A federal judge in Miami threw out a defamation lawsuit Wednesday by a Russian businessman against Buzzfeed over the publication of the infamous Russia “dossier” in January 2017, saying it was protected by the “fair report privilege.”
It is pretty easy to laugh at CNN’s Chris Cuomo, but you have to say this for him… Fredo might not be all that smart, but at least he has a high opinion of himself. Oh, and he does have the highest rated show on CNN, which is kind of like bragging about how you worked harder than anyone else on Heaven’s Gate.
Late Show host Stephen Colbert railed against Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Wednesday, describing him as a “little racist” as left-wing activists pressurize advertisers to boycott his show.
Iconic conservative radio host and best-selling author Dennis Prager railed against the left’s relentless attacks on traditional values, higher education, entertainment, and sports on Wednesday during Turning Point USA’s 2018 Student Action Summit.
German magazine Der Spiegel apologised to readers on Wednesday for publishing “invented stories” and content with “distorted facts.” It identified Claas Relotius, one of its reporters and editors, a recent winner of CNN’s “Journalist of the Year” award, as confessing to the production of fake news.
Press advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (known by its French acronym RSF) released on Tuesday the 2018 edition of its annual “Worldwide Round-up of Journalists Killed, Detained, Held Hostage, or Missing in 2018.” The media immediately went crazy with the presence of the United States for the first time ever on the list of five most dangerous countries, even though the slain American journalists in question were killed by a deranged gunman and a falling tree, not agents of the government or a terrorist organization.
During a Tuesday monologue for his Fox News Channel show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson discussed the “massive” cost caused by the “Russia fixation.” “[T]here’s been a cost to our Russia fixation, a massive one,” Carlson declared. “Years later,
Far-left CNN had another terrible ratings year in 2018. Numbers supplied by a Fox News end-of-year press release show that CNN, a 24/7 anti-Trump cable channel, not only came in last place when compared to its competition at Fox and MSNBC, it came in far last place.
The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur defended Fox News host Tucker Carlson against a left-wing ad blacklist Tuesday, saying that audiences, not advertisers, should make decisions on what to watch. “Here I’m saying, I think the advertisers should not pull out
CNN host Chris Cuomo said on his show Tuesday that advertisers “have the right” to pull ads from Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show. He also responded to Carlson’s immigration comments by informing viewers that “diversity is our greatest strength.” “The
In an article for the Guardian, Wednesday, writer Jason Wilson claimed that though doxing is a “tactic” that has been “sneered at by some,” it has “proven to be effective” against ideological opponents and in “dismantling the far right.” Ironically, the same write called doxing a “danger facing US journalists” in June.
Buzzfeed suffered a legal setback in a federal court in Miami on Tuesday in its attempt to fight a defamation lawsuit over its publication of the infamous, and uncorroborated, Russia “dossier” on President Donald Trump last year.
The FT noted George Soros’s work for liberal democracy, but ignored critics who claim that groups he sponsors are actually eroding liberal democracy today by promoting left-wing extremism and undermining national sovereignty.
Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee warned “no one should trust Facebook” until the company changes its data-harvesting and information selling business model, according to a report.
Back in the 1950s, a number of private corporations (most famously, movie and television studios), that had every legal right to choose who they did and did not want to do business with, enforced an appalling blacklist as a means to intimidate, silence, and punish those who held beliefs and opinions unpopular with the establishment.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” host Nicolle Wallace mocked Fox News host Jeanine Pirro by saying she would donate $500 to charity if Fox News re-aired Pirro asking the judge involved in Michael Flynn’s case to show leniency. Wallace said, “Words you’ve never heard on
Embattled social giant Facebook granted its business partners Spotify and Netflix the ability to read users’ private messages, according to information obtained by the New York Times.
Tucker Carlson has some pretty strong precedent for his decision not to say sorry, not even one tiny bit, for his supposedly “racist” comments on the subject of immigration on his Fox News show.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” network contributor Donny Deutsch said in light of the multiple investigations of President Donald Trump including his family foundation and 2017 inaugural committee, the president was “neutered.” Deutsch said, “When do voters start to realize, ‘I may
Jerry Brown told members of the media Tuesday that one of the most important lessons he had learned in his long political career was: “In politics you take care of your friends. Keep meritocracy within limits.”
Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg has quit Facebook, stating that the social media giant’s actions have diverged with his own values and that he is no longer “comfortable” on the platform.
Tuesday on “CNN Newsroom,” Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein said President Donald Trump was acting like a “common grifter.” Bernstein said, “We’ve never seen a President of the United States who actually acts more in some ways like a common grifter. I
Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson reportedly has the full support of Lorne Michaels after he said “i really don’t want to be on this earth anymore” on social media over the weekend.
MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough predicted Tuesday that if President Donald Trump runs for reelection in 2020, then he is “going to lose badly.” “[L]et me say it right now, put it on tape, people can run it after
CNN’s John Berman interviewed Minnesota Representative-elect Ilhan Omar Tuesday, touching on a number of topics, but not once asking about her past anti-Israel rhetoric. Ilhan Omar was lobbed softball questions by CNN’s Berman about a possible government shutdown, impeaching President Trump,
A leading psychiatrist has identified six words people should not use, because they are “accompanied by feelings of moral judgment, hatred and utter rejection,” Business Insider revealed Monday.
Historian Jon Meacham said during Tuesday’s airing of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC that if President Donald Trump was aware of Russia’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election then it “is the definition of treason.” “If, in fact —
[Editor’s note: Article updated to include statement from Fox News. See below.] Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson reacted to critics crying foul over his remarks last week claiming some types of immigration made the country “poorer and dirtier
Tucker Carlson lost three more advertisers Monday following a left-wing social media campaign to pressure companies to pull their ads from his prime time Fox News program. The Wrap reports that Bowflex, Pacific Life, SmileDirectClub, and Indeed all removed their ads
President Trump is doing no more than adopting the view of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who did not believe the First Amendment was intended to cover libel.
Rep.-elect Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to Twitter on Monday to announce that she is taking a “few days” to pamper herself with “self-care” in preparation for new new job in Congress.
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews predicted Department of Justice special counsel Robert Mueller might make a deal in which President Donald Trump resigns from office in return for Mueller forgoing prosecution of Donald Trump, Jr. and Ivanka Trump.
A Kentucky radio station trolled critics of the song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” by playing the song on repeat for two hours while on air Sunday morning.
The New York Times published an interview with author Alice Walker Sunday in which the author promoted an anti-Semitic book written by longtime conspiracy theorist David Icke.
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. claims the guilty plea of suspected Russian spy Maria Butina and the outcome of the 2018 congressional elections mark the “beginning of the end” for the “gun lobby” in the U.S.
Actor and left-wing activist Robert De Niro referred to President Donald Trump as a “nightmare” and said that his presidency was worse than anything he “ever thought” he would see in his life.
Disgraced CBS chief executive Les Moonves is not expected to receive a single dime of what has been reported to be north of a $120 million severance package, after an independent investigation into multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Christopher Steele, the former British spy who prepared the Russia “dossier” that has led to more than two years of investigations into President Donald Trump’s campaign, told a London court that he was hired to provide a basis to challenge the legitimacy of the 2016 presidential election in the event that Trump won.
Clemson professor Todd May writes in the New York Times, “Human beings are destroying large parts of the inhabitable earth and causing unimaginable suffering to many of the animals that inhabit it.”
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson is under fire from the Hollywood elite, with A-list director Judd Apatow calling for an advertiser boycott of his prime-time show on Fox News.
