The Francis Ford Coppola passion project Megalopolis, an idea the 85-year-old filmmaker says has been brewing in his mind for around half of his life, is set to have its world premiere at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. In anticipation of the Cannes screening, the maestro himself, Coppola, has released our first look at some of the movie’s footage. It came with a sweet dedication to his late wife, Eleanor, reading:
Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor. I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday together this May 4th. But sadly that was not to be, so let me share with everyone a gift on her behalf.
Just a few days ago, Vanity Fair unveiled an image from the film that features the characters played by Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel:
Coppola began writing Megalopolis in the 1980s but knew that it would require a huge budget,...
Megalopolis has always been a film dedicated to my dear wife Eleanor. I really had hoped to celebrate her birthday together this May 4th. But sadly that was not to be, so let me share with everyone a gift on her behalf.
Just a few days ago, Vanity Fair unveiled an image from the film that features the characters played by Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel:
Coppola began writing Megalopolis in the 1980s but knew that it would require a huge budget,...
- 5/4/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Eric Trump suggested that Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama would be prosecuted if the Supreme Court decides that presidents are not immune to criminal prosecution.
“The Supreme Court is now weighing this monumental case on whether or not president [Donald] Trump has immunity from prosecution,” host Maria Bartiromo told Eric during an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.
“We saw some of the hearing this week,” Bartiromo stated in reference to last week’s oral arguments, during which the high court considered Trump’s claim that his official acts should not be subject to federal prosecution. “It felt like listening to some of those Supreme Court justices—that they were willing to admit to some or acknowledge some immunity.”
She asked Eric, “What did you take away from what you heard from the Supreme Court this week, and when do you expect a decision?”
“Well, God help us if they get it wrong,...
“The Supreme Court is now weighing this monumental case on whether or not president [Donald] Trump has immunity from prosecution,” host Maria Bartiromo told Eric during an interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.
“We saw some of the hearing this week,” Bartiromo stated in reference to last week’s oral arguments, during which the high court considered Trump’s claim that his official acts should not be subject to federal prosecution. “It felt like listening to some of those Supreme Court justices—that they were willing to admit to some or acknowledge some immunity.”
She asked Eric, “What did you take away from what you heard from the Supreme Court this week, and when do you expect a decision?”
“Well, God help us if they get it wrong,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Lawyers for Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, are calling out Fox News Channel and Fox News Digital for an alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame [Hunter] and paint him in a false light.”
The news conglomerate’s actions in question involve “the unlicensed commercial exploitation of [Hunter Biden’s] image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him,” according to NBC News, which obtained a copy of the April 23 letter sent by Biden’s legal team.
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The news conglomerate’s actions in question involve “the unlicensed commercial exploitation of [Hunter Biden’s] image, name, and likeness, and the unlawful publication of hacked intimate images of him,” according to NBC News, which obtained a copy of the April 23 letter sent by Biden’s legal team.
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- 4/29/2024
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has not given up her quest to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, demanding he either “resign” or “be vacated” after ushering through legislation to send military aid to Ukraine on Saturday.
“Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process. If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated,” Greene told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
Greene: Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign…...
“Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign and allow us to move forward in a controlled process. If he doesn’t do so, he will be vacated,” Greene told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
Greene: Mike Johnson’s speakership is over. He needs to do the right thing to resign…...
- 4/21/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Republican Rep. Mike Turner accused some of his colleagues of having “uttered” Russian propaganda “on the House floor” amid Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor,” the chair of the House Intelligence Committee told Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.
.@RepMikeTurner tells @jaketapper it's "absolutely true" that Russian propaganda has "infected" a portion of the GOP base,...
“We see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor,” the chair of the House Intelligence Committee told Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union.
.@RepMikeTurner tells @jaketapper it's "absolutely true" that Russian propaganda has "infected" a portion of the GOP base,...
- 4/7/2024
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a 948-foot-long container ship collided with it early Tuesday. Stunning video of the incident has circulated online, and search-and-rescue procedures are currently underway. “This is an unthinkable tragedy,” Baltimore’s Democratic mayor, Brandon Scott, said at a press conference. “We have to first and foremost pray for all of those who are impacted, those families, pray for our first responders and thank them.”
Right-wingers are more concerned with using the incident to attack the Biden administration and spread conspiracy theories — as...
Right-wingers are more concerned with using the incident to attack the Biden administration and spread conspiracy theories — as...
- 3/26/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Less than a day before Donald Trump’s deadline to post a $464 million bond or risk his assets getting seized by the New York State Attorney General’s Office, his children are going to the media to complain about the cash squeeze.
Trump’s younger son Eric Trump opined about the ordeal during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures, saying that he was present during the negotiations with dozens of sureties to secure the bond, only for all of them to reject Trump.
“Every single person when I came to them saying,...
Trump’s younger son Eric Trump opined about the ordeal during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures, saying that he was present during the negotiations with dozens of sureties to secure the bond, only for all of them to reject Trump.
“Every single person when I came to them saying,...
- 3/24/2024
- by Jeremy Childs
- Rollingstone.com
The White House is demanding that Fox News retract or revise its coverage of claims that Joe Biden was involved in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme after the key witness in the allegation was indicted for making it all up.
In a letter to top executives, Ian Sams, White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, cited Fox News Digital stories on the bribery claims, including ones headlined “The Explosive New Evidence of Biden Family’s Breathtaking Corruption,” labeled an opinion piece from Gregg Jarrett, and “Joe Biden Allegedly Paid $5M By Burisma Executive As Part of Bribery Scheme, According to FBI Document,” a story from Brooke Singman. Other stories reported that the allegations came from a “highly credible” source.
“I would cite the number of times Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity promoted this allegation and made false statements about President Biden on primetime television throughout this time period, but the...
In a letter to top executives, Ian Sams, White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, cited Fox News Digital stories on the bribery claims, including ones headlined “The Explosive New Evidence of Biden Family’s Breathtaking Corruption,” labeled an opinion piece from Gregg Jarrett, and “Joe Biden Allegedly Paid $5M By Burisma Executive As Part of Bribery Scheme, According to FBI Document,” a story from Brooke Singman. Other stories reported that the allegations came from a “highly credible” source.
“I would cite the number of times Jesse Watters and Sean Hannity promoted this allegation and made false statements about President Biden on primetime television throughout this time period, but the...
- 2/29/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Republican governors have made a show of deploying National Guard troops to the southern border to block the Biden administration from removing razor wire that Texas has laid out to repel and harm migrants — in defiance of a Supreme Court ruling.
On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) suggested if President Joe Biden tries to federalize Texas National Guard forces — as some Democrats have urged — it could lead to a civil war.
“If he’s willing to do that and take away my authority as governor as commander-in-chief of those National Guard,...
On Sunday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) suggested if President Joe Biden tries to federalize Texas National Guard forces — as some Democrats have urged — it could lead to a civil war.
“If he’s willing to do that and take away my authority as governor as commander-in-chief of those National Guard,...
- 2/4/2024
- by Gideon Hess
- Rollingstone.com
During an interview aired Sunday, Fox News host Maria Bartiromo gave former President Donald Trump a chance to explain away his remarks in a December town hall that he’d only be a dictator on “day one.”
Trump brushed it off: “It was with Sean Hannity, and we were having fun, and I said ‘I’m going to be a dictator,’ because he asked me, ‘Are you really going to be a dictator?’ I said ‘Absolutely, I’m going to be a dictator for one day.’”
Facing dozens of felony counts in four criminal cases,...
Trump brushed it off: “It was with Sean Hannity, and we were having fun, and I said ‘I’m going to be a dictator,’ because he asked me, ‘Are you really going to be a dictator?’ I said ‘Absolutely, I’m going to be a dictator for one day.’”
Facing dozens of felony counts in four criminal cases,...
- 2/4/2024
- by Gideon Hess
- Rollingstone.com
U.S. officials are struggling to explain how three Army reservists were killed by a drone strike at a military base in Jordan. Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo thinks she’s found the answer: diversity initiatives.
Bartiromo suggested to Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) on Tuesday that the attack may have been caused by Dei, a shorthand for “diversity, equity, and inclusion ”and the latest right-wing anti-diversity boogeyman.
“Maybe [the military is] focused too much on Dei,” Bartiromo said. “There’s a concern at the FBI because they’re dropping the FBI special agent...
Bartiromo suggested to Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) on Tuesday that the attack may have been caused by Dei, a shorthand for “diversity, equity, and inclusion ”and the latest right-wing anti-diversity boogeyman.
“Maybe [the military is] focused too much on Dei,” Bartiromo said. “There’s a concern at the FBI because they’re dropping the FBI special agent...
- 1/30/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
As House Republicans make public their intent to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden, they’re struggling to convince the public — and even themselves — that they’ll be able to obtain the evidence of the high crimes and misdemeanors necessary to impeach a president.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson published an op-ed in USA Today explaining his reasoning for formalizing the investigation into Biden, which has so far skirted the usual requirement of a floor vote to officially open an impeachment inquiry.
Johnson wrote that...
On Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson published an op-ed in USA Today explaining his reasoning for formalizing the investigation into Biden, which has so far skirted the usual requirement of a floor vote to officially open an impeachment inquiry.
Johnson wrote that...
- 12/12/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday and Wednesday as part of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox.
Murdoch, who recently stepped down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., is not named in the lawsuit. But Smartmatic sued Fox News and Fox Corp., arguing that both the network and the parent company are liable for amplifying false claims that the company was involved in 2020 election vote rigging schemes.
A source confirmed a Reuters report that Murdoch was being deposed.
A spokesman for Fox Corp. declined to comment.
Fox Corp. settled another defamation case involving another election systems company, Dominion Voting Systems, in April, just as a trial was about to begin in Wilmington, De. The $787.5 million settlement was reached just before the elder Murdoch was expected to be called as a witness. He had already been deposed in the Dominion case and he admitted that some Fox hosts...
Murdoch, who recently stepped down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., is not named in the lawsuit. But Smartmatic sued Fox News and Fox Corp., arguing that both the network and the parent company are liable for amplifying false claims that the company was involved in 2020 election vote rigging schemes.
A source confirmed a Reuters report that Murdoch was being deposed.
A spokesman for Fox Corp. declined to comment.
Fox Corp. settled another defamation case involving another election systems company, Dominion Voting Systems, in April, just as a trial was about to begin in Wilmington, De. The $787.5 million settlement was reached just before the elder Murdoch was expected to be called as a witness. He had already been deposed in the Dominion case and he admitted that some Fox hosts...
- 11/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sen. Mike Lee perpetuated an unfounded conspiracy theory that federal agents or informants were among the rioters on Jan. 6 and that one may have flashed a law enforcement badge during the attack (in reality, it was a vape). In two posts to X (formerly Twitter) over the weekend, the Republican indulged in a Maga disinformation campaign.
Lee quoted a post from former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney that contained footage of the Capitol attack, writing, “Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.
Lee quoted a post from former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney that contained footage of the Capitol attack, writing, “Liz, we’ve seen footage like that a million times. You made sure we saw that—and nothing else.
- 11/19/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
While bashing Democratic governance, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed at Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate that he and his wife, Casey, had met “three people who had been mugged on the street” in southern California. By Sunday — just four days later — that number has doubled.
“My wife and I ran into six or seven people that had been mugged in the last year in southern California,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures. If only his poll numbers could grow at this same rate,...
“My wife and I ran into six or seven people that had been mugged in the last year in southern California,” DeSantis told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures. If only his poll numbers could grow at this same rate,...
- 10/1/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
At Fox Business Network — for one night, at least — it’s all a lot more than the economy.
When the cable outlet televises a Republican primary debate on September 27, many of the strategies it used the last time it did so are going out the window. Gone are moderators Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo, who have experience with such events. In their place: First-timers Stuart Varney and Dana Perino, alongside Univision’s Ilia Calderón. The network will also move away from its efforts to focus largely on business and economic topics, as it has in the past.
Executives at Fox News Media have begun contemplating when to take more momentous news coverage to a broader audience, says Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media, in an interview. “There are very few events out there anymore,” Wallace says. “People do care about politics,” he adds. “It is a...
When the cable outlet televises a Republican primary debate on September 27, many of the strategies it used the last time it did so are going out the window. Gone are moderators Neil Cavuto and Maria Bartiromo, who have experience with such events. In their place: First-timers Stuart Varney and Dana Perino, alongside Univision’s Ilia Calderón. The network will also move away from its efforts to focus largely on business and economic topics, as it has in the past.
Executives at Fox News Media have begun contemplating when to take more momentous news coverage to a broader audience, says Jay Wallace, president and executive editor of Fox News Media, in an interview. “There are very few events out there anymore,” Wallace says. “People do care about politics,” he adds. “It is a...
- 9/25/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
This summer, we faced unbearable heat waves, we breathed in thick, dark wildfire smoke, and we saw homes and cars be swallowed up by mass floods. We are up against a ticking time bomb, pushing us to cut down emissions as fast as possible. From our cities and towns, to our businesses, to the high schools and universities we attend everyday — every single institution must transform to meet the scale, scope, and urgency of the climate crisis.
Universities can be agents of change in our society: both in their role in educating the public,...
Universities can be agents of change in our society: both in their role in educating the public,...
- 9/16/2023
- by Alicia Colomer and Dylan Wahbe
- Rollingstone.com
During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Sen. Ron Johnson alleged that ocean “windmills… are killing the whales,” but this is nothing more than misinformation that expert scientists and the government have repeatedly rebuked.
While discussing climate change on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Johnson said, “All this climate alarmism is based on bad science… Again, the climate has always changed, always will. I’m not an alarmist, and I’m not in denial. These windmills, according to an earlier report on your network, are killing the whales.”
At this,...
While discussing climate change on Fox’s Sunday Morning Futures, Johnson said, “All this climate alarmism is based on bad science… Again, the climate has always changed, always will. I’m not an alarmist, and I’m not in denial. These windmills, according to an earlier report on your network, are killing the whales.”
At this,...
- 9/10/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
One familiar face will not be firing questions at the Republican candidates for president at the next GOP debate.
Maria Bartiromo will not be one of the moderators for the second GOP debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election, set to air Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on Fox Business. Instead, Fox News’ Stuart Varney and Dana Perino and Univision’s Ilia Calderón will co-moderate the debate, Fox Business announced on Wednesday. (Bartiromo co-moderated with Neil Cavuto the last time Fox Business hosted a GOP debate in 2016.)
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Maria Bartiromo will not be one of the moderators for the second GOP debate ahead of the 2024 presidential election, set to air Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 9/8c on Fox Business. Instead, Fox News’ Stuart Varney and Dana Perino and Univision’s Ilia Calderón will co-moderate the debate, Fox Business announced on Wednesday. (Bartiromo co-moderated with Neil Cavuto the last time Fox Business hosted a GOP debate in 2016.)
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- 8/31/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation appears to be zeroing in on Sidney Powell, a conspiracy-theory-obsessed lawyer who was a key figure in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Four sources with knowledge of the matter, several witnesses, and Trump allies who’ve appeared before the special counsel — including at least one in the past few days — team seem to agree: Powell should be preparing now for Smith to bring criminal charges.
On Monday, Bernie Kerik — a longtime Rudy Giuliani associate and a Trump ally who worked on...
Four sources with knowledge of the matter, several witnesses, and Trump allies who’ve appeared before the special counsel — including at least one in the past few days — team seem to agree: Powell should be preparing now for Smith to bring criminal charges.
On Monday, Bernie Kerik — a longtime Rudy Giuliani associate and a Trump ally who worked on...
- 8/11/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
It’s an old Republican trope, to claim everything Democrats do is communism. But Marjorie Taylor Greene took it to the extreme, as she is wont to do, claiming that with the indictments of Donald Trump, “Americans are actually seeing what communism really looks like.”
“They have no policies to run on,” Greene said of Joe Biden’s administration. “The only thing they can run on is to continue smearing President Trump’s name, and I just want to follow up and say, Maria, the more times they indict President Trump,...
“They have no policies to run on,” Greene said of Joe Biden’s administration. “The only thing they can run on is to continue smearing President Trump’s name, and I just want to follow up and say, Maria, the more times they indict President Trump,...
- 8/6/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., notorious purveyor of anti-vax conspiracy theories who claims he has “never been anti-vax,” believes that the media has “slammed” him more than Donald Trump.
“It’s interesting to me because I’ve been really slammed in a way that I think is unprecedented, even more than President Trump was slammed by the mainstream corporate media,” Kennedy said on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show, Sunday Morning Futures. Last month, Kennedy said he was “proud that President Trump likes me.”
Kennedy also told Bartiromo, “If I believed...
“It’s interesting to me because I’ve been really slammed in a way that I think is unprecedented, even more than President Trump was slammed by the mainstream corporate media,” Kennedy said on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox News show, Sunday Morning Futures. Last month, Kennedy said he was “proud that President Trump likes me.”
Kennedy also told Bartiromo, “If I believed...
- 7/23/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump is doing another cable news town hall, this time for Fox News and with Sean Hannity in Cedar Rapids, Ia.
The hourlong event, slated for Tuesday July 18, will be pre-taped earlier in the day at Alliant Energy Powerhouse Arena. Trump already has another Fox News appearance on his schedule: An interview with Maria Bartiromo set to air on Sunday Morning Futures this Sunday. That one-on-one also will be pre-taped.
Hannity and Bartiromo are friendly interviewers of the former president, and the scheduling comes as Fox News prepares for a potential ratings blockbuster: The first 2024 Republican primary debate, scheduled for August 23.
As the front runner for the GOP nomination, Trump’s participation likely would make a big ratings difference. In 2015, Fox News hosted the first primary debate, when Trump instantly clashed with moderator and political rivals, and it drew about 24 million viewers.
But Trump is “unlikely” to participate in the first debates,...
The hourlong event, slated for Tuesday July 18, will be pre-taped earlier in the day at Alliant Energy Powerhouse Arena. Trump already has another Fox News appearance on his schedule: An interview with Maria Bartiromo set to air on Sunday Morning Futures this Sunday. That one-on-one also will be pre-taped.
Hannity and Bartiromo are friendly interviewers of the former president, and the scheduling comes as Fox News prepares for a potential ratings blockbuster: The first 2024 Republican primary debate, scheduled for August 23.
As the front runner for the GOP nomination, Trump’s participation likely would make a big ratings difference. In 2015, Fox News hosted the first primary debate, when Trump instantly clashed with moderator and political rivals, and it drew about 24 million viewers.
But Trump is “unlikely” to participate in the first debates,...
- 7/12/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Less than two months into Ron DeSantis’ declared run for president, his most important backers in conservative media are already starting to lose faith.
Since the beginning of the Biden presidency, the powerful Murdoch family has favored the Florida governor in the 2024 presidential primary, largely due to a conviction that DeSantis would be a more electable, and less chaotic, evolution from Donald Trump. But in recent weeks, the Murdochs have grown increasingly displeased with the DeSantis campaign’s perceived stumbles, lackluster polling, and inability to swiftly dethrone Trump, multiple sources tell Rolling Stone.
Since the beginning of the Biden presidency, the powerful Murdoch family has favored the Florida governor in the 2024 presidential primary, largely due to a conviction that DeSantis would be a more electable, and less chaotic, evolution from Donald Trump. But in recent weeks, the Murdochs have grown increasingly displeased with the DeSantis campaign’s perceived stumbles, lackluster polling, and inability to swiftly dethrone Trump, multiple sources tell Rolling Stone.
- 7/11/2023
- by Diana Falzone, Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo pressed Florida governor Ron DeSantis about his flailing campaign during an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures,” and the presidential hopeful was quick to pivot and pin the blame on media narratives.
“What’s going on with your campaign?” Bartiromo asked bluntly. “There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year.”
Referencing a Politico Playbook article titled “Failure to Launch,” which analyzed DeSantis’ stalled campaign from poor polling to fundraising drop-off, Bartiromo asked “What happened?”
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But according to DeSantis, who burst into laughter during Bartiromo’s questioning, there’s nothing to see in those numbers — it’s all just media “narratives.”
“Maria, These are narratives,” DeSantis responded. “The media does not want me to be the nominee. I think that’s very,...
“What’s going on with your campaign?” Bartiromo asked bluntly. “There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year.”
Referencing a Politico Playbook article titled “Failure to Launch,” which analyzed DeSantis’ stalled campaign from poor polling to fundraising drop-off, Bartiromo asked “What happened?”
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But according to DeSantis, who burst into laughter during Bartiromo’s questioning, there’s nothing to see in those numbers — it’s all just media “narratives.”
“Maria, These are narratives,” DeSantis responded. “The media does not want me to be the nominee. I think that’s very,...
- 7/9/2023
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
The headlines this week have not been kind to Ron DeSantis, who is attempting and so far failing to catch up in the polls to 2024 GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump. Even the Republican-friendly Fox News has questioned why DeSantis recently barely seems to be able to break 20 percent, even with his bizarre campaign ads. But according to DeSantis, the reason for these headlines is not that his campaign is actually failing. No, instead he blames a vast media conspiracy for his lack of success in the polls.
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- 7/9/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
(Updated with second Fox statement) Fox may have forked over $787 million to avoid going to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit over false 2020 election claims, but the Rupert Murdoch-owned company is far from free of the fallout.
Full of excerpts of personal emails from Murdoch himself, a petition has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission to deny the broadcast license renewal of Fox Corp-owned Philadelphia TV station Fox 29 over its parent company’s “misdeeds.” Led in part by former Fox Broadcasting Company executive Preston Padden, the petition from The Media and Democracy Project cites the bracing revelations out of the Dominion case and Fox News’ trumpeting of Trump’s Stop the Steal efforts as perpetuating “false news about the 2020 election.”
“Based on extensive record evidence including internal emails and texts, a court has held that the senior management of Fox Television Stations repeatedly disseminated false news,” the...
Full of excerpts of personal emails from Murdoch himself, a petition has been filed with the Federal Communications Commission to deny the broadcast license renewal of Fox Corp-owned Philadelphia TV station Fox 29 over its parent company’s “misdeeds.” Led in part by former Fox Broadcasting Company executive Preston Padden, the petition from The Media and Democracy Project cites the bracing revelations out of the Dominion case and Fox News’ trumpeting of Trump’s Stop the Steal efforts as perpetuating “false news about the 2020 election.”
“Based on extensive record evidence including internal emails and texts, a court has held that the senior management of Fox Television Stations repeatedly disseminated false news,” the...
- 7/7/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News has settled another lawsuit, this one from Abby Grossberg, a former producer for Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson.
Grossberg alleged that her time at Carlson’s show was marked by sexist, racist and antisemitic comments. She also claimed that she was intimidated and misinformed as she prepared to be deposed in the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
Recordings made by Grossberg ended up becoming key evidence in the suit, which was ultimately settled for $787 million right before the trial was set to begin.
“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s settlement of $12 million, pursuant to which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am heartened that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously,” Grossberg said in a statement. “I am hopeful, based on our discussions with Fox News today, that this resolution represents a positive...
Grossberg alleged that her time at Carlson’s show was marked by sexist, racist and antisemitic comments. She also claimed that she was intimidated and misinformed as she prepared to be deposed in the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.
Recordings made by Grossberg ended up becoming key evidence in the suit, which was ultimately settled for $787 million right before the trial was set to begin.
“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s settlement of $12 million, pursuant to which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am heartened that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously,” Grossberg said in a statement. “I am hopeful, based on our discussions with Fox News today, that this resolution represents a positive...
- 6/30/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox News has settled a lawsuit filed by a former producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight who claimed harassment based on her gender and Jewish religion, and that she was coerced in deposition testimony in the Dominion litgation.
Attorneys for Abby Grossberg said that network settled the case for $12 million.
A Fox News spokesperson said in a statement, “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
Grossberg’s lawsuit landed shortly before Fox News was scheduled to go to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit. In her litigation, filed in New York federal court and in Delaware, Grossberg, who also had been on the staff of Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, claimed that she was coerced by Fox News’ legal team into giving misleading deposition testimony as the network defended itself in the case. Her testimony could have factored in the defamation trial,...
Attorneys for Abby Grossberg said that network settled the case for $12 million.
A Fox News spokesperson said in a statement, “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation.”
Grossberg’s lawsuit landed shortly before Fox News was scheduled to go to trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit. In her litigation, filed in New York federal court and in Delaware, Grossberg, who also had been on the staff of Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, claimed that she was coerced by Fox News’ legal team into giving misleading deposition testimony as the network defended itself in the case. Her testimony could have factored in the defamation trial,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News agreed to pay $12 million to Abby Grossberg, a former producer for Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo, who alleged the Fox Corp.-backed outlet had coerced her into providing false testimony in a deposition related to a recent defamation suit levied by Dominion Voting Systems as well as operating a hostile and discriminatory workplace.
In her suit, filed in the Southern District of the State of New York earlier this year, Grossberg alleged she was harassed and forced to give inaccurate information in the Dominion matter, which Fox agreed to settle for $787.5 million in April.
Parisis G. Filippatos, an attorney for Grossberg, did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment. “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” Fox News said in a statement.
Grossberg had alleged that Fox News attorneys tried to “coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deliver...
In her suit, filed in the Southern District of the State of New York earlier this year, Grossberg alleged she was harassed and forced to give inaccurate information in the Dominion matter, which Fox agreed to settle for $787.5 million in April.
Parisis G. Filippatos, an attorney for Grossberg, did not respond immediately to a query seeking comment. “We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” Fox News said in a statement.
Grossberg had alleged that Fox News attorneys tried to “coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deliver...
- 6/30/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
According to Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo, both the Biden administration and mainstream media are working to distract from the Hunter Biden story by “drumming up the drama” happening in Russia by using some kind of wag the dog strategy. Because apparently an attempted coup in a nuclear superpower is not worthy of as much attention as an unverified WhatsApp message from the president’s son, allegedly sent months after his father’s term as vice president had ended.
Appearing on Fox & Friends Sunday, Bartiromo claimed that not only is the...
Appearing on Fox & Friends Sunday, Bartiromo claimed that not only is the...
- 6/25/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In a shocking turn of events, GOP-led House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer has made astonishing allegations against the Biden family. During an exclusive interview with Maria Bartiromo, a prominent figure on a widely watched news network, Comer claimed that illicit payments totaling a staggering $20-30 million have been made to what he calls the […]
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- 6/19/2023
- by Grady Owen
- ShockYa
Fox News is finalizing a settlement with Abby Grossberg, the former senior producer who filed two explosive lawsuits against the network in March, CNN reports.
The terms of the settlement are not currently known, and will be the fourth case in a series of lawsuits Fox’s billionaire owners Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch have recently fended off.
The former booking producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight filed lawsuits alleging that her employer, Fox News, manipulated her into giving misleading testimony to investigators in the Dominion Voting Systems case. Grossberg claimed a Sept.
The terms of the settlement are not currently known, and will be the fourth case in a series of lawsuits Fox’s billionaire owners Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch have recently fended off.
The former booking producer for Tucker Carlson Tonight filed lawsuits alleging that her employer, Fox News, manipulated her into giving misleading testimony to investigators in the Dominion Voting Systems case. Grossberg claimed a Sept.
- 6/16/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Election lies appear to be still going strong on Fox News, despite the company’s recent $787.5 million defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Appearing on Fox, Newt Gingrich claimed — without proof — that Democrats “have a passion for stealing” close elections and told voters in certain Democratic-led states to “assume the [voting] machine will steal as much as it can.”
On Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Gingrich, a Republican who served as House speaker before becoming Trump’s ambassador to the Vatican, said that it is “probably almost impossible under current...
On Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Gingrich, a Republican who served as House speaker before becoming Trump’s ambassador to the Vatican, said that it is “probably almost impossible under current...
- 6/4/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
The fallout from Fox News’ $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems continued on Friday, with the network dissolving its investigative unit.
“The rank and file journalists are getting let go. Meanwhile, upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle,” one Fox employee tells Rolling Stone, which has confirmed the unit has been axed. “We are the sacrificial lambs.”
“Yes, [layoffs] have happened,” another staffer confirms. “And continue to happen.”
Dominion filed a defamation suit against Fox in 2021 for spreading lies about the 2020 presidential election results.
“The rank and file journalists are getting let go. Meanwhile, upper management are sitting pretty while they are the execs responsible for the Dominion debacle,” one Fox employee tells Rolling Stone, which has confirmed the unit has been axed. “We are the sacrificial lambs.”
“Yes, [layoffs] have happened,” another staffer confirms. “And continue to happen.”
Dominion filed a defamation suit against Fox in 2021 for spreading lies about the 2020 presidential election results.
- 5/19/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Diana Falzone
- Rollingstone.com
The mystery surrounding Tucker Carlson’s ouster from the airwaves at Fox News — and his future plans in media — are coming into sharper focus.
On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.’s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching was a condition of Fox News’ settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversation.
The unnamed board member told Carlson that the condition does not appear in any of the settlement’s documents, and instead was a verbal agreement. If Fox didn’t comply, the settlement was off, Carlson was told. Dominion had plenty of leverage given that the $787.5 million deal to settle Dominion’s defamation suit against the network wouldn’t officially close until late-May.
If Dominion opted to blow up the deal, Fox would return to square one on settlement talks or potentially subject the...
On April 26, Carlson spoke by phone with one of Fox Corp.’s eight board members, who told the host that his recent benching was a condition of Fox News’ settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the conversation.
The unnamed board member told Carlson that the condition does not appear in any of the settlement’s documents, and instead was a verbal agreement. If Fox didn’t comply, the settlement was off, Carlson was told. Dominion had plenty of leverage given that the $787.5 million deal to settle Dominion’s defamation suit against the network wouldn’t officially close until late-May.
If Dominion opted to blow up the deal, Fox would return to square one on settlement talks or potentially subject the...
- 5/16/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel
- Variety Film + TV
House Republicans have been promising to expose President Joe Biden’s supposedly criminal business dealings with foreign entities for months. But the biggest takeaway from Oversight Committee Chair James Comer’s (R-Ky.) much-hyped press conference on Wednesday revealing the GOP’s “findings” was just the opposite — they don’t have the goods.
What Republicans presented on “judgment day” was a memo outlining more than $10 million in payments received by members of the Biden family from foreign businesses between 2015-2017. But the findings lacked a crucial detail — concrete evidence linking Biden...
What Republicans presented on “judgment day” was a memo outlining more than $10 million in payments received by members of the Biden family from foreign businesses between 2015-2017. But the findings lacked a crucial detail — concrete evidence linking Biden...
- 5/11/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Fox News is facing another defamation lawsuit, this time from the former executive director of a Department of Homeland Security division tasked with monitoring the threat of disinformation.
Nina Jankowicz sued the network and parent Fox Corp. in Delaware Superior Court. That’s the same venue where Dominion Voting Systems was poised to go to trial in its case against the company before Fox agreed to pay a whopping $787.5 million to settle it.
In her lawsuit (read it here), Jankowicz claimed that the network last year began a “malicious campaign of destruction” against her.
“Over the course of eight months in 2022, Fox talked about Jankowicz more than 300 times,” according to the lawsuit. “Across its broadcast and online publications, Fox’s employee hosts and commentators derided and lied about Jankowicz on repeat—and continue to do so even today.”
The New York Times first reported on Jankowicz’s suit.
Jankowicz claimed...
Nina Jankowicz sued the network and parent Fox Corp. in Delaware Superior Court. That’s the same venue where Dominion Voting Systems was poised to go to trial in its case against the company before Fox agreed to pay a whopping $787.5 million to settle it.
In her lawsuit (read it here), Jankowicz claimed that the network last year began a “malicious campaign of destruction” against her.
“Over the course of eight months in 2022, Fox talked about Jankowicz more than 300 times,” according to the lawsuit. “Across its broadcast and online publications, Fox’s employee hosts and commentators derided and lied about Jankowicz on repeat—and continue to do so even today.”
The New York Times first reported on Jankowicz’s suit.
Jankowicz claimed...
- 5/10/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As a battle over the debt ceiling looms large in Washington, Sen. Ted Cruz said that President Joe Biden is “behaving like a terrorist” by not negotiating with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Ted Cruz on Fox News accuses Joe Biden of behaving like a "terrorist" because he won't negotiate with Kevin McCarthy over the debt ceiling pic.twitter.com/K0xzCrJGDe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2023
Instead of engaging in negotiations with Republicans, the president has insisted that Congress pass a bill to unconditionally increase the debt ceiling. That has Republicans mad,...
Ted Cruz on Fox News accuses Joe Biden of behaving like a "terrorist" because he won't negotiate with Kevin McCarthy over the debt ceiling pic.twitter.com/K0xzCrJGDe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2023
Instead of engaging in negotiations with Republicans, the president has insisted that Congress pass a bill to unconditionally increase the debt ceiling. That has Republicans mad,...
- 4/30/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Top on-air presenters are openly worrying about getting fired. Management is on the prowl for leakers. And the leakers themselves are dodging “snitches” by putting fake names in their phone to hide incoming calls from reporters.
Fox News’ first week of life after Tucker Carlson got fired was a strange one indeed.
Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, two longtime hosts and Donald Trump allies, have told friends they’re concerned they could be sacked next, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
According to people with knowledge of the matter,...
Fox News’ first week of life after Tucker Carlson got fired was a strange one indeed.
Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, two longtime hosts and Donald Trump allies, have told friends they’re concerned they could be sacked next, according to two sources familiar with the situation.
According to people with knowledge of the matter,...
- 4/29/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Diana Falzone
- Rollingstone.com
Former Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg had a lot to say about her ex-boss, detailing her experience with the noxious behind-the-scenes culture of Tucker Carlson Tonight in an interview with MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace on Tuesday.
Grossberg filed two explosive lawsuits against Fox News in March. She alleges that the network coerced her into changing her deposition to lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems and that she was the victim of a pervasive culture of misogyny and workplace discrimination while working as a producer for host Maria Bartiromo, and now-former host Tucker Carlson.
Grossberg filed two explosive lawsuits against Fox News in March. She alleges that the network coerced her into changing her deposition to lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems and that she was the victim of a pervasive culture of misogyny and workplace discrimination while working as a producer for host Maria Bartiromo, and now-former host Tucker Carlson.
- 4/25/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Tucker Carlson has “no clue” why he was fired Monday from his top-rated Fox News show, an individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap exclusively. But the individual suggested it may not have much to do with the lawsuit filed by his former booking producer, Abby Grossberg.
“She was only in our office for several months. If [Carlson and Grossberg] spoke by phone I don’t remember it,” the individual said. “I’d be shocked if it was anything newsworthy.”
“I have no clue why they canceled the show,” the individual added.
Carlson was abruptly fired on Monday morning for reasons that have not been made public. According to the Los Angeles times it was somehow related to the ongoing lawsuit filed by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who worked for several years on Maria Bartiromo’s show before moving over to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” in 2022.
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“She was only in our office for several months. If [Carlson and Grossberg] spoke by phone I don’t remember it,” the individual said. “I’d be shocked if it was anything newsworthy.”
“I have no clue why they canceled the show,” the individual added.
Carlson was abruptly fired on Monday morning for reasons that have not been made public. According to the Los Angeles times it was somehow related to the ongoing lawsuit filed by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who worked for several years on Maria Bartiromo’s show before moving over to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” in 2022.
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- 4/25/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln
- The Wrap
With all due respect to the debate over theatrical windowing, CinemaCon 2023 in Las Vegas kicked off with conversation not about movie theaters, but about much smaller screens. At Caesar’s Palace, everyone’s talking about cable news.
The dominoes dropped early and fast on Monday: First Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News, and then Don Lemon was let go at CNN.
Carlson, who “agreed to part ways” with Fox News on Monday, and Lemon, who said in a Twitter post that he was informed by his agent that he was “terminated” by CNN, sucked up a lot of the oxygen early going amid all the Day 1 CinemaCon festivities.
If we were betting men, we’d be spending more time at the craps table — or, we would have guessed that the hot Monday topic in Vegas would be the sudden departure of NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell, who was fired Sunday...
The dominoes dropped early and fast on Monday: First Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox News, and then Don Lemon was let go at CNN.
Carlson, who “agreed to part ways” with Fox News on Monday, and Lemon, who said in a Twitter post that he was informed by his agent that he was “terminated” by CNN, sucked up a lot of the oxygen early going amid all the Day 1 CinemaCon festivities.
If we were betting men, we’d be spending more time at the craps table — or, we would have guessed that the hot Monday topic in Vegas would be the sudden departure of NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell, who was fired Sunday...
- 4/24/2023
- by Brian Welk and Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting ways, effective immediately, the network announced Monday.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” read a statement from Fox News Media, obtained by TheWrap. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
The released confirmed that Carlson’s last program aired on Friday. “Fox News Tonight” will air live at 8 p.m. Et beginning Monday “as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”
The news of Carlson’s departure came in aftershocks of Fox News’ parent company settling with Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
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Fox News Host Known for ‘Bombshell’ Lawsuit Says Dominion Settlement ‘Won’t Change the Way Fox Does News’ (Video)
“Tucker Carlson Tonight” remained for its run one of the network’s top-rated programs.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” read a statement from Fox News Media, obtained by TheWrap. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
The released confirmed that Carlson’s last program aired on Friday. “Fox News Tonight” will air live at 8 p.m. Et beginning Monday “as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”
The news of Carlson’s departure came in aftershocks of Fox News’ parent company settling with Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
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Fox News Host Known for ‘Bombshell’ Lawsuit Says Dominion Settlement ‘Won’t Change the Way Fox Does News’ (Video)
“Tucker Carlson Tonight” remained for its run one of the network’s top-rated programs.
- 4/24/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson and Fox News have agreed to part ways, the network said Monday. The news came less than an hour before CNN announced that it has split with longtime host Don Lemon.
“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 Pm/Et starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named,” the network announced.
Carlson’s exit comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the election software company’s defamation claim. Carlson was to be among the witnesses to testify if the case had come to trial.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on what triggered Carlson’s exit. A host for tonight’s Fox News Tonight has not yet been named.
Harris Faulkner announced the move on Fox News Channel,...
“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 Pm/Et starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named,” the network announced.
Carlson’s exit comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the election software company’s defamation claim. Carlson was to be among the witnesses to testify if the case had come to trial.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on what triggered Carlson’s exit. A host for tonight’s Fox News Tonight has not yet been named.
Harris Faulkner announced the move on Fox News Channel,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Ted Cruz just owned himself on tape. The Texas Senator backed Supreme Court challenges to election results, and in his own state, supported an effort from Attorney General Ken Paxton to have results overturned in four other states. On Jan. 6, Cruz voted against the certification of votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania, and continued to spread claims of fraud long after Biden was sworn into office.
Behind the scenes, however, Cruz was cautioning Trump allies that they would need “specific evidence” of fraud if they wanted to prevail in court. In...
Behind the scenes, however, Cruz was cautioning Trump allies that they would need “specific evidence” of fraud if they wanted to prevail in court. In...
- 4/21/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Fox Corp. may have settled the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, but it still faces sprawling litigation related to its claims of election fraud.
Even after paying $787.5 million to end the case, Fox has to deal with a second defamation suit brought by another election technology company, Smartmatic, which seeks $2.7 billion.
Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell are all named as defendants in the suit filed in February 2021 in New York State Supreme Court. Smartmatic argues that it only provided election technology and software in Los Angeles County but that the network and its commentators portrayed it as a “Venezuelan company under the control of corrupt dictators from socialist countries,” says the complaint. In their story, Smartmatic’s tech was used to switch and alter votes in many of the states with close outcomes in the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost. The company...
Even after paying $787.5 million to end the case, Fox has to deal with a second defamation suit brought by another election technology company, Smartmatic, which seeks $2.7 billion.
Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell are all named as defendants in the suit filed in February 2021 in New York State Supreme Court. Smartmatic argues that it only provided election technology and software in Los Angeles County but that the network and its commentators portrayed it as a “Venezuelan company under the control of corrupt dictators from socialist countries,” says the complaint. In their story, Smartmatic’s tech was used to switch and alter votes in many of the states with close outcomes in the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost. The company...
- 4/20/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Corp. has put increasing amounts of money behind news and sports in recent years. But that doesn’t mean the company is completely free of drama.
A landmark $787.5 million settlement made Tuesday between Fox and the voting-technology company Dominion Voting Systems does not end what is likely to be a period of tumult for the owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcasting network. The payment to Dominion to keep an explosive investigation into how Fox News disseminated conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election out of the public sphere does nothing to alleviate another wave of scrutiny likely to come from another, similar lawsuit.
Smartmatic, another ballot technology concern, filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News in February of 2021, alleging that the outlet knowingly made dozens of inaccurate and defamatory statements about the company. In February of this year, New York Supreme Court gave the case — which also names Maria Bartiromo,...
A landmark $787.5 million settlement made Tuesday between Fox and the voting-technology company Dominion Voting Systems does not end what is likely to be a period of tumult for the owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcasting network. The payment to Dominion to keep an explosive investigation into how Fox News disseminated conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election out of the public sphere does nothing to alleviate another wave of scrutiny likely to come from another, similar lawsuit.
Smartmatic, another ballot technology concern, filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News in February of 2021, alleging that the outlet knowingly made dozens of inaccurate and defamatory statements about the company. In February of this year, New York Supreme Court gave the case — which also names Maria Bartiromo,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News paid Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in a landmark settlement in which Dominion sued the network for airing false claims about the 2020 presidential election. As part of the settlement, Fox will not have to apologize or even acknowledge that it promoted false claims about the voting-machine company rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel called out Dominion on Tuesday for allowing Fox to evade the public reckoning for its falsehoods. While Kimmel joked that “it’s gonna take a lot of reverse mortgage ads to pay that...
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel called out Dominion on Tuesday for allowing Fox to evade the public reckoning for its falsehoods. While Kimmel joked that “it’s gonna take a lot of reverse mortgage ads to pay that...
- 4/19/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Updated with Fox News statement, settlement sums & Dominion CEO remarks: Fox News has settled Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the Rupert Murdoch-owned organization, averting a lengthy, expensive and certain to be embarrassing trial.
“The parties have resolved their case,” Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis just told the court Tuesday afternoon, offering no details. News of the settlement was strategically made public right before Wall Street ceased trading for the day.
Fox paid Dominion $787.5 million under the deal, lawyers for the company said afterwards outside the courtroom. “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers we serve,” said Dominion CEO John Poulos. “Nothing can make up for that.”
Fox News is not required to air an apology or retraction, sources said. However, Fox was quick to address the settlement in crafted language that appears...
“The parties have resolved their case,” Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric M. Davis just told the court Tuesday afternoon, offering no details. News of the settlement was strategically made public right before Wall Street ceased trading for the day.
Fox paid Dominion $787.5 million under the deal, lawyers for the company said afterwards outside the courtroom. “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers we serve,” said Dominion CEO John Poulos. “Nothing can make up for that.”
Fox News is not required to air an apology or retraction, sources said. However, Fox was quick to address the settlement in crafted language that appears...
- 4/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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