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DeSantis readies de facto presidential campaign with national book tour

The Florida governor's engagements leave little doubt about his plans for 2024.

Axios · Feb 28, 2023

Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ stolen election narrative

Network owner also admitted in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit deposition that Trump’s claims were ‘damaging to everybody’

The Guardian - US · Feb 28, 2023

Rupert Murdoch knew Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims, depositions shows

NEW YORK — New court documents show that Rupert Murdoch and his top lieutenants at Fox News were aware that former President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false, but agreed to give them continued coverage in an effort to keep its unhappy viewers from…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 27, 2023

First Thing: how the right racialized the Ohio train disaster

Fox News, Trump and JD Vance claim Biden overlooked East Palestine’s plight, citing residents’ whiteness as the reason. Plus, what should New York do with its billion-dollar weed mountain?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Fox News bans host from covering lawsuit

"As an employee, I have to abide by it," said Howard Kurtz

Salon · Feb 27, 2023

Donald Trump's false start

Does all this mean that Trump has finally smoothed out all his rough edges

Salon · Feb 27, 2023

Better than Trump? DeSantis media strategy floods zone with news

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Serious presidential candidates — especially ones competing against a ubiquitous media presence like Donald Trump — have to find ways to grab voters’ attention on the campaign trail or risk withering away.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 27, 2023

A history buff with a big blindside

Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism ended

Salon · Feb 27, 2023

Editorial: McCarthy gave Capitol footage to Carlson. Real journalists must have access too

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere on that list. McCarthy’s outrageous decision to give Carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of Capitol security camera data that is generally…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 27, 2023

Editorial: The House speaker plays a dangerous game by providing Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 surveillance footage

What does Kevin McCarthy think he’s playing at? The House speaker has given Fox News polemicist Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security footage during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. To anyone who believes in honest transparency and the safe functioning of our legislative branch,…

Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2023