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“On late-term abortions, former Virginia governor Ralph Northam did say that in cases of severe deformity or non-viable fetus, the mother and doctors would decide one to do once the baby was born. But he later backed off with a spokesperson saying he was not talking about killing babies, but extremely rare and tragic cases. A CDC survey says fewer …

“A two-hour mystery behind closed doors turned into a sudden and dramatic last-minute settlement between Fox and Dominion, ending one of the most heavily covered media lawsuits in the modern era. “Judge Eric Davis had already helped select and seat a jury and announced that opening arguments would begin right after lunch. And then, late today, the judge emerging and …

Media Matters has the transcript: HOWARD KURTZ (HOST): There’s been practically round-the-clock coverage of the lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Machines. Now that all the legal filings are in and a judge in Delaware will give consideration this month to whether the case goes to trial, it’s time for me to weigh in. I’m not sugarcoating the allegations in …

“Some of you have been asking why I’m not covering the Dominion voting machines lawsuit against Fox involving the unproven claims of election fraud in 2020. And it’s absolutely a fair question. I believe I should be covering it. It’s a major media story given my role here at Fox, but the company has decided that as part of the …

Mediaite reports: On Sunday’s MediaBuzz, Fox News’ Howard Kurtz criticized pundits “shaming” unvaccinated Americans — and that included Fox colleague Geraldo Rivera. Kurtz opened his show saying, “I knew it, I knew from the moment that CNN’s Don Lemon denounced unvaccinated Americans for their idiotic behavior that we were headed into a surge of anger against those who haven’t gotten …

“On Friday, Fox Business Network announced it is canceling Lou Dobbs Tonight, the network’s highest rating show. I’ve known Lou as a talented broadcaster for decades. He was controversial at CNN. He’s been controversial in the decade he’s been here. “Dobbs became one of the most passionate defenders of Donald Trump during his presidency, and of his claims of election …

Mediaite reports: During a special MediaBuzz segment this afternoon, Howard Kurtz spoke with Gillian Turner about the recent clashes at briefings, including when Trump got testy with ABC News’ Jon Karl and Fox News’ Kristin Fisher when they pressed him on a recent report from the HHS IG office. “Jon Karl is not a third rate reporter,” Kurtz said. “He …

“Fox News carried the whole thing live. MSNBC didn’t deign to cover a minute of President Trump kicking off his reelection campaign. And CNN took two to three minutes and then dumped out of it. And what I have to say about this is it’s just a lack of class. “Now, I’m not saying that the cable networks have to …

Howard Kurtz writes for Fox News: There are growing whispers that if John Kelly is eased out or bails out as White House chief of staff, the job could go to Corey Lewandowski. I can report, based on my sources, that the president and his first campaign manager have discussed that possibility. Lewandowski has said he would accept a White …

The Guardian reports: Fox News has inadvertently posted a graphic showing it trails other cable news networks in trustworthiness. During a segment on Sunday on Media Buzz, host Howard Kurtz was discussing with the Republican pollster Frank Luntz a Monmouth University poll which asked respondents if the media regularly or occasionally reports fake news. The graphic that came up on …

The Guardian reports: A new book depicts Donald Trump as a media obsessive who measures his staff’s loyalty by how well they defended him on television. But despite his Twitter habit, he rarely looks at the web. A copy of Media Madness: Donald Trump, the Press, and the War Over the Truth by Howard Kurtz, a host and media critic …

The New York Daily News reports: President Trump privately admitted he shouldn’t have sent former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer to argue over the crowd size at his inauguration, according to a new book. The commander-in-chief reportedly fumed over reports and photos comparing his crowd to the one eight years earlier for President Obama. Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the …

The Washington Post reports: The White House — and the politerati diaspora — has just barely stopped reeling from author Michael Wolff’s account of life in Trump’s West Wing, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” and now another life-in-the-White-House book is about to drop, this one from Fox News host Howard Kurtz. Like the books that came before …