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Given George Stephanopoulos' Carelessness, ABC's Defamation Settlement With Trump Seems Prudent

The host of This Week repeatedly and inaccurately asserted that Trump had been "found liable for rape."

Reason

ABC’s $15m settlement in Trump ‘rape’ defamation case was met with surprise and outrage. Here’s why

Trump claimed George Stephanopoulos defamed him when he said a jury found him ‘liable for rape’

The Independent UK

Fox News largely ignores Pete Hegseth’s many scandals while Newsmax draws the line

While Fox News employs a familiar tactic when it comes to unflattering stories about the network or MAGA, Newsmax is directly calling on Trump to drop the former Fox News star’s nomination.

The Independent UK

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No, Rachel Maddow did not have a tearful meltdown reading Musk’s tweet about buying MSNBC

With speculation growing over what the future holds for MSNBC now that its parent company is spinning it off, Elon Musk has mused about buying the liberal cable news channel

The Independent UK

Any line of separation between Fox News and the US government is about to vanish

Fox News hosts are publicly bemused to see their colleagues tapped for cabinet positions. In private, they’re more shocked

The Guardian - US

NBC gives Trump equal air time after complaint over Harris SNL appearance

Broadcaster says ex-president’s address to voters after Nascar race on Sunday complied with federal fairness rules

The Guardian - US

Trump Thinks News Outlets Should Lose Their Broadcast Licenses, Even When They Have None

Despite his cluelessness, the former president's inclination to punish constitutionally protected speech reflects his authoritarian disregard for civil liberties.

Reason

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Fox News’s interview of Kamala Harris was grievance theater, not political journalism

Bret Baier interrupted Harris so much she could barely finish a sentence. She still injected some reality into Fox News’s worldKey takeaways from Harris’s Fox News interview

The Guardian - US

Brian Stelter Back to CNN as Chief Media Analyst

Had been let go following cancellation of ‘Reliable Sources’

Broadcasting & Cable

What the Biden drop out debate misses

Joe Biden's debate debacle has made him new enemies

Salon

A house divided: 2023 in US politics books, before Trump v Biden part II

The age of the Trump blockbuster may be past but the American political scene keeps producing good reads

The Guardian - US

Brian Stelter: Evidence Strongly Suggests Trump Tried To Punish AT&T for Owning CNN

The former ’NYT’ and CNN media pundit warns voters to take the ex-president at his word regarding his latest threats against media companies

Broadcasting & Cable

Can Lachlan Murdoch rein in scandal-hit Fox as 2024 election looms?

With cable news in a death spiral, Fox Corp facing potentially crippling lawsuits, and dad Rupert Murdoch stepping back, Lachlan will have a full inbox of challenges in his new role as head of the family empire, Bevan Hurley reports

The Independent UK

Network of Lies review: Brian Stelter on Fox News, Trump and Dominion

The former CNN host focuses on how the Murdochs paid for spreading conspiracies – and how they continue to flourish

The Guardian - US

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Salon

6 Fox News "Network of Lies" bombshells

Brian Stelter's latest book takes us deeper into the bowels of Fox News, unearthing some glorious kernels

Fortune

Brian Stelter on his new book about Fox News, its $787 million settlement, and when ‘it begins to dawn on Rupert’ how bad things were getting for him

Rupert Murdoch’s deposition shredded Fox’s legal defense, forcing the company to accept a settlement.

Salon

Stelter talks Fox News: "It was damning"

The media analyst told Salon about reading the Dominion docs, Rupert Murdoch and why Maria Bartiromo is baffling

Salon

A growing threat of MAGA-on-GOP violence

Conservatives are imperiling themselves when they unleash violence against their perceived enemies on the left

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Salon

"The View" mocks Carlson's Fox ouster

“They end up in somebody’s basement with a podcast,” Joy Behar quipped on Wednesday's episode of the show

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson fired after he got ‘too big for his boots,’ new book claims

The right-wing conspiracy theorist was dismissed in April despite his status as the most-watched cable TV personality

The Guardian - US

Tucker Carlson fired by Fox News for getting ‘too big for his boots’, book says

Network of Lies by Brian Stelter, excerpted in Vanity Fair, says firing was inevitable after he alienated large parts of network

The Guardian - US

‘Ha, ha, ha’: Mitt Romney laughs off Trump’s ‘total loser’ attack

Utah senator calls former president a ‘whack job’ after Trump called book ‘much like him – boring, horrible and predictable’

The Guardian - US

White House says Republicans ‘playing games with people’s lives’ as shutdown odds increase – as it happened

Failure to advance defense bill spells trouble for separate funding bill as no more votes expected this week

Salon

CNN adds diversity, still needs strategy

Elevating Abby Phillip and Laura Coates is wonderful. Now CNN needs more viewers to watch them

The Guardian - US

Fox News v Tucker Carlson: dispute rumbles on weeks after messy exit

Network and former star remain at loggerheads in wake of surprise dismissal – is there a resolution in sight?

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