Fox News may have a neat little trick to lower their taxes — agreeing to a nine-figure defamation settlement. According to a report from Lever News, Fox News could potentially write off a massive portion of the $787.5 million settlement it has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems as a …
Read More »Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies
Fox News isn’t alone in having to pay millions of dollars for lying about the 2020 election. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was ordered on Wednesday to pay $5 million to Robert Zeidman, a 63-year-old Trump voter who debunked Lindell’s claim that China interfered in the election based on data Lindell …
Read More »Tennessee Republican Resigns After Being Caught Sexually Harassing Interns
Tennessee state Rep. Scotty Campbell resigned on Thursday after it was revealed that the state’s House Ethics Committee had secretly convicted him of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, a violation of the chamber’s rules. Campbell’s resignation comes on the heels of his vote to expel three of his …
Read More »Fox's Prime-Time Hosts Completely Ignored the Dominion Settlement
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 …
Read More »Fox News Settles Dominion Case, Avoiding Public Airing of Network's Dirty Laundry
Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems, which sued the network for defamation after it repeatedly aired false claims about the voting-machine company rigging the 2020 presidential election. The settlement is a landmark moment in political media, with the primary news source for millions of Americans admitting it lied …
Read More »Bill O'Reilly, No Stranger to Settlements, Bashes Fox for Dominion Debacle
No one knows humiliating Fox News settlements better than disgraced cable star Bill O’Reilly. The former Fox host — who was ousted from the network in 2017 after revelations that the network had secretly settled a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against him — has weighed in on his former …
Read More »Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk Pretend Twitter Isn't Burning
It was only a matter of time. Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk finally linked up on Monday night for the first installment of what is shaping up to be a two-night self-ingratiating fest on Fox News. The pair have long been on converging paths. Carlson has been Musk’s number one …
Read More »Trump Is Mad the Media Won't Call Him a 'Nice Guy' for Conning Supporters With Digital Trading Cards
Donald Trump‘s 2024 presidential campaign was off to a rocky start when he announced last December that he’d soon be making a “MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT.” The big news turned out to be the release of a genuinely bizarre superhero-themed NFT collection featuring digital renderings of the former president dressed up as …
Read More »Trump's Genius Plan for Fox News to Win Election Lies Lawsuit: Lie More
Fox News is in trouble. The network’s prospects to fend off a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems are so grim that it’s now reportedly trying to settle with the company after falsely pushing on air that it may have rigged the 2020 presidential election. Thankfully for Fox News, …
Read More »Jim Jordan Tried to Pull Some D.C. Bullshit on New Yorkers
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan’s “field hearing” in New York City over violent crime — an attempted clapback against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s recent indictment of Donald Trump — got off to a chaotic start on Monday. It didn’t get better from there. As the hearing began, members …
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