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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. …

The Associated Press reports: A judge Thursday rejected a motion by Fox News to dismiss a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought against the cable news giant by Dominion Voting Systems over claims about the 2020 presidential election. In the 52-page ruling Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said that the voting machine company had shown that “At this stage, it …

Media Matters has the transcript: AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): What they are doing is saying you can’t participate in life unless you do what we tell you, and you have to have this vaccine. And now in New York, as you know, your kids have to be vaxxed. In the city, you can’t even go anywhere with your kids unless they …

“At this point, it is time to move forward and allow this mild infection to circulate so we can continue to build that hybrid immunity: the combination of vaccine-induced and natural immunity, which is proven to be the most robust form of immunity that will continue to build that wall of protection.”-  Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier. Fox …

The Hill reports: Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly said downplaying or diminishing the seriousness of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is something that “could never have happened” during his time at the network. “Fox News is a different place than it was when I was there,” O’Reilly said Tuesday evening while appearing on Dan Abrams’ primetime …

Media Matters has the transcript: What was January 6th? Well, there was destruction of property, which we’re totally opposed to. But what motivated it? Why were all those people there? Well, for the most part, a year later, it’s very clear January 6th was essentially what it appeared to be: Thousands of ordinary American citizens, voters — people who believe …