Trump news – live: Key Trump ally Dan Bongino exits Fox News as ex-president jabs Alec Baldwin Jury selection will begin next week in E Jean Carroll’s defamation case against Trump The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan ends Australian defamation suit Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Australian news website Crikey The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Radio host Larry Elder announces he's running for president in 2024 The conservative radio host unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate in California's recall election in 2021. Axios · Apr 21, 2023
ABC thumbs its nose at News Corp and Acma with rerun of Fox and the Big Lie Revamped Sarah Ferguson documentary to air on Four Corners after initial version sparked complaints. Plus: the Australian’s own goal The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023
Conservative radio talk show host Larry Elder announces 2024 GOP bid for president Larry Elder, who ran to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a 2021 recall election, believes America is in decline but the right leader could spur a new Golden Age. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2023
Radio host Larry Elder announces 2024 GOP bid for president Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder, who sought to replace the California governor in a failed 2021 recall effort, announced Thursday he is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation suit against Aussie website Crikey It comes days after Fox News settled a defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems for a record $787 million. Axios · Apr 21, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch abandons legal action against Crikey Fox Corporation boss Lachlan Murdoch has dropped his defamation case against news outlet Crikey and some of its editors and executives. The New Daily · Apr 21, 2023
Lachlan Murdoch drops defamation proceedings against independent Australian publisher Crikey Move comes days after Fox reached a $US787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion in a separate defamation lawsuit The Guardian - AU · Apr 21, 2023
Pauline Hanson claims list of Indigenous 'demands' found via FOI shows 'dangers' of a Voice to Parliament. What's actually in the documents? One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has told parliament that Freedom of Information documents show the "danger" of the Voice to Parliament. So what's actually in the documents? ABC News · Apr 20, 2023
Dan Bongino, 'Unfiltered' Fox News host, leaving network Weekend host and frequent Fox News Channel commentator Dan Bongino is leaving the network The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino leaving Fox News Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and New York City cop turned conservative talk show host, told his radio listeners Thursday he is leaving Fox News where he had a weekly TV show since June 2021. Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023
Texas serial killer fears as bodies pile up and rumours swirl of 'roofie' murderer After four men in their 30s were pulled from the water at Lady Bird Lake in a short space of time, many are speculating there may be a serial killer on the loose in Austin targeting young men on nights out at bars on nearby Rainey Street Daily Mirror · Apr 20, 2023
Dan Bongino plays down abrupt exit from Fox News: ‘This wasn’t some WWE brawl that happened’ The former Secret Service agent says he couldn’t come to terms with the network on a new contract The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023 Late-night hosts roast massive Fox News-Dominion settlement: 'I want my trial!' Stephen Colbert just wanted to see media mogul Rupert Murdoch take the stand in court and "put his hand on the Bible and burst into flames."
The Guardian - US · Apr 20, 2023 Colbert: ‘Fox has to have liability insurance – to ensure their ability to lie’ Late-night hosts discussed the major settlement in the Fox News-Dominion case – and who might be next to pay out
Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023 ‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A grandson of the man charged with shooting a Black teen in Kansas City’s Northland last week said he was “appalled” and “disgusted” at his grandfather’s actions and is thankful Ralph Yarl is recovering.
Salon · Apr 20, 2023 Fox lessons: Time to break up Big Media Of course Dominion was out for a payday — we can't expect capitalism to bring down Fox News and save democracy
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 How one man helped bring Fox News and Dominion to a settlement from onboard a European river cruise Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems pulled back from the brink of a contentious libel trial with a little assist from overseas
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 Dominion v Fox News: The people and networks still being sued by voting company over election lies Dominion has pending lawsuits against right-wing networks Newsmax and OAN, and Trump allies Mike Lindell, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani, writes Bevan Hurley
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 Fox News finally covers the Dominion trial, fails to mention how much they’re paying to make it go away The settlement robs the public of any further revelations about Fox News’ impact on democracy
The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023 Fox News could use Dominion payout to get a tax break, report claims Fox official confirms ‘tax deductibility’ of settlement, ‘but not the amount’ of tax break
Salon · Apr 20, 2023 Mainstream media can't let Fox back in Fox desperately wants to be treated like a real news organization — yet they have no plans to start acting like one
Los Angeles Times · Apr 20, 2023 Nicholas Goldberg: What the $787.5 million Fox-Dominion settlement sidesteps I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News.
Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023 Stephen L. Carter: Fox-Dominion settlement shows the costs of pandering to the crowd I’m not surprised that Fox News settled the Dominion defamation lawsuit, though like everyone else I’m taken aback by the amount. My suspicion is that the decision to drop the defense stemmed less from a fear of the jury verdict — which might have been much lower — than from…