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Fox Viewership Plummeted During John Lewis Funeral

The Poynter Report reports: CNN’s Brian Stelter points out that Fox News’ viewership dropped significantly when the network aired John Lewis’ funeral last week. Nearly 1.9 million were tuned into Fox in the 9 a.m. Eastern hour, but that number dropped once the funeral began. Fox News had 825,000 viewers in the 11 a.m. hour and only 540,000 in the …

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Chinese State Media: Trump Is Trying To Steal TikTok

CNN Business reports: Trump said he would be open to allowing a US company to buy TikTok, albeit with the unusual caveat that any deal would have to include a “substantial amount of money” coming to the US Treasury. Washington State-based Microsoft has emerged as a potential buyer, and has said it is pursuing a purchase. The dispute has drawn …

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Pirro: The Point Of Masks Is To Dehumanize, Frighten

“Joe Biden is afraid of him. He’ll use a pandemic — I think it’s hysterical when he and his wife come out together and they’re wearing their masks. They’ve been housed together since the pandemic started and they’re wearing masks together when they come out. “What is the point of the mask? The point of the mask is to basically …

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Murdoch Scion Quits News Corp Board Of Directors

Reuters reports: James Murdoch resigned from the board of News Corp on Friday, citing disagreements over editorial content at the company founded by his father, conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The company owns The Wall Street Journal, known for its conservative editorial page, and Rupert Murdoch has counseled world leaders, espousing his philosophy, but son James over the years has …

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Carlson Calls Obama “Greasy And Sleazy” For Bringing Up Civil Rights At Funeral Of Civil Rights Icon [VIDEO]

“Barack Obama showed up at congressman John Lewis’ funeral today and Obama claims he was there to eulogize his friend and that’s not true and that’s not what he did. Instead Obama gave a divisive and deeply dishonest campaign speech in church. “Barack Obama, one of the sleaziest and most dishonest figures in American politics, used George Floyd’s death in …

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Fox Host Justifies Trump’s Call To Delay The Election

“If we have mail-in balloting the way it’s scheduled now, there is absolutely no way you will get an election result on election night, or even in the first few days. That means confusion and endless challenges. “That is a mess. What do you think? Delay the election? You can’t start counting mail-in ballots until the day of the election. …

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Carlson Defends “Demon Sperm” Doctor: Democrats And Big Tech Censors Want To “Erase Her Freedoms”

“If Democrats want to erase a politically inconvenient news story fewer than 100 days before an election, they can do that — and they did do it. Big tech censored science. They pulled the video of doctors in lab coats talking about coronavirus research and they hid that video from the public. “That’s exactly what the Chinese government so often …

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Fox Host Jesse Watters Walks Back Praise For QAnon

Mediaite reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters has retracted comments he said on Saturday that seemed to praise the conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon, calling the group a “fringe platform.” In a statement provided to Mediaite by Fox News, Watters retracted those comments about QAnon, clarifying that he did not support or believe in the conspiracy theories the group …

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Fox Host Hails QAnon In Eric Trump Interview [VIDEO]

The Daily Beast reports: Fox News host Jesse Watters says a pro-Trump, right-wing conspiracy theory movement that was deemed a terror threat by the FBI has actually “uncovered a lot of great stuff.” He spoke with Eric Trump late Saturday about Twitter’s recent crackdown on QAnon — the fringe movement blamed for playing a role in at least two murders, …

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Carlson: Matt Drudge Is Now A Progressive Leftist

“For decades, Matt Drudge was one of the most influential figures in conservative news journalism. His self-titled Drudge Report broke news and set priorities in digital media. “Republican presidential candidates made wooing the famously secretive Drudge a high priority, and for several of them, including Donald Trump, it paid off big. “But if you’ve seen the Drudge Report recently, you …

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Trump Threatens To Deploy Tens Of Thousands Of DHS Troops To “Solve The Problems” In Cities Run By Dems

Mediaite reports: President Donald Trump threatened to deploy tens of thousands of Department of Homeland Security agents to “solve the problems” in cities with high crime rates and civil unrest, he said in an interview with Sean Hannity Thursday night. Trump, frustrated that cities like Chicago and New York City have denied and denounced his usage of federal force, have …

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Ingraham: If Biden Wins, Radicals Will Come For You

“Remember, when they go after the founders and Mount Rushmore, they are really going after you. If Biden wins in November, the Democrats and their rioter allies will turn their sights on you. You will become the target for criminals, for radicals, and the cancel culture. “Many of you will be investigated, demonized, and even impoverished by a government indebted …

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Fox Doc Fawns Over Trump’s Embarrassing Interview

“In a sense, that interview was a cognitive test. He is extremely sharp on every second. And he did a test on TV where he basically, you know, went through how great his memory is. “And what he said was even all of the major leaders of the world, Ainsley. He talked about Putin, he talked about Chairman Xi. “Whatever …

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Fox News Canned Host For Coming In “Visibly Sick”

CNN Business reports: Fox News has parted ways with a host who dismayed fellow staffers when she came to work while visibly sick in the early days of the coronavirus crisis. Heather Childers, who had been an early morning host on Fox since 2012, was benched after the incident in late March. She was not put back on the air …

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Fox Hosts Flog Debunked Claim About WH Reporter

Media Matters reports: During the July 21 White House press conference, Al-Jazeera reporter Kimberly Halkett finished a round of questions with Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany by saying “ok, you don’t want to engage.” Several right-wing commentators falsely claimed that Halkett called McEnany a “lying bitch.” Halkett herself immediately clarified that she did not say that, and even the White House …

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Fox & Friends Host Sorry For Posting Fake AOC Tweet

Mediaite reports: Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade was mocked on Twitter after his apology for sharing a fake tweet misrepresenting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fell flat, in part due to it being in quotes. The fake tweet that Kilmeade initially shared purports to show AOC suggesting that state governments’ response to the coronavirus pandemic is purely political. AOC’s source tweet …

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Graphic Details Emerge In Lawsuit Against Ex-Fox Host

People Magazine reports: Two women have come forward with accusations of sexual misconduct against Fox News’ Ed Henry, Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. In a lawsuit filed on Monday, former Fox News staffer Jennifer Eckhart’s attorney claims she was “violently raped” by Henry, who was fired by the network on July 1. Meanwhile, journalist Cathy Areu’s lawyer alleges she was …

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Carlson Claims NYT Plans To “Terrorize” His Family By Publishing His Address, Carlson Fans Dox NYT Reporter

The Washington Post reports: On Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a surprising accusation: the New York Times, he said, was trying to endanger him and his family by revealing where they live in an upcoming story. As he lambasted the newspaper on-air, Carlson suggested that his prime-time show could expose the home addresses of the reporter and …

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Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Other Fox Hosts Accused In Sexual Harassment Suit Filed By Former Employees

The Washington Examiner reports: Two female former Fox News employees have sued the network over claims that its most popular on-air talents sexually harassed them. Jennifer Eckhart and Cathy Areu filed a lawsuit in federal court on Monday alleging that Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz, Gianno Caldwell and Ed Henry, who was fired earlier this month, of sexual misconduct …

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Fox’s Lou Dobbs Sorry For Lies About BLM Donations

An apology on Twitter but not on his show: On his Fox Business show Thursday, Lou Dobbs railed against several Fortune 500 companies for donating a lot of money to Black Lives Matter. Dobbs called it “stunning” before showing the graphic of Bank of America giving $1 billion, PepsiCo giving $400 million, Walmart giving $100 million, Apple giving $100 million, …

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