Fox News host Tucker Carlson owned up to an on-air “mistake” after he falsely claimed that a 2017 clip of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was from 2007 ― a year before the 2008 financial crisis. “So she was wrong, but she’s lying about it. This is not the first time she’s been wrong, by the … Read more
A conservative group has highlighted Tucker Carlson’s affinity for spreading Russian propaganda in a new video. The Republican Accountability Project put Carlson on blast in a new video, showing 96 seconds of the Fox News host “parroting Putin”: Carlson has repeatedly sided with Russia over his own government, criticizing the U.S. for providing ongoing support … Read more
A $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems continues to trudge its way through the courts, dropping morsels of insight into Fox’s chaotic and ethically fraught inner workings. That includes everything from Fox News host Tucker Carlson reading and amplifying the works of a Holocaust denier to the broader network systematically … Read more
Fox Corp. chair Rupert Murdoch talked about acquiring “The Apprentice” — the NBC business reality show that made Donald Trump a household name — following the former president’s 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden, according to new court filings. In a sworn deposition as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox … Read more
Emails and text messages become public as part of Fox-Dominion lawsuit – CBS News Watch CBS News Emails and text messages from on-air hosts became public as part of the Fox-Dominion lawsuit. Syracuse University professor Roy Gutterman joined CBS News’ Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss the lawsuit, the distinction between commentary and news … Read more
Stephen Colbert went through the “damning” private communications of Fox News staffers and TV personalities and came to one stinging conclusion. “Fox News doesn’t believe a word they say ― and neither should you,” he declared during his Wednesday night monologue. He saved some of his harshest words for Tucker Carlson, the right-wing host who … Read more
GOP contenders visit Iowa; Fox News faces new revelations from 2020 election lawsuit – CBS News Watch CBS News Nikki Haley returns to Iowa for her campaign while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are set to visit the state in the next week. CBS News political director Fin Gomez joins to discuss the 2024 Republican … Read more
GOP lawmakers criticize Fox News’ depiction of Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection – CBS News Watch CBS News House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s release of about 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson is sparking backlash from Republican lawmakers. It also comes as Fox News is defending itself against a $1.6 billion … Read more
Fox News executives were aware hosts were pushing false election claims, court documents say – CBS News Watch CBS News Newly-released court documents, as part of a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, allege that the network’s executives were aware that their hosts were pushing false election fraud claims about … Read more
Court exhibits in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News show that some of Fox News’ top executives harbored misgivings about what was being said on its shows after the 2020 election, and even after President Biden had been inaugurated. A day after Inauguration Day, on Jan. 21, 2021, … Read more