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Matthew Schwartz writes for The Insider: When I asked Tucker Carlson in a text on Tuesday evening if he was planning a run for president, the newly self-employed far-right firebrand had a shocking answer: “Yes. Announcing Friday in New Hampshire.” But my earthshaking scoop was short-lived. After I credulously asked him to confirm that he was serious before I blasted …

The New York Times reports: Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit, this one from a woman who said the network promoted lies about her that generated serious threats to her safety and harmed her career prospects. The suit was filed on behalf of Nina Jankowicz, the former executive director of a short-lived Department of Homeland Security …

“There are many countries that you could buy citizenship to. For example, in a country like Australia, New Zealand, it’s very expensive. Then there are other countries that are relatively inexpensive. You can buy a passport. You can have dual citizenship, for example. So you are saying this is deliberate in the sense that ultimately the plan would be to …

Axios reports: Tucker Carlson, two weeks after being ousted by Fox News, accused the network Tuesday of fraud and breach of contract — and made a host of document demands that could precede legal action. The aggressive letter from his lawyers to Fox positions Carlson to argue that the noncompete provision in his contract is no longer valid — freeing …

The Hill reports: Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, reported a net loss of $50 million in the first quarter of 2023, just weeks after it paid a historic settlement to Dominion Voting Systems. The company reported total quarterly revenues of $4.08 billion, representing an 18 percent increase from the $3.46 billion reported in the prior year for …

The Daily Beast reports: In these unredacted texts, which Confider obtained and reviewed, Fox News star Jesse Watters expressed some very Tucker-like thoughts to Carlson about firing some news vets and replacing them with MAGA-friendly voices. “Wallace Cavuto and other [sic] have got to go. Need some fresh blood. Should hire some trump people,” Watters, who is seen as a …

Variety reports: Since Carlson’s stunning exit last month, a timeslot that has been shunned by many Madison Avenue stalwarts seems as if it is being embraced. Procter & Gamble, one of the nation’s largest and most influential advertisers, has been running ads in “Fox News Tonight,” the network’s new 8 p.m. program, for female-skewing products like Venus razor blades by …

“The actual group that’s at the bottom of the totem pole of respectability, of honor, of acknowledgment in our culture, is straight white males. I mean, they are — they are the pariahs, the ones that are blamed for any social ills that the elite chooses to acknowledge. “And it’s not just people are saying things off the cuff, you …

Mediaite reports: Hall-of-fame quarterback Brett Favre has joined the calls to boycott Fox News in support of the recently-fired Tucker Carlson. On Monday, Favre tweeted a clip from The Megyn Kelly Show. In the clip, Kelly urges viewers to refrain from watching Fox News after the network “silenced” Carlson with his sudden firing. “I’m with Tucker,” Favre said in the …

Axios reports: Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for — or start — a right-wing rival, sources close to him tell Axios. Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer Carlson retained for the contract dispute, told Axios: “The idea that anyone is going to silence …

Mediaite reports: Megyn Kelly encouraged fellow former Fox News host Tucker Carlson to “walk away” from his agreement with the network and let them “take him to court” following reports that Fox News may fight to keep him off the air until 2025. The New York Times reported on Friday that while Carlson had told several people he was interested …

The Hill reports: Lawyers for Fox News are asking officials at Dominion Voting Systems to conduct an internal investigation after media reports have surfaced in recent days pertaining to the leak of text messages from Tucker Carlson, a former top host at the network. In its letter dated Friday, Fox lawyers said the company had learned documents Fox produced as …

The Hill reports: Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Media Matters for America over its publication of leaked videos showing Tucker Carlson, a former host at the network, making crude and offensive comments off the air. “We write on behalf of Fox Corporation to clarify any misunderstandings Media Matters may have had …

The Daily Beast reports: Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones fumed on his Thursday program over Canadian prankster Chris James duping him into believing that he was speaking with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “Hey, let me tell the little prankster Prank Stallone something,” Jones said, responding to the Wednesday prank call from James, which has yet to be published. …

The Hill reports: Fox host Maria Bartiromo is pushing back on claims made by an ex-producer on her show who alleges that she used her personal connections to former President Trump to protect herself at the network. “If they were marginalizing her, she could always say, ‘I can get the President of the United States on the phone,’” Abby Grossberg …

The Washington Post reports:  Tucker Carlson — who was fired by Fox News last week at the height of his popularity and influence in right-wing punditry — has aspirations of moving into a larger role that doesn’t limit him to a single medium, according to people familiar with his thinking. And he is willing to walk away from some of …

Media Matters reports: Fox News has leaked to The New York Times private text messages that Tucker Carlson has sent and allegedly this is the smoking gun. So, Fox News leaked these messages to try to say, hey, see, we were dealing with something here, that Tucker Carlson is a bad guy, he’s a racist. It’s bad enough that we …

Media Matters has the transcript: JESSE WATTERS (CO-HOST): I saw, on the way into work, an illegal immigration family digging through the trash, looking for recyclables. JESSICA TARLOV (CO-HOST): How did you know they were illegal? WATTERS: You can tell. TARLOV: Jesse — WATTERS: I can tell. I’m a city guy. You don’t want me to get into it, but …

The New York Times reports: A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve of its billion-dollar defamation trial showed its most popular host sharing his private, inflammatory views about violence and race. The discovery of the message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to …

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters introduced Republican councilman Ryan Webb as a lesbian “woman of color” during an interview on Monday. After saying it was time for Republicans to “have a little fun” with gender identity, Watters introduced Webb as a “straight, White councilman from Delaware County, Indiana who just announced he identifies as a woman, and not …