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Mediaite reports: Despite there being absolutely zero scientific evidence to support it, Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested Wednesday night that getting vaccinated makes you more likely to get infected with Covid-19. Before introducing former Trump advisor — and frequent Fox News guest — Stephen Miller, Carlson offered what many will see as dangerously irresponsible commentary on the efficacy of …

Politico reports: Sean Hannity repeatedly tried to scale back Donald Trump’s effort to use the Jan. 6 session of Congress to overturn the 2020 election results, according to text messages between the Fox News host and former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows revealed publicly Tuesday. “I do NOT see January 6 happening the way he is being told,” …

Media Matters has the transcript: Our population is too big. Why should your opinion matter? You’re one of many. Previous generations of Americans didn’t live in a country like this and they would be stunned by the attitudes that are so common now — attitudes we take for granted. “Arresting people for walking through the US Capitol building? How is …

Axios reports: The Jan. 6 select committee is preparing to ask Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity for his voluntary cooperation with its investigation of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, a source with direct knowledge of the plan tells Axios. Hannity is one of the most prominent media figures in America and was a close adviser to Donald Trump …

“Not only are you not allowed to talk about therapeutics, therapeutics have been completely vilified over the past year and a half. We have no interest in helping sick people. “In fact, we villainize sick people, certainly if they’re not vaccinated. So, that’s the topic when it comes to monoclonal antibodies. It’s fallen at the altar of the vaccine because …

Media Matters has the transcript: BEN SHAPIRO (GUEST): I mean, I think the answer is yes. The President overpromised and under delivered. He made a promise that was a complete lie and that was that he was going to be able to shut down the virus. As you say, no one has the capacity to shut down this virus. As …

Media Matters has the transcript: SEAN HANNITY (HOST): I think the debate over vaccinations are over. I think at this point, now if you had the vaccine, you’re fully vaccinated, even had the booster, and you even had previous infections and Omicron got through. That means the only thing we need to really be focused on, if we’re gonna do …

Mediaite reports: Lisa Boothe returned to the Fox News airwaves as guest host of The Ingraham Angle on Thursday after an absence of more than two weeks. Her appearance came three days after she suggested on Twitter that she had contracted Covid-19. After the handoff from Pete Hegseth who had guest-hosted Hannity, Boothe said, “Let’s go, Brandon,” a euphemism for …

Law & Crime reports: A Venezuelan businessman has sued the Fox News for defamation, claiming the network falsely and “xenophobically” linked him to the 2020 U.S. presidential election and claims of voter fraud. In a complaint filed earlier this month, Majed Khalil says that former Fox Business host Lou Dobbs and guest Sidney Powell—both supporters of former President Donald Trump—linked …

Media Matters reports: As the Biden administration kicked its COVID-19 vaccination campaign into full gear early this year, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight ramped up its own countercampaign to undermine efforts to get people vaccinated. In the first 10 months of the Biden presidency, host Tucker Carlson and his guests pushed a claim that undermined vaccines in 113 of 114 …

Mediaite reports: Fox News contributor Lisa Boothe has been getting quite a bit of attention lately after taking a vocal stand against Covid-19 vaccines. But she has appeared on Fox News a few times since bragging about being anti-vaxx during an appearance with Dan Bongino in October. And now, she has revealed in new tweets that she has contracted Covid-19. …

“Show a little grace. If you have to wear a mask, wear the mask, make the job easier for the flight attendant. And don’t put a flight attendant in this situation. They are doing their best. They’re working hard, we are all stressed because of COVID. “Show a little grace to the flight attendants, to your fellow passengers, it will …

Mediaite reports: Fox News is standing firmly behind Jesse Watters, after Dr. Anthony Fauci called for his firing on Tuesday morning. In a statement, the network defended the co-host of The Five — arguing that the remarks Watters made at the Turning Point USA summit this past weekend regarding Fauci were wholly misinterpreted. “Now you’re going for the kill shot. …

Politico reports: Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Tuesday called on Fox News to fire host Jesse Watters for targeting him with violent rhetoric at a conservative conference earlier this week. “Now you go in for the kill shot. The kill shot? With an ambush? Deadly. Because he doesn’t see it coming,” Watters said. “That’s awful that …

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends’ curvy couch was a source of wild and irresponsible misinformation Tuesday morning when co-host Carly Shimkus offered a remarkably illogical argument why many Americans are refusing to get vaccinated. Co-host Brian Kilmeade agreed, of course, with an emphatic “Exactly!” while the consistently reliable Steve Doocy appeared to hold back a wince of some sort. Shimkus’s …

Media Matters has the transcript: Senators Cory Booker and Elizabeth Warren announced the other day that they have COVID and are now in quarantine. And of course, we wish them the best, sincerely. But you can’t help but notice that between them, Booker and Warren have had at least 6 vaccine injections and now they’re sick. So, what is the …

Mediaite reports: Fox News employees in New York City will be required to have at least one coronavirus vaccination dose by Dec. 27 in order to work in person at the company’s headquarters. There will no longer be a testing requirement for Fox News employees in New York City. “All workers in NYC who perform in-person work at an office …

Media Matters has the transcript: GREG GUTFELD (HOST): It might have been a month ago when I said that. I said, like, with a high transmission, low severity strain, you actually — could actually be a natural booster. I was lambasted in the media, as I often am, for being way ahead of the curve. But you — what you’re …

“Well, what we’re watching is the destruction of the U.S. military. And what we’re gonna end up seeing, Tucker, is thousands, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds thousands of Americans die. “Those are the stakes of the game we’re playing here. We don’t need a military that’s woman-friendly. “We don’t need a military that’s gay-friendly, with all due respect to the …

“At this point it is simply not an interesting topic for your private life. Yes, Covid has killed a lot of people. So has prostate cancer. “Imagine telling people about your prostate every day for the next two years. People would know that you were a narcissist. “No one would sit next to you at dinner. You would be boorish. …