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Former Trump White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stretched the limits of irony on Monday night when she mused about potentially getting “access” to the “personal text messages” of New York Times reporters in an effort to show “actual malice” toward former President Donald Trump. At the top of Monday’s broadcast of Fox News’ Hannity, host Sean Hannity devoted the bulk of his opening monologue to […]

The View’s Meghan McCain blasted President Joe Biden on Monday over his pro-choice stance, claiming that the president will need to “ultimately talk to his creator when the time comes” because he is “doing grave spiritual harm to himself and harm to this country.” In recent days, Biden—a devout and practicing Catholic—has drawn the ire of American bishops over his support for abortion rights. Defying appeals […]

Noting on Sunday that Fox News’ news division has not followed up or defended Tucker Carlson’s wild and baseless claims that the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection was an FBI plot, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter wondered aloud if the network vetted the opinion host’s reporting. Carlson sparked a firestorm of criticism last week when he referenced an article from a fringe far-right website to promote […]

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) offered up some mild praise for the bipartisan infrastructure bill proposed by a group of 20 senators, saying that it’s “mostly good” but that he’s still concerned that it will be paid for via electric vehicle fees and increased gas taxes, which he doesn’t support. Amid a stalemate in negotiations between the White House and Senate Republicans, a bipartisan […]

President Joe Biden lashed out at CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins following the conclusion of his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, curtly telling the reporter that she was “in the wrong business” while accusing her of misinterpreting his remarks. At the end of his Wednesday press conference in Geneva, following his meeting with the Russian leader, Biden was walking off the stage when […]

Taking his Jan. 6 denialism to another level on Tuesday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested the Capitol insurrection was a false flag orchestrated by the FBI in an effort to “suppress political dissent.” Almost since the moment that former President Donald Trump incited thousands of MAGA supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol in order to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory, Carlson […]

A local Fox reporter interrupted her live on-air weather report on Monday evening to accuse the station’s parent company, Fox Corp., of “muzzling” her and announce that the notorious far-right activist group Project Veritas will release her secret recordings on Tuesday. Ivory Hecker, a general assignment reporter for Fox 26 in Houston, was all set to do a live on-location hit to discuss how the recent […]

Despite releasing a statement last week condemning Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) over a tweet that seemingly compared the United States with the Taliban, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi attempted to claim on Sunday that she did not, in fact, rebuke the progressive lawmaker. After asking Secretary of State Antony Blinken where the victims of attacks from the Israeli and Afghan governments can go for justice, […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday over the lack of hard evidence provided by the Trump administration to prove that COVID-19 originated from a Chinese lab, telling Pompeo he had “almost a year” to prove the theory. With circumstantial evidence indicating that it is possible that the virus behind a worldwide pandemic could have leaked out of a […]

Longshot California gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner seemingly played footsie with election denialists and the “Big Lie” on Thursday, telling the women of The View that she wasn’t “going to get into” whether or not she believes former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. The former Olympic champion and reality-TV star has yet to gain any traction in her Quixotic quest to dislodge Democratic Gov. Gavin […]

The View’s Meghan McCain took aim at her own network’s popular franchise The Bachelor on Wednesday, calling the long-running reality TV series an “extremely problematic show” that lacks diversity. The ABC franchise has been the center of controversy for months following longtime host Chris Harrison’s defense of contestant Rachael Kirkconnell’s past racist behavior earlier this year, claiming she was the victim of the “woke police.” ABC […]

Tearing into his Republican critics on Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci claimed that the withering criticism he’s faced from the right is not only “painfully ridiculous” but also “very dangerous,” insisting that it amounts to “attacks on science.” In recent weeks, the top infectious disease expert has become public enemy no. 1 in conservative circles, largely thanks to the public release of a trove of his emails. […]

Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera took offense on Tuesday when co-host Katie Pavlich dismissively said Kamala Harris was only chosen as vice president because of her “gender and skin color,” calling his Fox colleague “mean” while defending the veep’s qualifications. During Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News panel show The Five, the majority of the hosts took great delight in blasting Harris’ NBC News interview, which featured the […]

NBC anchor Lester Holt pressed Vice President Kamala Harris on why she has yet to visit the U.S.-Mexico border despite being put in charge of the nation’s migrant crisis, prompting the veep to wave off the question with a laugh. Amid her two-day visit to Guatemala and Mexico to address the root causes of the surge of migration at the United States’ southern border, Harris sat […]

Former President Barack Obama took aim at “certain right-wing media venues” on Monday night for obsessing over cultural hot-button topics such as “critical race theory” in an effort to “monetize” white resentment over the nation’s changing demographics. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, America’s first Black president spent much of his time discussing how the issue of race relations affected his time both […]

Kayleigh McEnany, the former Trump White House press secretary who was recently rewarded with a Fox News co-hosting gig, decided to toss out any shred of self-awareness on Monday and join in on the criticism CNN’s Brian Stelter has received for his friendly interview with the current White House press secretary. During his Sunday media show Reliable Sources, Stelter sparked backlash—especially (but not solely) from the […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly pressed Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Sunday over the centrist lawmaker’s stubborn insistence that a bipartisan consensus can be reached with Republicans, asking the senator straight-up if he was “being naive.” Ahead of his appearance on Fox News Sunday, Manchin wrote an op-ed declaring that he will vote against Democrats’ sweeping voting-rights legislation, known as the For the People Act. […]

With Republicans recently blaming the rise of antisemitic attacks on progressives’ criticism of Israel, one GOP congresswoman took it to a whole new level on Thursday night. According to Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), if you happen to be a socialist or communist, then you are, by default, anti-Jewish. Amid an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks, especially in the wake of the 11-day Hamas-Israel war, Vox […]

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) unleashed on Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday night, claiming a newly released trove of emails involving the nation’s top infectious disease expert reveals that Fauci is morally culpable for the COVID-19 pandemic that’s killed nearly 600,000 Americans. Paul, who has repeatedly clashed with Fauci during Senate hearings over mask-wearing and the origins of the virus, called on the director of the U.S. […]

The director of the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday took umbrage with Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum’s repeated grilling about the origins of COVID-19, eventually snapping at her while expressing how “unhappy” he was over accusations the NIH funded the creation of the virus. With circumstantial evidence mounting in support of the possibility that the virus could have accidentally escaped from a Wuhan lab, Fox […]

Things took a rather awkward turn during Wednesday’s broadcast of The View when co-host Joy Behar confronted Chris Matthews on his long history of sexism towards Hillary Clinton only for the ex-MSNBC star to straight-up deny he ever made such comments. Resurfacing after more than a year out of the limelight, following his abrupt exit from MSNBC amid sexual-harassment allegations, Matthews recently made his return to […]

During his speech marking the 100th anniversary of the horrific Tulsa Race Massacre on Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that he had tossed yet another job duty Kamala Harris’ way, tapping the veep to lead his administration’s efforts on voting rights. The president also appeared to throw some shade at moderate Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), lamenting that there were “two members of […]

Fifteen months after his abrupt exit from the network, longtime Hardball anchor Chris Matthews returned to MSNBC on Tuesday night and briefly addressed the sexual harassment allegations that resulted in his departure. Amid a slew of on-air stumbles and controversies in early 2020, Matthews found himself faced with accusations by political columnist Laura Bassett that he made sexually inappropriate remarks to her in 2016. Faced with […]

CNN anchor Jake Tapper pressed Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Sunday over the Republican-controlled Texas State Senate passing a sweeping voting restrictions bill in the wee hours of Sunday morning, pointing out that the legislation appears to specifically target Black voters. As part of Republicans’ nationwide push to limit voting access and overhaul election laws in the wake of Donald Trump’s decisive 2020 electoral loss, the […]

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg declared on Sunday that the Biden administration was “getting pretty close to a fish-or-cut bait moment” when it came to discussions on a bipartisan infrastructure spending bill, adding that Democrats can’t “go on forever” with Senate Republicans. In his continued hope to get Republicans to buy onto his sweeping infrastructure package, President Joe Biden recently cut the price tag from $2.3 trillion […]

No one, and I mean no one, is safe from Brood X. Preparing for a live shot on Thursday night from the Capitol, CNN chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju briefly lost it when a large cicada crawled on his neck, prompting the normally mild-mannered reporter to fire off a string of expletives. In the short clip that he shared on Twitter, Raju can be seen going […]

Juan Williams, longtime liberal co-host of Fox News’ late-afternoon panel show The Five, announced on air on Wednesday that he was leaving the program. “This is my last day hosting The Five,” Williams said at the end of Wednesday’s broadcast. “COVID taught me a lot of lessons,” he added. “As the show goes back to the New York studio, I’ll be staying in DC. I’ll be […]

Sean Hannity is out here trying to make “fetch” happen. The pro-Trump Fox News host has taken it upon himself in recent days to bestow a new nickname on President Joe Biden. Since before the 2020 election, Hannity has been labeling Biden “Sleepy Joe” while relentlessly attempting to portray him as suffering from cognitive decline and struggling physically and mentally. Apparently, however, Hannity felt a change […]

Days after former GOP senator Rick Santorum was fired by CNN over his racist comments about Native Americans, he showed up on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show to gripe about “cancel culture” and the “intolerance of the left.” The Huffington Post broke the news last week that nearly a month after Santorum sparked backlash and condemnation for dismissing Native American culture at a conservative youth conference, […]

The View’s Meghan McCain derailed a discussion on GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent comparison of a House mask mandate to the Holocaust on Monday by demanding the show instead talk about Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s supposedly “insidious” antisemitism—equating pro-Palestinian activism with anti-Jewish hate. During an interview on a right-wing podcast last week, Greene attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for asking GOP House members to prove […]

Saying former President Donald Trump “bears responsibility” for the January 6 insurrection on Sunday, Scott Brown—who served as Trump’s ambassador to New Zealand—urged his fellow Republicans to support an independent inquiry into the Capitol riots. In an op-ed for the Boston Globe, the former Massachusetts senator had bemoaned the “civil war” that embroils the GOP right now, calling on the party to “confront the deadly events” […]

The hosts of popular ABC daytime show The View rallied around Chris Cuomo on Friday morning and shrugged off revelations that the embattled CNN anchor advised his brother on dismissing sexual harassment allegations, merely saying Cuomo put “family first.” Taking her defense of Cuomo even further, co-host Sunny Hostin said that he shouldn’t be disciplined for his clandestine actions, claiming he’s been “transparent” while insisting that […]

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo apologized on Thursday night for advising his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, on how to handle his sexual harassment scandal—calling it a “mistake” that will “never happen again.” He also insisted that he “knows where the line is” when it comes to his job and brother. “I am family first, job second,” he said at the top of his primetime show […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson lashed out at members of the U.S. Capitol Police who blasted Republican opposition to an independent commission to investigate the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, calling their letter nothing more than a “ransom note” from an “armed political action committee.” Just ahead of Wednesday’s House vote on the establishment of the inquiry into the Capitol riots, a letter signed by the “Proud […]

Not only did Geraldo Rivera shockingly calling out the United States on Wednesday for being “complicit in an ongoing crime against humanity” by providing Israel weapons to bomb Gaza, but the Fox News star declared that Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib—a Fox News bogeywoman—“is right” that such arms sales should be halted. As the only Palestinian-American in Congress, Tlaib has been outspoken about what she describes as […]

Cheering on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday night for opposing a bipartisan deal struck to form a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection, Fox News host Tucker Carlson called the investigation a “farce” while once again downplaying the severity of the deadly Capitol riot. McCarthy announced on Tuesday morning that he would not support the proposal even though Republican negotiators had reached an […]

The View’s Meghan McCain went off on her colleague on Tuesday when frequent sparring partner Joy Behar labeled Republicans the “QAnon Party” over their lack of action towards Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). The resulting on-air shouting match was broken up by Whoopi Goldberg—natch—even as McCain continued to yell. Earlier this week, one-time Gaetz wingman Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to six federal charges, including sex trafficking. Greenberg’s […]

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner was less than thrilled on Monday when a former Obama aide invoked former President Donald Trump’s infamous suggestion that COVID-19 patients ingest bleach, grumbling that her guest’s remarks were “not funny.” During a Fox News panel discussion on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcing that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors, Faulkner noted that […]

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd repeatedly confronted Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) on the Republican Party’s willingness to embrace former President Donald Trump’s election lies, asking the conservative lawmaker point-blank on Sunday why anyone should “believe a word you say” since the GOP has lost credibility. Days after House Republicans booted Liz Cheney (R-WY) from leadership over her refusal to go along with the “Big Lie” […]

On Sunday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky found herself struggling to defend the agency’s confusing and abrupt announcement that vaccinated people didn’t need to wear masks anymore, insisting that she was merely “following the science” rather than bowing to political pressure. Making the rounds on the Sunday news shows, Walensky was repeatedly grilled by hosts about the decision-making behind the relaxed mask […]

A day after Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was booted from Republican leadership for pushing back against the “Big Lie,” she appeared on Fox News and explicitly said the network had an “obligation” to tell its viewers that the “election wasn’t stolen.” Following months of Cheney’s criticism of former President Donald Trump’s repeated lies about the 2020 election, House Republicans voted on Wednesday to remove her as […]

The View’s Meghan McCain dismissed concerns about Republican denialism of the Capitol riots on Thursday, declaring that the January insurrection “was four months ago” and that her colleagues should be more focused on whether or not she can get gas in her car. On the same day that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) was booted from her GOP leadership position because she continued to push back on […]

Fox News host Sean Hannity threw some more dirt on Liz Cheney’s grave on Wednesday night following her ouster from House Republican leadership, insisting that she wasn’t “canceled” but instead “fired” from her post because she was “selfish.” After drawing the renewed ire of twice-impeached former President Donald Trump and pro-Trump Republicans in recent weeks, the conservative Wyoming lawmaker was unceremoniously kicked to the curb on […]

Mohammed El-Kurd, a Palestinian writer and activist who has passionately spoken out against Israel’s forced evictions, was forcibly removed from his Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood by Israeli forces on Wednesday—a day after he appeared on CNN and MSNBC and accused Israel of “ethnically cleansing” Palestinians in East Jerusalem. Cross-border fighting along the Gaza Strip quickly escalated this week after Israeli law enforcement stormed Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque, wounding […]

Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think? In the wake of the bonkers story about a Bengal tiger roaming the streets of Houston and a murder suspect who allegedly ran off with the big cat, CNN turned to an unusual expert: Carole Baskin, star of the hit Netflix docu-series Tiger King. Baskin, as you may recall, gained worldwide notoriety from her appearance on the series, which focused […]

California gubernatorial hopeful Caitlyn Jenner struck a Trumpian tone during a wide-ranging interview with CNN on Monday, essentially imitating former President Donald Trump by boasting that she’ll manage California’s huge economy by surrounding herself “with some really great people.” Jenner, who is being advised by former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, sat down with CNN anchor Dana Bash at her Malibu home and attempted to explain […]

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten turned an already testy Fox News interview into an extremely heated affair on Monday when she pressed anchor Martha MacCallum about conservative “misinformation” on the last presidential election. In recent months, there has been a sustained backlash among conservatives over the issue of racial equity in the classroom. GOP legislators across the country have proposed bills to ban the […]

Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty pulled the plug on a Monday morning interview after guest David Litt hijacked the segment to call out the network for being forced to retract its false election claims about Dominion Voting Systems. Litt, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama, was ostensibly booked on Newsmax’s Wake Up America to discuss Elon Musk’s Saturday Night Live appearance. Litt, however, had other plans. “What […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace repeatedly grilled Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) about former President Donald Trump’s role in the Capitol insurrectionist riot, asking if he believes it is a “lie” that the 2020 election was stolen. Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, has been one of the key figures in the House GOP when it comes to ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from leadership over […]

In what has become a commonplace occurrence these days, Fox News host Tucker Carlson addressed a controversy purely of his own making on Thursday night, this time regarding his dangerous and sloppy suggestion that dozens of Americans a day are dying from the coronavirus vaccines. How did he explain away the highly misleading and disingenuous speculation? Well, by blaming it all on President Joe Biden, of […]

What is the “Big Lie”? Is it a former president and his allies claiming widespread voter fraud and a “stolen” election? Or is it a Republican congresswoman calling those lies the “Big Lie”? Who’s to say, suggests one Fox News anchor, whose ostensible job it is to report the news. During Thursday’s broadcast of America Reports—one of Fox News’ “straight news” programs—anchor John Roberts ended an […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson continued his reckless mission to mainstream vaccine skepticism on Wednesday night by dangerously speculating that thousands of Americans have died from COVID-19 vaccinations, citing a faulty open-sourced database that has become a haven for misinformation. Over the past few months, the Fox News star has repeatedly used his top-rated primetime show to cast doubt on both the efficacy and safety of […]

The View’s Meghan McCain on Wednesday went off on the Republican Party for pushing Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) out of a leadership position over her anti-Trump stance, calling the GOP a “sausagefest of MAGA” that has rallied around a “Cheeto Jesus.” As one of only 10 Republican House members to vote to impeach Donald Trump for inciting January’s Capitol insurrection, Cheney has been completely marginalized within […]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on Tuesday that House Republicans have expressed concerns with Rep. Liz Cheney’s role in GOP leadership, suggesting the Wyoming lawmaker’s days are numbered as the party’s third-ranking member. Having already survived one challenge to her leadership post in February, Cheney has once again found herself increasingly alienated and isolated within the GOP caucus over her criticism of former President […]

CNN anchor Don Lemon was absolutely beside himself on Monday night after CNN political commentator Rick Santorum showed no contrition during his first on-air appearance after his offensive remarks about Native American culture. Apologizing to viewers, Lemon said it was “horrible and insulting” that Santorum tried to “whitewash” his comments. Santorum sparked intense backlash last month when he claimed that “there isn’t much Native American culture […]

MSNBC host Joy Reid fired back at Tucker Carlson on Monday night after the Fox News star repeatedly labeled her the “race lady” in recent weeks, running down Carlson’s past failures and controversies while claiming the conservative host was “making America worse.” Last week, after Reid announced on air that she was still wearing a mask despite being fully vaccinated, Carlson devoted an entire segment to […]

Fox News found its latest thing to be outraged about on Monday, devoting multiple segments to complaining that Disneyland’s Snow White ride is the latest victim of liberal “cancel culture” and the “woke” mob because a single newspaper article offered mild criticism about the inclusion of a new kissing scene. With the California theme park reopening for the first time in more than a year last […]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) steadfastly refused to reveal on Sunday whom she voted for in last year’s presidential election, waving off the question with a laugh while saying that she’s going to keep her vote “private.” Collins, who was one of eight Republican senators to vote to convict former President Donald Trump in his February impeachment trial, appeared on CNN’s State of the Union and was […]

MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle took Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to task on Friday morning for signing a measure that bans transgender girls from competing in school sports. Repeatedly pressed by Ruhle to provide just one example of a trans child trying to gain an unfair advantage in his state, all Justice could do was shrug and deflect. With Republican-controlled legislatures across the nation passing […]

Former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen couldn’t help but gloat over the situation Rudy Giuliani currently finds himself in, boasting on Thursday that he told the former New York City mayor that his day would come. While he serves a three-year prison sentence under house arrest for tax evasion, campaign finance violations, and lying to Congress, Cohen appeared on CNN to offer up his perspective […]

Liberal Fox News host Juan Williams slammed his own network’s recent coverage of two viral right-wing stories that have since been debunked and walked back, saying Tuesday that it was an example of the conservative echo chamber “going crazy.” During Tuesday’s broadcast of Fox News panel show The Five, Williams warned his colleagues that the allegations that climate czar John Kerry divulged Israeli intelligence to Iran—which […]

The New York Post on Tuesday quietly removed two of its articles falsely claiming that federal officials gave Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2019 children’s book to young kids held at migrant shelters. The baseless story spread far and wide in the right-wing media ecosphere over the weekend and was amplified by high-profile Republicans. The Post confirmed to The Daily Beast that they had removed the stories […]

Raging against face masks on Monday night, Fox News host Tucker Carlson told his viewers they should openly harass anyone they see wearing masks outside and go so far as to call the police or social services on the parents of any children with masks on. Carlson, who was a proponent of mask-wearing to help stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic as recently as last […]

Fox News on Monday afternoon issued a brief correction after spending several days pushing the blatant falsehood that President Joe Biden’s climate plan calls for limits to American red meat consumption. “On Friday, we told you about a study from the University of Michigan to give some perspective on President Biden’s ambitious climate change goals,” Fox News anchor John Roberts said on Monday’s broadcast of America […]

CNN senior political commentator Rick Santorum claimed that Christian settlers from Europe had to build America “from nothing,” adding that “there was nothing here” and “there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.” Speaking at the right-wing student organization Young America’s Foundation’s Standing Up For Faith & Freedom conference last week, Santorum—a former Pennsylvania senator and GOP presidential candidate—insisted that America was built on a […]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) repeatedly dodged Fox News anchor Chris Wallace’s pointed questions on Sunday about the top Republican’s Jan. 6 call with former President Donald Trump, insisting his conversations with the former president are a personal and private matter. Towards the end of a wide-ranging Fox News Sunday interview, Wallace brought up reports about the GOP leader’s phone call with Trump that occurred […]

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) insisted on Sunday morning that systemic racism does not exist in the United States, pointing to the elections of former President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris as his proof. Following the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter, President Joe Biden said the killing of George Floyd “ripped the blinders off […]

Joy Behar issued a kinda-sorta apology after repeatedly misgendering celebrity activist Caitlyn Jenner during Friday’s broadcast of The View, claiming she simply hadn’t slept enough. During a panel discussion on Jenner’s longshot Republican bid for California governor, Behar called the former Olympic champion “he” multiple times. Whule addressing co-host Sunny Hostin, Behar brought up how Jenner has stacked her campaign team with former aides and advisers […]

Newsmax continued its largely one-sided feud with Fox News on Thursday night when host Grant Stinchfield speculated that longtime Fox star Lou Dobbs was benched by the network in an effort to hide its close ties and dealings with China. “Fox News continues to disappoint conservatives across America. I want to know, why did Fox News can Lou Dobbs?” Stinchfield rhetorically asked Thursday evening. Dobbs’ long-running […]

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld criticized his own network’s safety protocols amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic Thursday, calling on Fox to allow the hosts of late-afternoon panel show The Five to disregard the “legal B.S.” and immediately return to filming in a studio together. Likening remote filming to being in a “batting cage” when he’d rather “be passing the ball around,” Gutfeld railed at his network’s […]

Celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz rallied to the defense of convicted murderer Derek Chauvin on Wednesday night, insisting that the former police officer should be free on bail as he awaits the appeal of his multiple convictions for killing George Floyd. At the same time, the one-time associate and lawyer of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein struck a note of sympathy for Chauvin, lamenting that the ex-cop could […]

Apparently disgusted by Fox News host Greg Gutfeld’s remarks about the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict, The View’s Meghan McCain on Wednesday called for conservatives to “stop politicizing” the outcome of the murder case while suggesting Gutfeld has “no empathy.” Shortly after Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges of killing George Floyd, Gutfeld drew audible groans from his Fox colleagues when he said he was […]

Tucker Carlson devoted much of his Tuesday night show to staking a decidedly anti-anti-Chauvin position, complaining that former police officer Derek Chauvin was only found guilty of murder because jurors were afraid of Black Lives Matter and suggesting the verdict shows that the U.S. has “already given up on civilization.” At the same time, the far-right primetime star melted down when a former New York corrections […]

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld absolutely melted down on Tuesday after drawing the ire of several of his colleagues for his reaction to the news that Derek Chauvin was found guilty for the murder of George Floyd. One colleague wondered aloud whether Gutfeld was “off his meds,” setting off an on-air implosion. Immediately after a Minneapolis jury handed down its guilty verdict, which included a second-degree […]

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar tore apart former President Donald Trump’s first post-White House on-camera interview on Tuesday, describing the ex-president’s sitdown conversation with Fox News host Sean Hannity as a “mean girl group chat.” Prior to jumping to morning show New Day, Keilar had drawn attention for her fiery “Roll the Tape” segments in which she systematically dismantles right-wing media figures and fact-checks political talking points. […]

The launch of pro-Trump pillow magnate Mike Lindell’s much-ballyhooed “free speech” social media site is not going as planned, as the MyPillow CEO repeatedly dealt with prank callers during his Monday livestream kickoff for Frank Speech. And at one point, Lindell thought his hero Donald Trump had called in to wish him well, only for it to turn out to be a prankster, prompting the pillow […]

Amid a flurry of post-election cable news shakeups earlier this year, CNN announced Brianna Keilar would move from her early afternoon slot to New Day, the network’s flagship weekday morning show, alongside John Berman. Keilar will replace longtime co-anchor Alisyn Camerota, who in turn will move to afternoons for a two-hour broadcast with Victor Blackwell. Keilar, who has become well-known for her scathing “Roll the Tape” […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace pressed Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on his recent tweet that questioned President Joe Biden’s mental fitness and seemingly suggested Biden’s a Manchurian candidate, asking the senator on Sunday if comments like that are “helpful.” Circling back to the concerted efforts during the 2020 election by Republicans and conservative media to paint the 78-year-old Biden as struggling with cognitive decline, Cornyn referenced […]

The nation’s top infectious disease expert struck a cautiously optimistic chord on Sunday, saying that he doubts “very seriously” that the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine will be canceled outright in the United States after federal health agencies called for a pause on the vaccine’s rollout last week. Following reports of six blood-clot cases among people who had received the J&J shot, the Food and Drug […]

During a Thursday night Fox News appearance, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya—who took part in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ coronavirus panel discussion that was pulled from YouTube for COVID-19 misinformation—claimed that the nation’s top infectious disease expert was actually America’s “No. 1 anti-vaxxer.” Hours after chief Biden medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci got into a heated exchange with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) over when Americans will have their “liberties” […]

Right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe, best-known for his undercover “sting” operations and deceptively edited videos, was permanently suspended from Twitter on Thursday for what the social-media site said were violations of the its policy on manipulation and spam. O’Keefe’s ban comes just a few months after his group Project Veritas was thrown off Twitter for “repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy.” At the time, O’Keefe’s account […]

Ultra-conservative evangelical leader Pat Robertson delivered a surprisingly searing rant about the recent “onslaught” of police violence, blasting former officers Kim Potter and Derek Chauvin while saying cops have “got to stop this stuff.” During his 700 Club broadcast on Thursday, Robertson and co-host Terry Meeuwsen discussed the shooting death of Daunte Wright, noting that Potter—who has been charged with manslaughter—has claimed that she confused her […]

Fox News The moment Sean Hannity brought Geraldo Rivera and Dan Bongino onto his Fox News show Wednesday night, everyone watching knew that the sole purpose of the segment was to watch the two Fox pundits fight. And they did not disappoint, as the bickering pair immediately engaged in a reality-TV-esque food fight that culminated in Rivera calling Bongino a “son of a bitch.” Rivera, who […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson seized on Tuesday’s news about the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to casually suggest to his viewers that the American government knows that the COVID-19 vaccines don’t work but are purposely “not telling you that.” The Food and Drug Administration called for a halt on the rollout of the J&J shots on Tuesday after six reported cases of what […]

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s new “free speech” social-media site apparently will ban patrons from using naughty language or saying the lord’s name in vain. Oh, also, without any hint of irony, the site—which the pillow mogul created after he was booted from various platforms for peddling outright lies about the 2020 election—will prohibit users from pushing “out-and-out” or “complete” lies. Earlier this week, Lindell appeared on […]

With the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center gripped by fiery protests for a second night in a row following the police killing of a 20-year-old unarmed Black man, angry protesters let cable news reporters know in no uncertain terms how they felt on Monday night. In a remarkable exchange, one local demonstrator angrily told CNN correspondent Sara Sidner that the media’s presence in the town was […]

Fox Corporation Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch brushed aside the Anti-Defamation League’s call for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson, claiming in a letter to the group that Fox had no issue with Carlson’s comments that have been seen as a defense of the racist “Great Replacement” theory. In a letter first obtained by CNN, Murdoch wrote to ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt that Fox shares the […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday, pointing out that while the Republican governor has been outspoken about migrant children abuses during the Biden administration he was silent on the issue during President Donald Trump’s term. With conservatives describing the recent surge of unaccompanied minors at the southern border as an unmitigated disaster and crisis, Abbott rushed to hold a press […]

The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish groups on Friday morning blasted Fox News host Tucker Carlson after the TV talker offered up a passionate defense of the racist “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory the night prior. The theory is a “white supremacist tenet that the white race is in danger by a rising tide of non-white,” ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt tweeted on Friday morning, noting that the […]

Matt Gaetz’s office on Thursday released a statement purportedly from female staffers defending the embattled MAGA lawmaker amid his ongoing sex scandal. Despite being signed by “The Women of the Office of U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz,” not a single, actual woman was named. “After the shocking allegations last week in the press, we, the women of Congressman Matt Gaetz’s office, feel morally obligated to speak out,” […]

A Fox News debate on race and politics went completely off the rails on Thursday after Fox News correspondent-at-large Geraldo Rivera asked fellow network contributor Leo Terrell “when was the last time you were in the ghetto?” The pair ostensibly appeared on Fox News’ America’s Newsroom to discuss Tishaura Jones, who just became the first African-American mayor in St. Louis history. And while much of the […]

Defending his veto of Arkansas’ anti-trans health care bill on Tuesday night, Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson refused to be bullied by Tucker Carlson—and rebuffed the Fox host’s attempts to fluster him with talking points and mischaracterizations. Carlson has repeatedly used his top-rated show in recent months to attack trans kids and their parents, largely under the guise of wanting to prevent child abuse or protecting the […]

CBS News is standing by its much-maligned 60 Minutes report on Florida’s vaccine rollout, which has prompted backlash from grocery chain Publix, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, conservative media, and some Democrats. The network has largely come under fire for suggesting that there was a link between Publix’s $100,000 donation to DeSantis and Florida’s partnership with the retailer for vaccine distribution. Publix has since called this an […]

Days before scandal engulfed Matt Gaetz’s career, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna went on Fox News to boast of his unlikely friendship with the MAGA congressman and claim the pair “even hang out.” This week, however, as Gaetz faces a full-blown legal and political crisis, Khanna seems to have cooled on their friendship. Gaetz and Khanna have long been touted as an example of bipartisanship during the […]

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace cornered Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) over renewed complaints from Republicans about the rising national debt in the wake of the Biden administration’s proposed spending bills, asking Blunt if the GOP has lost any “credibility on these issues.” With the White House pushing forward a $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending proposal that President Joe Biden has said will largely be paid for with […]

Meet the Press anchor Chuck Todd pressed Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) on former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, noting that the tax plan could be seen as an “economic failure” since the promises of massive economic growth never came true. With President Joe Biden proposing increases in corporate tax rates to help pay for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure spending bill, Republicans have pushed back, complaining […]

Sean Hannity lashed out at John Boehner on Thursday in response to the former House speaker writing that the Fox News star was “one of the worst.” The former top GOP leader is “one of the worst Republican speakers in history,” who reeks of “cigarette smoke and wine breath,” Hannity wrote in a Twitter tirade. In excerpts published Friday from his upcoming book, titled On the […]

Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has obsessively covered Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) since before she was elected to Congress, repeatedly declared on Thursday that he doesn’t care “what she thinks” during a minute-long rant specifically about the progressive New York lawmaker. Carlson has recently been making the rounds on other Fox programs to promote his new Fox Nation series and on Thursday he sat in […]

A Fox News segment flew off the rails on Tuesday when liberal pundit Christopher Hahn went off on Tucker Carlson and conservatives for railing against “vaccine passports,” blasting the Fox News star as a “conspiracy theorist” and directly calling fellow on-air guest Mercedes Schlapp a “grifter.” With the Biden administration and private companies working to develop a way of verifying credentials that would prove that Americans […]