When confronted about describing immigrants with terms like “vermin” and “poisoning the blood” favored by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, former president Donald Trump not only defended using Nazi rhetoric but repeated it: “I didn’t know that, but that’s what they say. Because our country is being poisoned.”
Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz that aired less than 24 hours after the former president said at a rally that some migrants to the U.S. are “not people… these are animals.”
“When you...
Trump made the comments in an interview with Fox News’ Howard Kurtz that aired less than 24 hours after the former president said at a rally that some migrants to the U.S. are “not people… these are animals.”
“When you...
- 3/17/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Ron DeSantis said Sunday he’s not interested in launching personal attacks on 2024 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, even as the Florida governor continues to trail the former president by a wide margin in the polls.
Appearing on Fox News’ MediaBuzz, DeSantis, whose campaign recently let go about a dozen staffers, was asked how his strategy at going after Trump contrasts with someone like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s.
“Christie says he’s the only one that goes directly at Trump — insult for insult, calling him a coward, and...
Appearing on Fox News’ MediaBuzz, DeSantis, whose campaign recently let go about a dozen staffers, was asked how his strategy at going after Trump contrasts with someone like former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s.
“Christie says he’s the only one that goes directly at Trump — insult for insult, calling him a coward, and...
- 7/16/2023
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz admitted that the network went “too far” with its recent chyron calling President Biden a “wannabe dictator.”
“Fox News briefly put up a banner that went too far on the day of Donald Trump’s arraignment, referring to President Biden: ‘Wannabe dictator speaks at White House after having his political rival arrested,'” Kurtz said on “MediaBuzz” Sunday. “Fox said in a statement the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.”
Kurtz’s debrief for the week came days after Fox News aired the bold banner at the end of Tuesday’s 8:00 p.m. hour. Under a split screen of Biden and Trump, it read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.”
By Wednesday afternoon, the network issued a statement saying “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed,” and by Thursday, the Fox News producer...
“Fox News briefly put up a banner that went too far on the day of Donald Trump’s arraignment, referring to President Biden: ‘Wannabe dictator speaks at White House after having his political rival arrested,'” Kurtz said on “MediaBuzz” Sunday. “Fox said in a statement the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed.”
Kurtz’s debrief for the week came days after Fox News aired the bold banner at the end of Tuesday’s 8:00 p.m. hour. Under a split screen of Biden and Trump, it read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.”
By Wednesday afternoon, the network issued a statement saying “the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed,” and by Thursday, the Fox News producer...
- 6/18/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Dominion came away the monetary victor in the company’s defamation settlement with Fox News, but the cable TV network’s statement “acknowledging certain claims about Dominion to be false” has left much to be desired from those who wanted to see Fox admit to lying about the 2020 election results on air.
When questioned on Wednesday by “Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos, who noted that “what you didn’t get was an apology,” Dominion CEO John Poulos admitted the statement that Fox News put out was not what he wrote.
“There was an acknowledgment, and certainly it was not the way I wrote it. I had some conversations with my team, my co-founder and I, and at the end of the day, the court system is really about accountability. We feel we got it. All of the facts that we discovered during the case had come to light.”
When...
When questioned on Wednesday by “Good Morning America” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos, who noted that “what you didn’t get was an apology,” Dominion CEO John Poulos admitted the statement that Fox News put out was not what he wrote.
“There was an acknowledgment, and certainly it was not the way I wrote it. I had some conversations with my team, my co-founder and I, and at the end of the day, the court system is really about accountability. We feel we got it. All of the facts that we discovered during the case had come to light.”
When...
- 4/19/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in a last-minute settlement on Tuesday that spared the network the humiliation of a publicized defamation trial. If you get your news coverage from Fox’s prime-time stars, however, you’d have no idea it happened.
The outcome of the lawsuit was not mentioned once between the hours of 7 and 11 p.m. on Tuesday night — a block of time that includes network headliners Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity, all figures who were implicated in Dominion’s case against Fox.
The outcome of the lawsuit was not mentioned once between the hours of 7 and 11 p.m. on Tuesday night — a block of time that includes network headliners Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity, all figures who were implicated in Dominion’s case against Fox.
- 4/19/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
CNN’s Jake Tapper stridently referred to Fox News paying $787.5 million Tuesday to settle a looming legal case about Fox News’ false characterizations of Dominion Voting Systems’ equipment in regard to the 2020 election as “one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism.”
Tapper had a harder time reading Fox’s statement about the deal that came after a jury was seated and the trial was about to start. Watch the clip below, with his comments starting at the 30-second mark.
“We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute…,” Tapper read before he paused and repeated the word “dispute” with a chuckle before continuing, “…with Dominion Voting Systems. We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects…” Tapper paused again here and told viewers, “I’m sorry this is going to be difficult to say with a straight face,...
Tapper had a harder time reading Fox’s statement about the deal that came after a jury was seated and the trial was about to start. Watch the clip below, with his comments starting at the 30-second mark.
“We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute…,” Tapper read before he paused and repeated the word “dispute” with a chuckle before continuing, “…with Dominion Voting Systems. We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects…” Tapper paused again here and told viewers, “I’m sorry this is going to be difficult to say with a straight face,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Jury Selected In Dominion Vs. Fox News Defamation Trial; Opening Statements Set To Start Later Today
A jury has been seated in the Dominion vs. Fox News trial, kicking off at last what is being billed as the “defamation trial of the century,” with the prospect of the network’s star hosts and Rupert Murdoch himself taking the stand.
With the 200 seats in courtroom 7E of the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington nearly filled, primarily by a swarm of reporters from around the country. Judge Eric Davis had the members sworn in at about 10:45 Am Et.
The jury is six men and six women. Seven members of the jury are Black, and five are white or Hispanic. Also selected were 12 alternates, including six men and six women. Five of the alternates are Black, and seven are white or Hispanic. One alternate was excused after he told the judge, “I can’t do this.” He explained his situation further in a private meeting with the...
With the 200 seats in courtroom 7E of the Leonard Williams Justice Center in Wilmington nearly filled, primarily by a swarm of reporters from around the country. Judge Eric Davis had the members sworn in at about 10:45 Am Et.
The jury is six men and six women. Seven members of the jury are Black, and five are white or Hispanic. Also selected were 12 alternates, including six men and six women. Five of the alternates are Black, and seven are white or Hispanic. One alternate was excused after he told the judge, “I can’t do this.” He explained his situation further in a private meeting with the...
- 4/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Saturday Night Live went with the week’s biggest media stories for its cold open: the revelations from Dominion Voting Systems bombshell filing in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Watch a clip below.
Once again choosing the setting of Fox & Friends to skewer the network, hosts Steve Doocy (Mikey Day), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Bowen Yang) explained the revelations and why the network hasn’t covered the case.
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“Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News aired election fraud conspiracies to get ratings even though everyone at Fox knew they were false,” Day’s Doocy says.
Once again choosing the setting of Fox & Friends to skewer the network, hosts Steve Doocy (Mikey Day), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Bowen Yang) explained the revelations and why the network hasn’t covered the case.
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“Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News aired election fraud conspiracies to get ratings even though everyone at Fox knew they were false,” Day’s Doocy says.
- 3/5/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t blame Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for her past promotion of outlandish QAnon conspiracy theories. It was the internet’s fault. Or at least, that’s what she wants you to believe.
“Like a lot of people today, I had easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet,” Greene said Sunday when Fox News host Howard Kurtz questioned her past association with the conspiracy theory. “But that was dealt with quickly early on. I never campaigned on those things. That was not something I believed in.
“Like a lot of people today, I had easily gotten sucked into some things I had seen on the internet,” Greene said Sunday when Fox News host Howard Kurtz questioned her past association with the conspiracy theory. “But that was dealt with quickly early on. I never campaigned on those things. That was not something I believed in.
- 1/8/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
CNN has no plans to replace Brian Stelter’s just-canceled “Reliable Sources” with another media-focused show in the foreseeable future, TheWrap has learned.
“There are a number of programs in the concept and development phases, and it’s possible media coverage will be an element of a show,” a network insider told TheWrap, “but no indication that an exclusively media beat show is part of the plan.”
A CNN spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Experts say that the cancellation of the show — launched after attacks on media coverage of the Gulf War in 1993 — exacerbates the dearth of mainstream media criticism given media critic Margaret Sullivan’s recent departure from The Washington Post and columnist Ben Smith’s exit from The New York Times
Without “Reliable Sources,” media criticism won’t be “as broad of a conversation,” said Christina Bellantoni, who teaches journalism at USC...
“There are a number of programs in the concept and development phases, and it’s possible media coverage will be an element of a show,” a network insider told TheWrap, “but no indication that an exclusively media beat show is part of the plan.”
A CNN spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Experts say that the cancellation of the show — launched after attacks on media coverage of the Gulf War in 1993 — exacerbates the dearth of mainstream media criticism given media critic Margaret Sullivan’s recent departure from The Washington Post and columnist Ben Smith’s exit from The New York Times
Without “Reliable Sources,” media criticism won’t be “as broad of a conversation,” said Christina Bellantoni, who teaches journalism at USC...
- 8/25/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
When Brian Stelter signed off from the last installment of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” Aug. 21, the number of mainstream vehicles analyzing an increasingly confusing media industry shrank even further.
Stelter bid farewell the same day Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan ended her run — asking such notables as Carl Bernstein and Jeffrey Goldberg on air whether the press is doing enough to cover topics ranging from disinformation to climate change. The lead story of his hour was a dire one: his program’s own cancellation after three decades. “It’s going to be on you to hold CNN accountable,” Stelter told viewers in the show’s waning moments, later adding: “The free world needs a reliable source.”
Why did CNN terminate a show that has been on its Sunday schedule since the early 1990s? Since acquiring the company once known as WarnerMedia, executives at new corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery...
Stelter bid farewell the same day Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan ended her run — asking such notables as Carl Bernstein and Jeffrey Goldberg on air whether the press is doing enough to cover topics ranging from disinformation to climate change. The lead story of his hour was a dire one: his program’s own cancellation after three decades. “It’s going to be on you to hold CNN accountable,” Stelter told viewers in the show’s waning moments, later adding: “The free world needs a reliable source.”
Why did CNN terminate a show that has been on its Sunday schedule since the early 1990s? Since acquiring the company once known as WarnerMedia, executives at new corporate parent Warner Bros. Discovery...
- 8/23/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The final episode of Reliable Sources on Sunday drew an average of 769,000 total viewers and 105,000 in adults 25-54, according to Nielsen.
That was an increase in the show’s numbers from the previous week, and was the most watched show on CNN on Sunday, according to Nielsen. Fox News’ MediaBuzz, hosted by Howard Kurtz, handily topped the time slot among cable news networks with 1.39 million viewers and 220,000 in the 25-54 demo. Reliable Sources beat MSNBC’s second hour of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, which drew an average of 641,000 and 76,000 in the 25-54 demo. In the previous week, Reliable Sources averaged 693,000 total viewers and 68,000 in the 25-54 demo.
CNN canceled Reliable Sources last week after a 30-year run, and host Brian Stelter is exiting the network. Replays of Inside Politics will fill the time slot in the interim as CNN reworks its Sunday schedule. The network is seeking a...
That was an increase in the show’s numbers from the previous week, and was the most watched show on CNN on Sunday, according to Nielsen. Fox News’ MediaBuzz, hosted by Howard Kurtz, handily topped the time slot among cable news networks with 1.39 million viewers and 220,000 in the 25-54 demo. Reliable Sources beat MSNBC’s second hour of The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart, which drew an average of 641,000 and 76,000 in the 25-54 demo. In the previous week, Reliable Sources averaged 693,000 total viewers and 68,000 in the 25-54 demo.
CNN canceled Reliable Sources last week after a 30-year run, and host Brian Stelter is exiting the network. Replays of Inside Politics will fill the time slot in the interim as CNN reworks its Sunday schedule. The network is seeking a...
- 8/23/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Reliable Sources is ending after 29 years on CNN and longtime host Brian Stelter is leaving the cable news network. The last episode of the series will air this Sunday. Stelter was informed of the show's cancellation by CNN chief Chris Licht on Wednesday.
A Sunday morning talk show, Reliable Sources debuted in 1993 with Bernard Kalb as host. Howard Kurtz took over in 1998 and Stelter began hosting in 2013. The program focuses on the analysis of the American news media and its coverage of various news stories.
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A Sunday morning talk show, Reliable Sources debuted in 1993 with Bernard Kalb as host. Howard Kurtz took over in 1998 and Stelter began hosting in 2013. The program focuses on the analysis of the American news media and its coverage of various news stories.
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- 8/19/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Brian Stelter’s ouster from CNN may have been clinched by the network’s desire to tone down partisanship, but the poor ratings for the media correspondent’s weekly “Reliable Sources” show didn’t help his case to stay on at the network.
The Sunday morning show has had its lowest-rated year since 2015 — two years after Stelter took over as host — and has lost 26 of its total audience compared to last year. Among the key news demo of viewers 25-54, the show has lost about 34 of its viewers.
And in June, the 30-year-old program posted its worst ratings since 2001, managing only 79,000 viewers in the key news demo — and an average of 585,000 total viewers.
“Reliable Sources” bounced back a bit in July to about 108,000 average viewers in the key news demo and about 663,000 total. That’s not far off CNN’s average total-day audience for demo viewers and comfortably above the...
The Sunday morning show has had its lowest-rated year since 2015 — two years after Stelter took over as host — and has lost 26 of its total audience compared to last year. Among the key news demo of viewers 25-54, the show has lost about 34 of its viewers.
And in June, the 30-year-old program posted its worst ratings since 2001, managing only 79,000 viewers in the key news demo — and an average of 585,000 total viewers.
“Reliable Sources” bounced back a bit in July to about 108,000 average viewers in the key news demo and about 663,000 total. That’s not far off CNN’s average total-day audience for demo viewers and comfortably above the...
- 8/19/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Brian Stelter had planned to announce his exit from CNN and the cancellation of his show, “Reliable Sources,” which he’s hosted for nine years, on the air on Sunday, according to an individual with knowledge of the show.
It was not to be. The news leaked on Thursday and once again the CNN newsroom is aflutter with anxiety and rumor: What is new chairman and CEO Chris Licht’s plan for the future of the news network? Why would Stelter, a respected media journalist, get the boot along with his show? Who else is at risk to get the ax after Stelter and, last week, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin? Will the outspoken primetime host Don Lemon or Jim Acosta, the sometimes combative chief domestic correspondent, be next?
To many observers and network insiders, Licht aims to tone down any politically-pointed coverage in a pivot from the strategy pursued by his flashier predecessor,...
It was not to be. The news leaked on Thursday and once again the CNN newsroom is aflutter with anxiety and rumor: What is new chairman and CEO Chris Licht’s plan for the future of the news network? Why would Stelter, a respected media journalist, get the boot along with his show? Who else is at risk to get the ax after Stelter and, last week, legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin? Will the outspoken primetime host Don Lemon or Jim Acosta, the sometimes combative chief domestic correspondent, be next?
To many observers and network insiders, Licht aims to tone down any politically-pointed coverage in a pivot from the strategy pursued by his flashier predecessor,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Sharon Waxman and Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Brian Stelter has been a fixture on CNN for nine years, and now that tenure is at an end. The media reporter confirmed on his Twitter feed that his show “Reliable Sources,” the last of its kind on cable news, is coming to an end, and with it his own exit from the network.
Puck’s Dylan Byers, himself a former media reporter alongside Stelter at CNN, reports that Stelter was summoned to new CNN chief Chris Licht’s office on Wednesday “looking ashen.” The final episode of “Reliable Sources” will be this Sunday, August 21.
“Reliable Sources” is the longest-running show in CNN’s history. It debuted in 1992, hosted by Bernard Kalb, and then was taken over by Howard Kurtz for 15 years until he left to launch a similar show on FoxNews in 2013 called “Media Buzz.” The CNN show was unique in the television landscape: an hour-long weekly program analyzing...
Puck’s Dylan Byers, himself a former media reporter alongside Stelter at CNN, reports that Stelter was summoned to new CNN chief Chris Licht’s office on Wednesday “looking ashen.” The final episode of “Reliable Sources” will be this Sunday, August 21.
“Reliable Sources” is the longest-running show in CNN’s history. It debuted in 1992, hosted by Bernard Kalb, and then was taken over by Howard Kurtz for 15 years until he left to launch a similar show on FoxNews in 2013 called “Media Buzz.” The CNN show was unique in the television landscape: an hour-long weekly program analyzing...
- 8/18/2022
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Two longtime CNN staples are poised to leave the network: The cabler has cancelled its Sunday morning series Reliable Sources, and its host Brian Stelter will depart CNN following the axing.
The final episode of Reliable Sources will air this Sunday, Aug. 21, at 11 am Et. TVLine has reached out to CNN for comment.
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“I loved anchoring Reliable Sources. It was a rare privilege to lead a weekly show focused on the press at...
The final episode of Reliable Sources will air this Sunday, Aug. 21, at 11 am Et. TVLine has reached out to CNN for comment.
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- 8/18/2022
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Brian Stelter is out as CNN’s chief media correspondent and host of “Reliable Sources,” which will be canceled upon his departure — an expected move, given an expressed desire by the network’s new leadership to move away from opinion-based news programming.
Stelter’s exit comes less than four months after Chris Licht took over as head of CNN, following reports that the CEO was not a fan of Stelter’s opinionated on-camera style. Licht informed Stelter of the decision on Wednesday, and this Sunday will be the final episode of “Reliable Sources.”
In addition to Stelter, the entire staff of “Reliable Sources” has also been laid off. Despite the show’s cancellation, the Reliable Sources newsletter will remain, led by CNN’s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy.
“I’m grateful for my nine years with CNN, proud of what we accomplished on ‘Reliable Sources’ and so thankful for the...
Stelter’s exit comes less than four months after Chris Licht took over as head of CNN, following reports that the CEO was not a fan of Stelter’s opinionated on-camera style. Licht informed Stelter of the decision on Wednesday, and this Sunday will be the final episode of “Reliable Sources.”
In addition to Stelter, the entire staff of “Reliable Sources” has also been laid off. Despite the show’s cancellation, the Reliable Sources newsletter will remain, led by CNN’s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy.
“I’m grateful for my nine years with CNN, proud of what we accomplished on ‘Reliable Sources’ and so thankful for the...
- 8/18/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
And now some news about the news program that covers the news.
“Reliable Sources,” the media-news program that has been on CNN since 1993, is the latest piece of content to go on the chopping block under the cost-cutting regime of Warner Bros. Discovery. The show, which has evolved from a dusty public affairs program in its earliest days to a lean-forward show that often took on Fox News and President Donald Trump under former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, will broadcast its last episode on Sunday, August 21. Its anchor, Brian Stelter, will leave the company.
“We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,” CNN said in a statement. CNN parted ways with another veteran presence, legal affairs analyst Jeffrey Toobin, last week.
Stelter, who joined CNN from The New York Times in 2013, expanded the show with a six-days-a-week newsletter, and, for a brief time,...
“Reliable Sources,” the media-news program that has been on CNN since 1993, is the latest piece of content to go on the chopping block under the cost-cutting regime of Warner Bros. Discovery. The show, which has evolved from a dusty public affairs program in its earliest days to a lean-forward show that often took on Fox News and President Donald Trump under former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, will broadcast its last episode on Sunday, August 21. Its anchor, Brian Stelter, will leave the company.
“We appreciate his contributions to the network and wish him well as he embarks on new endeavors,” CNN said in a statement. CNN parted ways with another veteran presence, legal affairs analyst Jeffrey Toobin, last week.
Stelter, who joined CNN from The New York Times in 2013, expanded the show with a six-days-a-week newsletter, and, for a brief time,...
- 8/18/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
“Reliable Sources” has been a Sunday fixture on CNN for three decades. Now it’s expanding to the working week.
The media-analysis program will launch a weekday edition on CNN Plus, the subscription-video service set to launch over the next few weeks. Anchored by Brian Stelter, the program will continue its mission of taking a critical look at the media and how the news is made. The streaming component adds to the weekend show, a weekly podcast and a six-days-a-week newsletter produced by Stelter and a team of CNN journalists tasked to cover the media industry.
“There are so many compelling stories to cover through a media lens, and streaming provides a whole new way to do it,” said Stelter, in a prepared statement. “We have been building upon the ‘Reliable’ television brand with newsletters and podcasts in recent years, and now ‘Reliable Sources Daily’ is the ultimate expansion.”
“Reliable...
The media-analysis program will launch a weekday edition on CNN Plus, the subscription-video service set to launch over the next few weeks. Anchored by Brian Stelter, the program will continue its mission of taking a critical look at the media and how the news is made. The streaming component adds to the weekend show, a weekly podcast and a six-days-a-week newsletter produced by Stelter and a team of CNN journalists tasked to cover the media industry.
“There are so many compelling stories to cover through a media lens, and streaming provides a whole new way to do it,” said Stelter, in a prepared statement. “We have been building upon the ‘Reliable’ television brand with newsletters and podcasts in recent years, and now ‘Reliable Sources Daily’ is the ultimate expansion.”
“Reliable...
- 2/17/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Former Vice President Mike Pence will narrate a four-part limited series on the life of Rush Limbaugh for Fox News Media’s subscription streaming service Fox Nation.
The four-part series is called the Age of Rush, and will drop on March 10. Pence is a former radio host himself, and others featured in the project include Limbaugh’s producer, James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as radio hosts Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder. Also contributing to the special will be Fox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz’s host Howard Kurtz and Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich.
According to Fox News, the special will be divided into four parts: “The Spoken Word,” focusing on Limbaugh’s first big break when he got his radio show; “Revolution,” focusing on his impact on the 1994 midterms; “Rise of the New Right,” zeroing in on the Obama years; and “A Blessed Life,...
The four-part series is called the Age of Rush, and will drop on March 10. Pence is a former radio host himself, and others featured in the project include Limbaugh’s producer, James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as radio hosts Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder. Also contributing to the special will be Fox News Channel anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz’s host Howard Kurtz and Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich.
According to Fox News, the special will be divided into four parts: “The Spoken Word,” focusing on Limbaugh’s first big break when he got his radio show; “Revolution,” focusing on his impact on the 1994 midterms; “Rise of the New Right,” zeroing in on the Obama years; and “A Blessed Life,...
- 3/5/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Vice President Mike Pence is coming to TV, or at least streaming. Pence will narrate a four-part limited series for Fox News Media’s streaming service Fox Nation.
The series, Age of Rush, will look at the career of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last month at age 70. The series will include interviews with Limbaugh’s producer James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder, and Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz and Fox contributor Newt Gingrich. The series will chronicle Limbaugh’s career, his ...
The series, Age of Rush, will look at the career of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last month at age 70. The series will include interviews with Limbaugh’s producer James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder, and Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz and Fox contributor Newt Gingrich. The series will chronicle Limbaugh’s career, his ...
Former Vice President Mike Pence is coming to TV, or at least streaming. Pence will narrate a four-part limited series for Fox News Media’s streaming service Fox Nation.
The series, Age of Rush, will look at the career of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last month at age 70. The series will include interviews with Limbaugh’s producer James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder, and Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz and Fox contributor Newt Gingrich. The series will chronicle Limbaugh’s career, his ...
The series, Age of Rush, will look at the career of radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died last month at age 70. The series will include interviews with Limbaugh’s producer James Golden, aka “Bo Snerdley,” as well as Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Brian Kilmeade, Mark Steyn and Larry Elder, and Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer, MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz and Fox contributor Newt Gingrich. The series will chronicle Limbaugh’s career, his ...
The Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund is supporting a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Fox News and several of its anchors, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity.
The organization — which was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement — is providing PR support to Cathy Areu, a former unpaid Fox News contributor who alleges she faced a “barrage of sexual harassment” at the network.
Fox News has pushed back aggressively on Areu’s claims, releasing messages that appeared to contradict her initial account and threatening to seek legal sanctions if her allegations were not withdrawn.
Areu and Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer at the network, filed suit on July 20 in federal court in New York.
Eckhart alleged that Ed Henry, the veteran correspondent and anchor at the network, had violently raped her at a hotel room in 2017. She also accused Henry of psychologically manipulating her and asking her to be his “sex slave.
The organization — which was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement — is providing PR support to Cathy Areu, a former unpaid Fox News contributor who alleges she faced a “barrage of sexual harassment” at the network.
Fox News has pushed back aggressively on Areu’s claims, releasing messages that appeared to contradict her initial account and threatening to seek legal sanctions if her allegations were not withdrawn.
Areu and Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer at the network, filed suit on July 20 in federal court in New York.
Eckhart alleged that Ed Henry, the veteran correspondent and anchor at the network, had violently raped her at a hotel room in 2017. She also accused Henry of psychologically manipulating her and asking her to be his “sex slave.
- 9/11/2020
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News filed a letter Wednesday threatening sanctions against Wigdor Llp, which initially represented Cathy Areu, one of the women who accused top Fox News talent of sexual misconduct in July.
Areu, Fox News’ lawyers at Proskauer Rose Llp say, engaged in “serious misconduct by making patently false allegations of sexual misconduct” against on-air hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz and Gianno Caldwell.
Areu’s co-plaintiff, Jennifer Eckhart, also accused Ed Henry of misconduct. Fox News has not disputed the accusations against Henry from the two women and fired him in July.
Also Read: Fox News Fires 'America's Newsroom' Co-Host Ed Henry After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
In the letter, obtained and reviewed by TheWrap, lawyers for Fox News request the judge “object to the request by Plaintiff Cathy Areu for an extension of time to respond to the Fox News Defendants’ Rule 11 Notice,” which was served on Aug. 7.
“The...
Areu, Fox News’ lawyers at Proskauer Rose Llp say, engaged in “serious misconduct by making patently false allegations of sexual misconduct” against on-air hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz and Gianno Caldwell.
Areu’s co-plaintiff, Jennifer Eckhart, also accused Ed Henry of misconduct. Fox News has not disputed the accusations against Henry from the two women and fired him in July.
Also Read: Fox News Fires 'America's Newsroom' Co-Host Ed Henry After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
In the letter, obtained and reviewed by TheWrap, lawyers for Fox News request the judge “object to the request by Plaintiff Cathy Areu for an extension of time to respond to the Fox News Defendants’ Rule 11 Notice,” which was served on Aug. 7.
“The...
- 8/27/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Fox News host Ed Henry was fired earlier this month after the network concluded an internal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct. Now, the former America’s Newsroom anchor is at the center of a lawsuit filed in New York federal court on Monday, one which also names hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz, and Fox News.
The complaint was filed by former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart and Fox News guest commentator Cathy Areu. It alleges that Henry attempted to force Eckhart into a sexual relationship, that he...
The complaint was filed by former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart and Fox News guest commentator Cathy Areu. It alleges that Henry attempted to force Eckhart into a sexual relationship, that he...
- 7/21/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Updated, with additional Fox News comment: A day after she and a frequent Fox News guest filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network and some of its major personalities, former Fox Business associate producer Jennifer Eckhart appeared on CBS This Morning to talk about her claims, including that she was “paralyzed with fear” while working at the network and that she believed that news anchor Ed Henry “had the power to destroy me.”
Fox News has pushed back against some of the claims she makes in her lawsuit (read it here) and said that it took “swift action” in terminating Henry on July 1 after it learned of her claims against him. Henry contends that his relationship with her was consensual.
In her lawsuit, Eckhart claims that Henry raped her and that she endured years of him subjecting her to sexual harassment, going into graphic detail in describing sexually explicit...
Fox News has pushed back against some of the claims she makes in her lawsuit (read it here) and said that it took “swift action” in terminating Henry on July 1 after it learned of her claims against him. Henry contends that his relationship with her was consensual.
In her lawsuit, Eckhart claims that Henry raped her and that she endured years of him subjecting her to sexual harassment, going into graphic detail in describing sexually explicit...
- 7/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota reacted Tuesday to the latest lawsuit filed against her former employer, Fox News, accusing one host of rape and others of sexual assault, calling the network “rotten to the core.”
Speaking to senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the “New Day” anchor asked if she could amend a statement she made four years ago, during a different conversation on accused sexual misconduct at the company.
“I remember four years ago, back in 2016, when you interviewed me about things that went on with Roger Ailes and you asked me then, ‘God, is Fox just rotten to the core?’ and I said something like, ‘No, it’s not rotten to the core. There are good people there just trying to do their jobs.’ I’d like to amend my answer now if I may,” she said.
Also Read: Fox News' Ex-Host Ed Henry Accused of Rape, Hannity and Tucker Carlson...
Speaking to senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the “New Day” anchor asked if she could amend a statement she made four years ago, during a different conversation on accused sexual misconduct at the company.
“I remember four years ago, back in 2016, when you interviewed me about things that went on with Roger Ailes and you asked me then, ‘God, is Fox just rotten to the core?’ and I said something like, ‘No, it’s not rotten to the core. There are good people there just trying to do their jobs.’ I’d like to amend my answer now if I may,” she said.
Also Read: Fox News' Ex-Host Ed Henry Accused of Rape, Hannity and Tucker Carlson...
- 7/21/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Ed Henry, who was recently fired from Fox News, and other talent from the conservative cable news network were accused of sexual misconduct in a new lawsuit filed on Monday. In the lawsuit filed by legal representatives for Cathy Areu, a guest who appeared multiple times on Fox News, and Jennifer Eckhart, a former associate producer for Fox Business, Henry is accused of sexual harassment of both women. Eckhart also alleged Henry raped and sexually assaulted her. Additionally, Areu accused Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other men employed by Fox News of sexual harassment. In response to the filing, Fox News released a statement denying the allegations against Carlson, Sean Hannity and Howard Kurtz,...
- 7/21/2020
- E! Online
Feminist group UltraViolet has called for an independent investigation into the sexual harassment accusations against Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Howard Kurtz and contributor Gianno Caldwell that were detailed in a lawsuit on Monday.
“The allegations that Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity also took part in and fostered this toxic culture is hardly surprising. Fox News may deny these allegations, but we’ve seen the network lie time and time again, provide cover, and even take major losses to subsidize predators and propagandists,” Shaunna Thomas, the co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet, said. “Only a transparent, independent investigation into Carlson, Hannity, Kurtz and Caldwell that is made public can be trusted.”
Thomas also said the lawsuit’s revelations about former host Ed Henry, who was accused of raping a then-production assistant at the network and was fired earlier this month, were “nothing short of horrifying” and...
“The allegations that Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity also took part in and fostered this toxic culture is hardly surprising. Fox News may deny these allegations, but we’ve seen the network lie time and time again, provide cover, and even take major losses to subsidize predators and propagandists,” Shaunna Thomas, the co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet, said. “Only a transparent, independent investigation into Carlson, Hannity, Kurtz and Caldwell that is made public can be trusted.”
Thomas also said the lawsuit’s revelations about former host Ed Henry, who was accused of raping a then-production assistant at the network and was fired earlier this month, were “nothing short of horrifying” and...
- 7/21/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Fox News Channel and several of its hosts have been named in a suit that alleges that the network did little to address reports of sex trafficking, sexual assault and harassment and retaliation perpetrated by several of its most popular on-air personalities.
In the legal complaint, former Fox Business employee Jennifer Eckhart alleges that fired anchor Ed Henry sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, once while she was restrained in handcuffs, while both worked for the network. Eckhart says that after she tried to distance herself from Henry following the last alleged attack, and after she alerted her superiors to...
In the legal complaint, former Fox Business employee Jennifer Eckhart alleges that fired anchor Ed Henry sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, once while she was restrained in handcuffs, while both worked for the network. Eckhart says that after she tried to distance herself from Henry following the last alleged attack, and after she alerted her superiors to...
- 7/20/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Fox News and some of its top on-camera stars face new accusations of misconduct in a lawsuit filed Monday by two women. One woman accused Ed Henry, a host who was fired by Fox News earlier this month, of sexual assault as well as harassment — while a second woman who frequently appeared as an on-air contributor accused Henry, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Howard Kurtz and others of sexual harassment by dangling the prospect of a full-time job in exchange for suggested sexual favors.
The suit — filed on behalf of Jennifer Eckhart and Cathy Areu in U.S. District Court — also said that Fox News executives were aware of sexual misconduct accusations against Ed Henry in 2017, three years before firing him, and that the network tried to “take credit” for doing the right thing with its July 1 announcement of his termination.
“In reality, Fox News knew that Mr. Henry had engaged...
The suit — filed on behalf of Jennifer Eckhart and Cathy Areu in U.S. District Court — also said that Fox News executives were aware of sexual misconduct accusations against Ed Henry in 2017, three years before firing him, and that the network tried to “take credit” for doing the right thing with its July 1 announcement of his termination.
“In reality, Fox News knew that Mr. Henry had engaged...
- 7/20/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson and J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
(Updated with Fox News & Ed Henry attorney statements on lawsuit) Tucker Carlson is returning to Fox News Channel tonight after a short vacation, but along with the cabler newser itself, Sean Hannity and the now fired Ed Henry, the top rated host also finds himself in the center of a whole new legal spotlight of alleged misconduct at the now Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace-run outlet.
“It is widely documented in the public record that Fox News has not only cultivated and fostered sexual harassment and misconduct, but has consistently accepted and rewarded it,” says a sex trafficking, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from former Fox Business Network associate producer Jennifer Eckhart and former Fnc guest Cathy Areu filed today against the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, its former reporter and some of its biggest and loudest primetime hosts.
“Nevertheless, Fox News would have the public believe that...
“It is widely documented in the public record that Fox News has not only cultivated and fostered sexual harassment and misconduct, but has consistently accepted and rewarded it,” says a sex trafficking, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from former Fox Business Network associate producer Jennifer Eckhart and former Fnc guest Cathy Areu filed today against the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, its former reporter and some of its biggest and loudest primetime hosts.
“Nevertheless, Fox News would have the public believe that...
- 7/20/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
One former Fox News staffer and one frequent on-air guest at the network filed suit in federal court Monday, alleging they had been harassed individually by Ed Henry, the Fox News anchor who was fired by the cable-news outlet earlier this month following a complaint about “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace,” and their disclosures threaten to revive an era that the Fox Corp.-owned media company had hoped to put behind it after the ouster of Roger Ailes.
One of the plaintiffs, Jennifer Eckhart, alleged she was assaulted by Henry, while the other, Cathy Areu, claimed in the filing that Henry sent her sexually graphic photos and messages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York by the Wigdor LLC law firm, which has represented several Fox News staffers in the past in complaints that alleged sexual or racial discrimination at the company.
One of the plaintiffs, Jennifer Eckhart, alleged she was assaulted by Henry, while the other, Cathy Areu, claimed in the filing that Henry sent her sexually graphic photos and messages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York by the Wigdor LLC law firm, which has represented several Fox News staffers in the past in complaints that alleged sexual or racial discrimination at the company.
- 7/20/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Donald Trump & Allies Call For Media To Unmask Ukraine Whistleblower, But News Outlets Aren’t Biting
At a rally with President Donald Trump on Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-ky) called on media outlets to “do your job and print his name.” That is, the identity of the whistleblower, or the source of the original complaint about the president’s July 25 call with the president of Ukraine.
Paul’s words echoed Trump’s own attacks on that individual — including a suggestion to reporters that “you guys ought to release the information.”
But media outlets that have been at the forefront of the Trump-Ukraine story are not disclosing the name of the whistleblower — nor to they have plans to do so.
A spokeswoman for the Washington Post said that the Post “has long respected the right of whistleblowers to report wrongdoing in confidence, which protects them against retaliation. We also withhold identities or other facts when we believe that publication would put an individual at risk. Both of...
Paul’s words echoed Trump’s own attacks on that individual — including a suggestion to reporters that “you guys ought to release the information.”
But media outlets that have been at the forefront of the Trump-Ukraine story are not disclosing the name of the whistleblower — nor to they have plans to do so.
A spokeswoman for the Washington Post said that the Post “has long respected the right of whistleblowers to report wrongdoing in confidence, which protects them against retaliation. We also withhold identities or other facts when we believe that publication would put an individual at risk. Both of...
- 11/5/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Susan Zirinsky, the new head of CBS News, has a lot on her plate, and she is making changes quickly. One thing she seemingly does not need to worry about — for now — is the Sunday night stalwart “60 Minutes,” still a top-10 rated primetime network broadcast series when it’s not a rerun.
The program has endured, even while gradually losing its all-star lineup. Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, commentator Andy Rooney and legendary creator Don Hewitt, have died. Steve Kroft, who inherited the Mike Wallace tough-guy role, just retired. The show continues even though it’s been tarnished by #MeToo accusations that have led to the ouster of Jeff Fager, the executive producer after Hewitt, and contributor Charlie Rose.
So the timing of a new documentary, “Mike Wallace Is Here,” may either be a perfect salve, for longtime fans, or a lesson about great journalism for younger folks.
The program has endured, even while gradually losing its all-star lineup. Mike Wallace, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Ed Bradley, commentator Andy Rooney and legendary creator Don Hewitt, have died. Steve Kroft, who inherited the Mike Wallace tough-guy role, just retired. The show continues even though it’s been tarnished by #MeToo accusations that have led to the ouster of Jeff Fager, the executive producer after Hewitt, and contributor Charlie Rose.
So the timing of a new documentary, “Mike Wallace Is Here,” may either be a perfect salve, for longtime fans, or a lesson about great journalism for younger folks.
- 7/24/2019
- by Mary Murphy and Michele Willens
- The Wrap
Bernie Sanders has accomplished something no one in American politics has managed for decades: He’s uniting Democrats and Republicans.
It’s early yet, but talking points for the 2020 campaign season are emerging on both sides of the aisle. Republicans and Democrats both have been trying to sell the rise of politicians like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others as stalking horses for the overthrow of capitalism.
Noted Gop pollster Frank Luntz appeared with Howard Kurtz on the Fox “MediaBuzz” program. It was typical ring-around-the-collar news marketing, telling audiences something scary,...
It’s early yet, but talking points for the 2020 campaign season are emerging on both sides of the aisle. Republicans and Democrats both have been trying to sell the rise of politicians like Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others as stalking horses for the overthrow of capitalism.
Noted Gop pollster Frank Luntz appeared with Howard Kurtz on the Fox “MediaBuzz” program. It was typical ring-around-the-collar news marketing, telling audiences something scary,...
- 5/13/2019
- by Matt Taibbi
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News primetime star Tucker Carlson publicly thanked his network this week for supporting him through a months long advertiser boycott and a blizzard of bad headlines in recent days, but back in 2003, the host took a very different view, calling his colleagues “a mean sick group of people” with whom he doubted he would ever work for.
As reported by the Washington Post and many others at the time, the storm got going in 2003 when Carlson worked for CNN as co-host of the network’s debating show “Crossfire.” In a playful segment about telemarketers, a viewer asked Carlson if he would give out his own phone number on air. The host obliged — but the number he then recited turned out not to be his, but was instead that of the Fox News Washington bureau.
The network promptly retaliated by posting Carlson’s own phone number to their website. The...
As reported by the Washington Post and many others at the time, the storm got going in 2003 when Carlson worked for CNN as co-host of the network’s debating show “Crossfire.” In a playful segment about telemarketers, a viewer asked Carlson if he would give out his own phone number on air. The host obliged — but the number he then recited turned out not to be his, but was instead that of the Fox News Washington bureau.
The network promptly retaliated by posting Carlson’s own phone number to their website. The...
- 3/13/2019
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
In takes all of ten minutes to realize “Mike Wallace Is Here” is special. Directed by Avi Belkin, the film chronicles the half-century career of the journalist whose work has only become more invaluable since his death in 2012.
Telling the story exclusively through archival footage, Belkin was given free range inside CBS. The result is a prismatic portrait, a movie that sits at the intersection of long-form journalism and riveting documentary.
Wallace was raised in Brookline, Mass., to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. They were disciplinary and icy. He would later attribute his own jagged personality to his upbringing. The film, wisely, doesn’t get bogged down in exposition. Belkin and his editors opt for simplicity. The result is a clear-cut narrative unrelentingly focused on Wallace and his work. Everything else — family, romance, the virtues and vices that accompany daily life — go by the wayside.
Watch Video: Remembering Mike Wallace -...
Telling the story exclusively through archival footage, Belkin was given free range inside CBS. The result is a prismatic portrait, a movie that sits at the intersection of long-form journalism and riveting documentary.
Wallace was raised in Brookline, Mass., to Russian Jewish immigrant parents. They were disciplinary and icy. He would later attribute his own jagged personality to his upbringing. The film, wisely, doesn’t get bogged down in exposition. Belkin and his editors opt for simplicity. The result is a clear-cut narrative unrelentingly focused on Wallace and his work. Everything else — family, romance, the virtues and vices that accompany daily life — go by the wayside.
Watch Video: Remembering Mike Wallace -...
- 2/2/2019
- by Sam Fragoso
- The Wrap
President Donald Trump will not hold the annual White House press Christmas party this year.
Fox News Channel’s media pundit Howard Kurtz broke the news, noting he was first to report because, “The White House made no announcement that it was dropping the press party.”
The more surprising news was that press attended Trump’s press party last year, despite being called enemies of the people and regularly hurling insults and threats at them during rallies.
But, as Kurtz explained, “The annual Christmas-season gathering was a significant perk for those covering the White House” – something we presume no White House correspondent would have admitted to unless they knew it could be proved against them.
In video accompanying Kurtz’s report online, Fox News called the party “just the latest victim in the president’s long contentious relationship with the press.”
This year, that “contentious relationship” includes Trump’s continued support of Saudi prince Mbs,...
Fox News Channel’s media pundit Howard Kurtz broke the news, noting he was first to report because, “The White House made no announcement that it was dropping the press party.”
The more surprising news was that press attended Trump’s press party last year, despite being called enemies of the people and regularly hurling insults and threats at them during rallies.
But, as Kurtz explained, “The annual Christmas-season gathering was a significant perk for those covering the White House” – something we presume no White House correspondent would have admitted to unless they knew it could be proved against them.
In video accompanying Kurtz’s report online, Fox News called the party “just the latest victim in the president’s long contentious relationship with the press.”
This year, that “contentious relationship” includes Trump’s continued support of Saudi prince Mbs,...
- 12/13/2018
- by Lisa de Moraes
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC News and MSNBC have hired Dylan Byers away from CNN to serve as a senior media reporter for the network. His beat for NBC will focus on many of the same topics he covered for CNN — Hollywood and Silicon Valley — and he will remain based out of Los Angeles.
“In this new role, Dylan will cover the meeting point of media, entertainment and technology — from his perch in Los Angeles — and bring insight and context to this transformative moment. The impact of big tech is far-reaching — changing our culture, politics, commerce and much more,” say network heads Noah Oppenheim and Phil Griffin.
“Dylan will focus on Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Netflix, but he’ll also keep a sharp eye on emerging players. His work will appear across all our television and digital platforms, including the newly redesigned Tech & Media vertical on NBCNews.com, and he will of course continue his essential newsletter.
“In this new role, Dylan will cover the meeting point of media, entertainment and technology — from his perch in Los Angeles — and bring insight and context to this transformative moment. The impact of big tech is far-reaching — changing our culture, politics, commerce and much more,” say network heads Noah Oppenheim and Phil Griffin.
“Dylan will focus on Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Netflix, but he’ll also keep a sharp eye on emerging players. His work will appear across all our television and digital platforms, including the newly redesigned Tech & Media vertical on NBCNews.com, and he will of course continue his essential newsletter.
- 8/16/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Comedian Kathy Griffin publicly asked on Sunday why Fox News opinion host Sean Hannity had never apologized to the family of Seth Rich for spreading fake news and conspiracy theories about the former Clinton staffer who was murdered in Washington D.C. in 2016.
Griffin’s inquiry came as part of a larger argument she was having with the channel’s media analyst Howard Kurtz for his criticism of Sacha Baron Cohen.
“If only you would be as aggressive in criticizing people like your colleague @seanhannity – when is he going to apologize to Seth Rich’s family? Why are you silent?” she said.
Also Read: Kathy Griffin Says She's 'Available' for Chris Hardwick's 'Talking Dead' Gig
Yeah Howie, that apology was very narrow and it certainly wasn't for the post powerful man in the world…If only you would be as aggressive in criticizing people like your colleague...
Griffin’s inquiry came as part of a larger argument she was having with the channel’s media analyst Howard Kurtz for his criticism of Sacha Baron Cohen.
“If only you would be as aggressive in criticizing people like your colleague @seanhannity – when is he going to apologize to Seth Rich’s family? Why are you silent?” she said.
Also Read: Kathy Griffin Says She's 'Available' for Chris Hardwick's 'Talking Dead' Gig
Yeah Howie, that apology was very narrow and it certainly wasn't for the post powerful man in the world…If only you would be as aggressive in criticizing people like your colleague...
- 7/16/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
It’s no secret that Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle are dating, but new questions are being raised about how their romance will influence coverage of President Trump on Fox News — where Guilfoyle serves as a host of “The Five.”
“Look, They seem to be a cute couple and I love a good love story. But doesn’t this radically affect her day job?” CNN media reporter Brian Stelter said on Sunday’s episode of “Reliable Sources.”
“How can any of her colleagues criticize Trump when the president’s son’s girlfriend is sitting right there at the table? Doesn’t this complicate the entire networks coverage of the Trump family?” he added.
Also Read: Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle Parties With Trump and Don Jr at White House
Reps for Fox did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Though the relationship had been rumored for months, Fox...
“Look, They seem to be a cute couple and I love a good love story. But doesn’t this radically affect her day job?” CNN media reporter Brian Stelter said on Sunday’s episode of “Reliable Sources.”
“How can any of her colleagues criticize Trump when the president’s son’s girlfriend is sitting right there at the table? Doesn’t this complicate the entire networks coverage of the Trump family?” he added.
Also Read: Fox News Host Kimberly Guilfoyle Parties With Trump and Don Jr at White House
Reps for Fox did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Though the relationship had been rumored for months, Fox...
- 7/9/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News couldn’t resist delving into the sexual misconduct accusations swirling around NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. On Thursday evening, “Fox News @ Night” anchor Shannon Bream revealed a curious nugget, telling network media guru Howard Kurtz that she was not surprised by the Brokaw story.
“Being in this business and knowing plenty of other women in this business, I have heard other, similar allegations against Brokaw. So it will be interesting to see what comes of this,” she said.
Bream dropped that little nugget after Kurtz offered a defense of sorts for the embattled NBC icon.
Also Read: Tom Brokaw Accused by 2 Women of Sexual Harassment During 1990s
“I’ve covered most of Brokaw’s career at NBC. Very nice man. I’ve never heard a whisper or rumor about this sort of thing. Married to the same woman, Meredith, for more than 50 years,” said Kurtz.
On Thursday, Variety and the Washington Post published an account each of the women who say that Brokaw engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior with them decades ago. The Variety account came from Linda Vester, who spoke on-record to the magazine in a lengthy video which accompanied their story.
“I was groped and assaulted by Tom Brokaw, then the anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News,’ said Vester in the video, who alleged that Brokaw groped her, tried to kiss her on multiple occasions and showed up uninvited to her hotel room back in the 1990s.
Also Read: Teen Vogue Reporter: 'I Was Groped 22 Times' at Coachella While Covering Sexual Harassment
Friends of Vester’s told Variety that she had told them of the Brokaw behavior at the time and the journalist provided contemporaneous journal entries to the magazine to further corroborate her claims.
For his part, Brokaw issued a categorical denial of Vester’s claim.
“I met with Linda Vester on two occasions, both at her request, 23 years ago because she wanted advice with respect to her career at NBC,” he said in a statement provided to Variety. “The meetings were brief, cordial and appropriate, and despite Linda’s allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her at that time or any other.”
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“Being in this business and knowing plenty of other women in this business, I have heard other, similar allegations against Brokaw. So it will be interesting to see what comes of this,” she said.
Bream dropped that little nugget after Kurtz offered a defense of sorts for the embattled NBC icon.
Also Read: Tom Brokaw Accused by 2 Women of Sexual Harassment During 1990s
“I’ve covered most of Brokaw’s career at NBC. Very nice man. I’ve never heard a whisper or rumor about this sort of thing. Married to the same woman, Meredith, for more than 50 years,” said Kurtz.
On Thursday, Variety and the Washington Post published an account each of the women who say that Brokaw engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior with them decades ago. The Variety account came from Linda Vester, who spoke on-record to the magazine in a lengthy video which accompanied their story.
“I was groped and assaulted by Tom Brokaw, then the anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News,’ said Vester in the video, who alleged that Brokaw groped her, tried to kiss her on multiple occasions and showed up uninvited to her hotel room back in the 1990s.
Also Read: Teen Vogue Reporter: 'I Was Groped 22 Times' at Coachella While Covering Sexual Harassment
Friends of Vester’s told Variety that she had told them of the Brokaw behavior at the time and the journalist provided contemporaneous journal entries to the magazine to further corroborate her claims.
For his part, Brokaw issued a categorical denial of Vester’s claim.
“I met with Linda Vester on two occasions, both at her request, 23 years ago because she wanted advice with respect to her career at NBC,” he said in a statement provided to Variety. “The meetings were brief, cordial and appropriate, and despite Linda’s allegations, I made no romantic overtures towards her at that time or any other.”
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- 4/27/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
A new book alleges that White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer once ordered that a journalist be fired from The Atlantic over a sexual tweet she posted about first daughter Ivanka Trump.
After reporter Julia Ioffe tweeted in December 2016, “Either Trump is f - - king his daughter or he’s shirking nepotism laws,” Spicer reportedly called Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg demanding that he axe Ioffe, according to the book Media Madness by Howard Kurtz.
Goldberg reportedly shot back: “Haven’t you said some stupid s - - t in your life?” And Spicer returned, “I say stupid s - - t every day.
After reporter Julia Ioffe tweeted in December 2016, “Either Trump is f - - king his daughter or he’s shirking nepotism laws,” Spicer reportedly called Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg demanding that he axe Ioffe, according to the book Media Madness by Howard Kurtz.
Goldberg reportedly shot back: “Haven’t you said some stupid s - - t in your life?” And Spicer returned, “I say stupid s - - t every day.
- 1/26/2018
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
A new book is getting lots of attention today for an excerpt that says Steve Bannon once told Ivanka Trump, “you’re just another staffer who doesn’t know what you’re doing.” That quote, from Howard Kurtz’ new book “Media Madness: Donald Trump, The Press, And The War Over The Truth,” is all the more striking because it’s almost identical to something Michael Wolff says Bannon screamed at Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks in his book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” In “Fire and Fury,” Wolff includes this passage: “You don’t know what you’re doing,” shouted a livid Bannon at Hicks, demanding...
- 1/22/2018
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon once told the president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, she was “just another staffer” who didn’t know what she was doing, according to a new explosive tell-all book. “My daughter loves me as a dad,” Bannon told Ivanka, according to the new book. “You love your dad. I get that. But you’re just another staffer who doesn’t know what you’re doing.” The comments, first reported in the Washington Post, were included in a the latest book about the Trump White House, written by Fox News host Howard Kurtz. The book, called “Media Madness: Donald Trump, The...
- 1/22/2018
- by Itay Hod
- The Wrap
Donald Trump’s staff is so frustrated by their boss’ persistent impulse to do whatever they beg him not to that they’ve coined their own term for it: “defiance disorder,” according to a new book. That tidbit is only one of the many revelations promised in another book about the president’s dysfunctional White House. “Media Madness: Donald Trump, The Press, And The War Over The Truth,” by Fox News media guru Howard Kurtz, is scheduled to hit bookstores on Jan. 29. Also Read: 'Fox & Friends' Guest Blasts Waiters' 'Entitlement' for Wanting Minimum Wage Increase (Video) Elsewhere in the book, Kurtz talks about former...
- 1/22/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Today show fans were stunned on Wednesday morning, when co-anchor Savannah Guthrie announced that Matt Lauer had been fired from the long-running morning show for "inappropriate sexual behavior."
NBC News chairman Andy Lack also revealed in a letter to staff that Lauer had been accused by a female colleague of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," and after a "serious review," called Lauer's alleged actions a "clear violation of our company's standards." Lauer was then immediately fired.
"While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with a reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident," Lack wrote. "Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences no matter who the offender. We are deeply...
NBC News chairman Andy Lack also revealed in a letter to staff that Lauer had been accused by a female colleague of “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," and after a "serious review," called Lauer's alleged actions a "clear violation of our company's standards." Lauer was then immediately fired.
"While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with a reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident," Lack wrote. "Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences no matter who the offender. We are deeply...
- 11/29/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Fox News’ Howard Kurtz called the New York Times’ report that Bill O’Reilly paid a $32 million sexual harassment settlement just before his contract was renewed in February “a significant setback for Fox.” “It’s embarrassing, it’s disappointing that O’Reilly was given a new contract under these circumstances,” Kurtz said on his “MediaBuzz” show Sunday. “I hope it doesn’t impede the progress that the company has been trying to make, which — in the end, the company did fire its biggest moneymakers,” he added Also Read: Bill O'Reilly Says He Was 'Smeared' by New York Times Report of...
- 10/22/2017
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
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