Marjorie Taylor Greene seizes Ukraine anniversary to demand Congress audit over war spending The right-wing congresswoman plans to re-introduce legislation she pushed in the last Congress. The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023
Misdemeanant / Senate Candidate Don Blankenship Loses Appeal Over News Outlets' Calling Him "Felon" From Blankenship v. NBCUniversal, LLC (4th Cir.), decided Wednesday by Chief Judge Roger Gregory, Judge Paul Niemeyer, and District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles (E.D. Va.): Following an unsuccessful campaign for one of West Virginia's U.S. Senate seats, Don Blankenship sued numerous media organizations and individual journalists [including Fox News, CNN,… Reason · Feb 24, 2023
Will a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit finally stop Fox News from spreading lies? Advertising boycotts don’t restrain the rightwing network, but the Dominion lawsuit may succeed in holding them to account The Guardian - US · Feb 24, 2023
Buffalo shooter's path to radicalization Buffalo grocery store mass shooter apologizes for racist massacre Salon · Feb 24, 2023
Trump brags about McDonald's knowledge Tucker Carlson is encouraging Fox News viewers to "treat" themselves to a tape of Trump ordering McDonald's in Ohio Salon · Feb 23, 2023
Uproar as Fox News host Tucker Carlson gets Jan 6 videos Speaker Kevin McCarthy has provided thousands of hours of tape to the Fox News host The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023
Jon Stewart: Fox worse than Alex Jones "As a cultural pathogen, Fox News is far more powerful... far more pernicious," the host said Salon · Feb 23, 2023
Experts: Fox emails "incredibly damning" Fox News is "looking at a gargantuan verdict or settlement and a huge reputational hit," expert says Salon · Feb 23, 2023
January 6 insurrection has proved an obsession for Fox News’s Tucker Carlson Whatever the TV host claims the footage from Kevin McCarthy shows will be worth taking with a generous pinch of salt The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023
Kevin McCarthy denounced for giving January 6 tapes to Fox News host Republican House speaker says he promised to release footage of deadly attack as Democrats denounce release to Tucker Carlson The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023
Biden shows us courage: Will it matter? A U.S. president traveled to a war zone his own forces didn't control. Maybe that wasn't wise, but it was dramatic Salon · Feb 23, 2023
Can Fox News ever be destroyed? Can there ever be a perfect world where Fox News ceases to exist? Salon · Feb 23, 2023
Commentary: Why Fox News’ lies about Trump’s defeat probably aren’t protected by the First Amendment Fox News responded to an incendiary court filing in Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation suit last week by asserting that “the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which are fundamental rights afforded by the Constitution and protected by New York Times… Los Angeles Times · Feb 23, 2023
Editorial: Fox in the news house: Legal filings expose Fox as putting profits over the truth The evidence in a recent 159-page filing by Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit against Fox News for its role in 2020 election disinformation is so voluminous and blatant that Fox will have a tough time defending itself from a judgment, where Dominion is seeking a payment of $1.6 billion.… Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023
The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2023 ‘Biden’s the most impressive president of my lifetime’: Mehdi Hasan on Fox News, tough questions and post-Trump politics The progressive journalist praises the bluntness of British colleagues and says the real ‘cancel culture brigade’ is on the right
The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023 Fox host blasted for saying Lego is ‘woke’ for having character with Down Syndrome Fox host Jimmy Failla claims that the makers of Lego believe that products with certain identities come with a “built-in political orientation”
WEKU · Feb 22, 2023 Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host After reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the tapes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the move.
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Tucker Carlson warns that criticism of Don Lemon’s sexist comment will lead to US becoming ‘Rwanda’ Monologue comes after CNN anchor said Nikki Haley wasn’t ‘in her prime’
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Court: News outlets didn't defame ex-coal CEO Blankenship An appeals court has ruled that Fox News, CNN and other news outlets didn’t defame former coal executive Don Blankenship when they referred to him as a “felon."
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2023 Lou Dobbs’ 2020 election fraud lies could help Dominion Voting’s lawsuit against Fox Fox Business host Dobbs was a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.
The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023 Pete Buttigieg asks for photo of reporter following him with questions on Ohio train derailment ‘If you’d like to arrange a conversation you can reach out to our press office,’ Buttigieg tells reporter following him on DC street amid derailment chaos
The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2023 Stephen Colbert on Rudy Giuliani: ‘Even Fox thinks he’s a joke’ Late-night hosts discuss Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv, Putin’s refusal to participate in nuclear arms treaty and Fox News hosts mocking Rudy Giuliani.
Salon · Feb 22, 2023 Emails: Even Fox viewers don't trust Fox Emails reveal hosts and executives admitting their own viewers wouldn't believe Fox if it reported the truth
Salon · Feb 22, 2023 McCarthy's sacrifice to the MAGA cult His gift to Tucker Carlson is one of many capitulations to the far-right extremists in the party for Kevin McCarthy
Salon · Feb 22, 2023 Republicans hit Biden to hurt Ukraine Far-right Republicans won't come right out in support of Putin, yet they agree with his anti-democratic agenda