party state. That’s a depressing realization, but it’s not permanent. Our current orthodoxies won’t last. They’re brain dead. Nobody actually believes …

The Wall Street Journal reports: Several weeks ago, as Fox News lawyers prepared for a courtroom showdown with Dominion Voting Systems, they presented Tucker Carlson with what they thought was good news: They had persuaded the court to redact from a legal filing the time he called a senior Fox News executive the c-word, according to people familiar with the …

Media Matters has the transcript: But my sources inside the building say this was unexpected. People were shocked to discover what had happened. The staff was caught completely off guard. Look, a lot of people are saying, well, this is about Dominion. I don’t think it is. If it had been about Dominion I think we do have we would …

Media Matters has the transcript: It’s very, very hard. My phone’s been blowing up all day about the news that Tucker Carlson and the Fox News Channel have parted ways. And the hard part for me is I don’t have a clue. I don’t know what happened. I don’t know anything about it. I can’t comment on something — I …

Popular Information reports: The reality of Fox News’ relationship with Carlson — and the conduct they were willing to not only ignore but defend — is important. Fox News is entering a critical time renegotiating its fees with cable companies. It is likely to argue that Carlson’s firing is a signal that the network is becoming more responsible and, therefore, …

The Los Angeles Times reports: People familiar with the situation who were not authorized to comment publicly said the decision to fire Carlson came straight from Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Carlson’s exit is related to the discrimination lawsuit filed by Abby Grossberg, the producer fired by the network last month, the people said. Carlson’s senior executive producer Justin Wells …

Fox News reports: FOX News media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, the network announced on Monday. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” a FOX News Media spokesperson said in a statement. An interim program, “Fox News Tonight,” will air at 8 p.m. ET until …

“Let me just say this, Mr. President. I’ve talked to a lot of important people: Supreme Court justices, presidents, presidential candidates, brilliant people. And talking with you is really the most impressive conversation I’ve had. “Number one, there’s very few people who could sit there and speak the way you do from subject to subject to subject to subject. If …

“The overwhelming majority of media outlets were strongly against Fox, and therefore, were aiding Dominion. It’s been embarrassing. But Fox was also fighting for the First Amendment, which actually applies to liberal news outlets as well as right-leaning ones. In the end, both sides had incentives to settle. Fox wanted to avoid a parade of high-profile witnesses, and the judge …

Media Matters has the transcript: The defining strategic insight of the modern Democratic Party is that you don’t really need to convince anyone of anything. What matters is demographics. You need to import enough people from elsewhere, people who are financially dependent on you in order to live. That’s the story of the state of California. That’s why California changed. …

Agence France-Presse reports: Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch on Friday dropped a high-profile defamation case against an Australian website that accused his family’s conservative media empire of fueling the 2021 US Capitol riots. Lawyers for the Crikey website said that Murdoch, the eldest son of billionaire Rupert Murdoch, had abruptly “discontinued his defamation case” eight months into legal proceedings. …

“The dual sense of justice, that there’s one style of justice if you’re connected to liberals and there’s another type of justice — which is injustice — if you don’t agree with the in-crowd. Whether it’s on immigration, or China, or, you know, all the wars, or, you know, government spending, you’re a deplorable. They use the word ‘deplorable’ for …

“They are looking to take this case through trial. They are looking for the vindication of a jury verdict in their favor. That was their intention when they filed this lawsuit. That is their intention today. Smartmatic spent over 20 years building a global reputation as being one of the very best election technology companies in the world. “And in …

Lever News reports: Fox’s massive settlement with private equity-backed voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems didn’t just spare the conservative news organization from a lengthy public defamation trial or a full public reckoning for its election lies — it could also mean a tax break as large as $213 million, according to a Lever review. Thanks to an arcane line …