Michael Strahan, employee of The Walt Disney Company, logged more minutes than anyone during the Fox upfront on Monday afternoon. But the Fox NFL Sunday analyst wasn’t exactly the headliner. That honor went to his incoming colleague, Tom Brady.
Brady’s official addition to the Fox Sports family was teased throughout the hour-and-a-half pitch for advertisers — “investors,” as Strahan called them — before he finally took the stage for a funny bit that pitted his social media mantra “Lfg” against Fox star Gordon Ramsay’s unrivaled love for the f-word. Gordon implored the network and the advertising community to let Brady be himself and say “fuck” on air when he starts calling football games in the fall. And if anybody can afford to pay FCC fines, it’s Brady.
The host platform of the coming Super Bowl is always particularly giddy to remind the media-buying community of that fact during upfronts.
Brady’s official addition to the Fox Sports family was teased throughout the hour-and-a-half pitch for advertisers — “investors,” as Strahan called them — before he finally took the stage for a funny bit that pitted his social media mantra “Lfg” against Fox star Gordon Ramsay’s unrivaled love for the f-word. Gordon implored the network and the advertising community to let Brady be himself and say “fuck” on air when he starts calling football games in the fall. And if anybody can afford to pay FCC fines, it’s Brady.
The host platform of the coming Super Bowl is always particularly giddy to remind the media-buying community of that fact during upfronts.
- 5/13/2024
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake can’t seem to make up her mind. Does she believe that Arizona’s Civil War-era total ban on abortion is a “great law” and that abortion is “the ultimate sin,” as she said on the campaign trail in 2022? Or does she think that every woman should have “choices” when they get pregnant, as she insisted in a recent campaign video?
In the wake of a state Supreme Court decision re-animating the 1864 law that prohibits abortion at any point in pregnancy for any reason...
In the wake of a state Supreme Court decision re-animating the 1864 law that prohibits abortion at any point in pregnancy for any reason...
- 4/19/2024
- by Tessa Stuart
- Rollingstone.com
The disciplinary panel of the D.C. Bar has ruled that former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark committed ethical violations when he promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, such as the baseless claim that smart thermostats were used to steal the election.
Clark, an environmental lawyer with no background in criminal law, was under consideration by Donald Trump for the position of acting attorney general of the United States shortly before the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. However, Trump abandoned the idea due to the threat of mass resignations from his own Justice Department appointees.
Clark appeared before the disciplinary panel over the past two weeks at risk of potential disbarment. He repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The panel’s preliminary finding will now be reviewed by the D.C. Bar’s full board of professional responsibility, with the final decision on Clark...
Clark, an environmental lawyer with no background in criminal law, was under consideration by Donald Trump for the position of acting attorney general of the United States shortly before the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. However, Trump abandoned the idea due to the threat of mass resignations from his own Justice Department appointees.
Clark appeared before the disciplinary panel over the past two weeks at risk of potential disbarment. He repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. The panel’s preliminary finding will now be reviewed by the D.C. Bar’s full board of professional responsibility, with the final decision on Clark...
- 4/6/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
MyPillow is facing a court-ordered eviction from a warehouse in Minnesota, but the company’s controversial CEO, Mike Lindell, insisted that they are still doing well financially.
The news comes after the CEO claimed he had been “canceled” by Fox News. Lindell gained national prominence for supporting former President Donald Trump‘s false claims of a “rigged” election.
Lindell argued that this eviction is just a formality related to a mutual agreement between himself and the warehouse’s owner to vacate this property, which he stated was last used by MyPillow in spring 2023.
He said that MyPillow subleased the space to a candy company in 2023 and had planned on subleasing it to a sugar beet company this year. However, the sugar beet company reneged on the contract at the last minute, he claimed, which left the MyPillow CEO and the warehouse owner “stranded.”
Lindell stated that he thought about finding...
The news comes after the CEO claimed he had been “canceled” by Fox News. Lindell gained national prominence for supporting former President Donald Trump‘s false claims of a “rigged” election.
Lindell argued that this eviction is just a formality related to a mutual agreement between himself and the warehouse’s owner to vacate this property, which he stated was last used by MyPillow in spring 2023.
He said that MyPillow subleased the space to a candy company in 2023 and had planned on subleasing it to a sugar beet company this year. However, the sugar beet company reneged on the contract at the last minute, he claimed, which left the MyPillow CEO and the warehouse owner “stranded.”
Lindell stated that he thought about finding...
- 3/30/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
In a new ruling, a federal judge confirmed that Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow and a prominent right-wing conspiracy theorist, will be required to pay $5 million as a consequence of a contest he organized at one of his “cyber symposium” events after the 2020 election.
At the event, which Lindell hosted, participants were invited to engage in a “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge, which offered a chance to win $5 million if they could demonstrate that the data Lindell presented regarding the 2020 election was not authentic election data. The rules of the contest stipulated that participants could utilize arbitration if necessary.
Robert Zeidman, a software developer, accepted Lindell’s challenge and submitted a comprehensive 15-page report that asserted the data presented by Lindell had nothing to do with elections and did not demonstrate any fraud, as confirmed by a federal court decision on Wednesday.
Initially, Zeidman did not succeed in getting...
At the event, which Lindell hosted, participants were invited to engage in a “Prove Mike Wrong” challenge, which offered a chance to win $5 million if they could demonstrate that the data Lindell presented regarding the 2020 election was not authentic election data. The rules of the contest stipulated that participants could utilize arbitration if necessary.
Robert Zeidman, a software developer, accepted Lindell’s challenge and submitted a comprehensive 15-page report that asserted the data presented by Lindell had nothing to do with elections and did not demonstrate any fraud, as confirmed by a federal court decision on Wednesday.
Initially, Zeidman did not succeed in getting...
- 2/24/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
The Conservative Political Action Conference has become much more of a Maga event in recent years, with Donald Trump himself scheduled on Saturday to address the event of conservative activists, media figures and supporters.
But the event has been covered on the right and the left, save for perhaps this year.
Matt Schlapp, the chair of the conference, said that he was not going to credential those in the left.
“Cpac has a new rule. If you are a propagandist, you can buy a ticket like everyone else, but you are not in the media, and we are not going to credential you by saying you are in the media,” Schlapp said on Steve Bannon’s podcast.
He singled out MSNBC, saying it was “100% anti Trump, anti-America, anti-conservative, every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything.”
“Let’s get real. Let’s not credential them anymore,...
But the event has been covered on the right and the left, save for perhaps this year.
Matt Schlapp, the chair of the conference, said that he was not going to credential those in the left.
“Cpac has a new rule. If you are a propagandist, you can buy a ticket like everyone else, but you are not in the media, and we are not going to credential you by saying you are in the media,” Schlapp said on Steve Bannon’s podcast.
He singled out MSNBC, saying it was “100% anti Trump, anti-America, anti-conservative, every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything.”
“Let’s get real. Let’s not credential them anymore,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Controversial MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell claimed that Fox News has “canceled” his company after discovering that the network had stopped airing the company’s TV advertisements.
On January 12, Lindell announced that Fox News had stopped running his ubiquitous MyPillow ads on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon‘s podcast, War Room.
“As you know, Steve, ever since I’ve been speaking out about our election platforms January of ’21, they’ve been attacking my company, MyPillow, with cancel culture, the box stores, the shopping channels and now Fox News,” Lindell shared.
“Fox News has canceled MyPillow, and I don’t have the reasons why yet,” Lindell declared. “I can only say, ‘Well the caucuses are coming on Monday. They know my brand is with great President Donald Trump.'”
“Maybe it’s because I brought Lou Dobbs over to my Lindell-tv network this week,” the CEO suggested. “But everything is just very alarming and suspicious.
On January 12, Lindell announced that Fox News had stopped running his ubiquitous MyPillow ads on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon‘s podcast, War Room.
“As you know, Steve, ever since I’ve been speaking out about our election platforms January of ’21, they’ve been attacking my company, MyPillow, with cancel culture, the box stores, the shopping channels and now Fox News,” Lindell shared.
“Fox News has canceled MyPillow, and I don’t have the reasons why yet,” Lindell declared. “I can only say, ‘Well the caucuses are coming on Monday. They know my brand is with great President Donald Trump.'”
“Maybe it’s because I brought Lou Dobbs over to my Lindell-tv network this week,” the CEO suggested. “But everything is just very alarming and suspicious.
- 1/15/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
MyPillow ads have disappeared from Fox News, as Mike Lindell complains that he’s being silenced but the network says it’s because his company has not paid its bills.
“As soon as their account is paid, we would be happy to accept their advertising,” a Fox News spokesperson said on Friday.
Lindell talked about the situation on Steve Bannon’s podcast and in his own video message on his site, FrankSpeech.com. Lindell said that Fox News “has cancelled MyPillow. We don’t know why. We can only make a couple of guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was added here over at Lindell.com.”
Dobbs is the former Fox Business Network host who was pulled from the lineup in 2021. Dobbs had amplified claims that the 2020 election was rigged, and was named as a defendant in election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network. “I believe...
“As soon as their account is paid, we would be happy to accept their advertising,” a Fox News spokesperson said on Friday.
Lindell talked about the situation on Steve Bannon’s podcast and in his own video message on his site, FrankSpeech.com. Lindell said that Fox News “has cancelled MyPillow. We don’t know why. We can only make a couple of guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was added here over at Lindell.com.”
Dobbs is the former Fox Business Network host who was pulled from the lineup in 2021. Dobbs had amplified claims that the 2020 election was rigged, and was named as a defendant in election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network. “I believe...
- 1/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News appears to have cut ties with the conservative bedding brand My Pillow, once one of the network’s largest and most prominent advertisers.
My Pillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell announced that the right-wing news network revoked their advertising deals with the brand on Thursday during a broadcast of the Steve Bannon “War Room” show. According to data from the progressive watchdog Media Matters My Pillow appears to have been a leading advertiser across Fox News in 2023. The group added that “MyPillow’s most recent ad appears to...
My Pillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell announced that the right-wing news network revoked their advertising deals with the brand on Thursday during a broadcast of the Steve Bannon “War Room” show. According to data from the progressive watchdog Media Matters My Pillow appears to have been a leading advertiser across Fox News in 2023. The group added that “MyPillow’s most recent ad appears to...
- 1/12/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) had a strong reaction to the latest mockery about her by late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel.
On Tuesday, Kimmel roasted Greene’s new book Mtg, and said, “It’s got a little bit of everything…It’s got some revisionist history, it’s got some conspiracy theories, Jewish space lasers, and of course, Marge’s famous recipe for gazpacho police in a peach tree dish.”
Kimmel laughed that the book has received many negative reviews online, “Which I guess is what happens when you tell your supporters that reading makes them gay.”
Kimmel added that one of Greene’s most recent worst ideas was to create a January 6 committee to investigate the January 6 committee. He wondered, “And do January 6 all over again?… I guess it’s brilliant. Did she need to write a book? Couldn’t we have given her some crayons and a...
On Tuesday, Kimmel roasted Greene’s new book Mtg, and said, “It’s got a little bit of everything…It’s got some revisionist history, it’s got some conspiracy theories, Jewish space lasers, and of course, Marge’s famous recipe for gazpacho police in a peach tree dish.”
Kimmel laughed that the book has received many negative reviews online, “Which I guess is what happens when you tell your supporters that reading makes them gay.”
Kimmel added that one of Greene’s most recent worst ideas was to create a January 6 committee to investigate the January 6 committee. He wondered, “And do January 6 all over again?… I guess it’s brilliant. Did she need to write a book? Couldn’t we have given her some crayons and a...
- 11/24/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
Former President Donald Trump seriously believed a fringe conspiracy that suggested the possibility of his reinstatement as president, even after his defeat in the 2020 election and his departure from the White House.
ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl‘s new book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Ole Party, provides insight into the origins of Trump’s belief in this theory, which was supported by some of his most loyal allies.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was among those who actively promoted the false belief that Trump could return to the White House on August 13, 2021, despite the end of Trump’s first term on Inauguration Day, several months prior.
This groundless theory falsely asserted that President Joe Biden was not the legitimate president and that the military was in control until Trump was reinstated, a scenario that never materialized.
In a 2021 interview, Karl asked Trump about...
ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl‘s new book, Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Ole Party, provides insight into the origins of Trump’s belief in this theory, which was supported by some of his most loyal allies.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell was among those who actively promoted the false belief that Trump could return to the White House on August 13, 2021, despite the end of Trump’s first term on Inauguration Day, several months prior.
This groundless theory falsely asserted that President Joe Biden was not the legitimate president and that the military was in control until Trump was reinstated, a scenario that never materialized.
In a 2021 interview, Karl asked Trump about...
- 11/23/2023
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
After an unquestionable loss to Biden in the 2020 election, Donald Trump bought into a wild and baseless conspiracy theory pushed by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell that he could be reinstated as president before the next election. This revelation comes in ABC News’ Jonathan Karl’s upcoming book on the former president, Tired of Winning: Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party.
Lindell was spreading a baseless theory that Trump would be back in power by Aug. 13, 2021, vowing that he had alleged terrabytes of “evidence” proving a grand conspiracy...
Lindell was spreading a baseless theory that Trump would be back in power by Aug. 13, 2021, vowing that he had alleged terrabytes of “evidence” proving a grand conspiracy...
- 11/12/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, asked supporters for donations after claiming that he doesn’t have “any more money.”
“We’re actually doing really good other than the fact that I don’t have any more money into the effort, but I can certainly keep being the salesman soliciting funds to keep us moving, and we really need all of your help,” he said on his own Lindell-tv, a live stream on the platform X, on Monday.
Lindell, an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was hit by a string of defamation cases from voting machine manufacturing companies, Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, and former Dominion employee Eric Coomer, after echoing Trump’s false election fraud claims.
Dominion is seeking $1.3 billion from the CEO.
“We really need your help now for this plan to secure elections,” he continued on Monday, referencing the 2024 presidential election in which Trump is the leading Republican candidate.
“We’re actually doing really good other than the fact that I don’t have any more money into the effort, but I can certainly keep being the salesman soliciting funds to keep us moving, and we really need all of your help,” he said on his own Lindell-tv, a live stream on the platform X, on Monday.
Lindell, an avid supporter of Donald Trump, was hit by a string of defamation cases from voting machine manufacturing companies, Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, and former Dominion employee Eric Coomer, after echoing Trump’s false election fraud claims.
Dominion is seeking $1.3 billion from the CEO.
“We really need your help now for this plan to secure elections,” he continued on Monday, referencing the 2024 presidential election in which Trump is the leading Republican candidate.
- 11/2/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
Three attorneys linked to Donald Trump have accepted guilty pleas rather than face a jury in the Georgia election interference case, leaving Trump “confused,” a spokesperson said.
Appearing on The Absolute Truth, a show on Lindell TV — a streaming service run by “MyPillow guy” and Trump pal Mike Lindell — Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington said the former president just doesn’t understand why attorneys Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Ken Chesboro would plead guilty.
Trump’s Spokesperson says he is “confused” about why Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and Ken Chesebro would...
Appearing on The Absolute Truth, a show on Lindell TV — a streaming service run by “MyPillow guy” and Trump pal Mike Lindell — Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington said the former president just doesn’t understand why attorneys Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Ken Chesboro would plead guilty.
Trump’s Spokesperson says he is “confused” about why Sidney Powell, Jenna Ellis, and Ken Chesebro would...
- 10/29/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is facing financial ruin as he continues to rack up huge legal bills while facing three separate defamation lawsuits.
Still, Lindell is determined to vindicate himself, no matter the cost.
“I would never settle in any lawsuit,” in a new interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “You don’t settle for something where you’ve done nothing wrong.”
He is hoping to find new evidence that his attorneys can use to get him off.
Lindell’s options may be dwindling. He has already run out of money and cannot pay his lawyers for the work they’ve done.
MyPillow is almost in bankruptcy and the CEO has been forced to sell the company’s equipment and manufacturing space.
He shared with the public that American Express has become concerned about his income and has tightened his credit. He said that the only thing he owns now...
Still, Lindell is determined to vindicate himself, no matter the cost.
“I would never settle in any lawsuit,” in a new interview with the Minneapolis Star Tribune. “You don’t settle for something where you’ve done nothing wrong.”
He is hoping to find new evidence that his attorneys can use to get him off.
Lindell’s options may be dwindling. He has already run out of money and cannot pay his lawyers for the work they’ve done.
MyPillow is almost in bankruptcy and the CEO has been forced to sell the company’s equipment and manufacturing space.
He shared with the public that American Express has become concerned about his income and has tightened his credit. He said that the only thing he owns now...
- 10/20/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Lawyers defending Mike Lindell in several defamation lawsuits filed to withdraw from the cases due to “millions” of dollars in unpaid legal fees.
Lindell, an entrepreneur, has made headlines in recent years as an avid supporter of Donald Trump‘s false 2020 election fraud claims. He has used his company, MyPillow, to advertise his right-wing views, spending at least $60 million on political endeavors. Lindell is said to be one of the largest advertisers on right-wing channels Fox News and Newsmax.
He is now being sued on defamation charges by Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic and Eric Coomer, who served as the former director of product strategy and security at Dominion.
In court filings, Lindell lawyer Andrew Parker stated that his client began falling behind on payments early this year. On October 2, Lindell informed the firm that he was “not able to get caught up or make any payment” on the “millions of dollars” he owes.
Lindell, an entrepreneur, has made headlines in recent years as an avid supporter of Donald Trump‘s false 2020 election fraud claims. He has used his company, MyPillow, to advertise his right-wing views, spending at least $60 million on political endeavors. Lindell is said to be one of the largest advertisers on right-wing channels Fox News and Newsmax.
He is now being sued on defamation charges by Dominion Voting Systems, Smartmatic and Eric Coomer, who served as the former director of product strategy and security at Dominion.
In court filings, Lindell lawyer Andrew Parker stated that his client began falling behind on payments early this year. On October 2, Lindell informed the firm that he was “not able to get caught up or make any payment” on the “millions of dollars” he owes.
- 10/12/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell may be flying solo soon.
On Thursday, attorneys representing Lindell and his company in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems asked to withdraw from the case, alleging he owes millions in unpaid legal fees.
In the filing, Minnesota-based law firm Parker Daniels Kibort said both Lindell and MyPillow stopped paying fees and would be unable to in the future.
“On October 2, 2023, Pdk was informed by Defendants that they are not able to get caught up with or make any payment on the...
On Thursday, attorneys representing Lindell and his company in a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems asked to withdraw from the case, alleging he owes millions in unpaid legal fees.
In the filing, Minnesota-based law firm Parker Daniels Kibort said both Lindell and MyPillow stopped paying fees and would be unable to in the future.
“On October 2, 2023, Pdk was informed by Defendants that they are not able to get caught up with or make any payment on the...
- 10/5/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against right-wing news outlet Newsmax will get its day in court this fall — right before the 2024 voting begins.
A Delaware judge scheduled the $1.6 billion suit to go to trial in late September 2024, CNN reported. Dominion sued Newsmax, One America News (Oan) and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne for defamation in August 2021 over its coverage of the 2020 election.
The voting machine company already emerged victorious in a similar suit against Fox News, walking away with a $787 million settlement, believed to be the largest defamation settlement in US history.
Oan also settled with Dominion earlier this month, CNN reported. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The Byrne case, along with a series of other suits Dominion brought against Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani and “My Pillow” CEO Mike Lindell are still pending, Reuters reported.
The date set for the Newsmax trial by Delaware Superior Court Judge...
A Delaware judge scheduled the $1.6 billion suit to go to trial in late September 2024, CNN reported. Dominion sued Newsmax, One America News (Oan) and former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne for defamation in August 2021 over its coverage of the 2020 election.
The voting machine company already emerged victorious in a similar suit against Fox News, walking away with a $787 million settlement, believed to be the largest defamation settlement in US history.
Oan also settled with Dominion earlier this month, CNN reported. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. The Byrne case, along with a series of other suits Dominion brought against Trump allies like Rudy Giuliani and “My Pillow” CEO Mike Lindell are still pending, Reuters reported.
The date set for the Newsmax trial by Delaware Superior Court Judge...
- 9/19/2023
- by Eileen AJ Connelly
- The Wrap
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his firm is currently facing a “massive cancellation” and being forced to auction off its equipment and sublease its manufacturing spaces.
Lindell claims that many of the stores and networks that bought its products have canceled thousands of orders, causing the company to lose $100 million.
This comes after big retailer brands, including Kohl’s, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond, have pulled all MyPillow products from their stores after Lindell falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen” from former President Donald Trump, without ever providing evidence to substantiate his claims.
MyPillow is currently utilizing the online website K-bid Online Auctions to sell its materials, including commercial supplies, printers, forklifts, electronics and conveyor belts.
The website is currently offering huge discounts claiming that shoppers can “save over 80%” on select products.
Lindell stated that if their retailers change their minds, there would be no issue replacing the auctioned products.
Lindell claims that many of the stores and networks that bought its products have canceled thousands of orders, causing the company to lose $100 million.
This comes after big retailer brands, including Kohl’s, Walmart and Bed Bath & Beyond, have pulled all MyPillow products from their stores after Lindell falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen” from former President Donald Trump, without ever providing evidence to substantiate his claims.
MyPillow is currently utilizing the online website K-bid Online Auctions to sell its materials, including commercial supplies, printers, forklifts, electronics and conveyor belts.
The website is currently offering huge discounts claiming that shoppers can “save over 80%” on select products.
Lindell stated that if their retailers change their minds, there would be no issue replacing the auctioned products.
- 7/12/2023
- by Nina Hauswirth
- Uinterview
Tucker Carlson is out at 8 p.m. on Fox News Channel, and the network hopes that a host of blue-chip advertisers that for years avoided his controversial hour will soon come back in.
Since Carlson’s stunning exit last month, a timeslot that has been shunned by many Madison Avenue stalwarts seems as if it is being embraced. Procter & Gamble, one of the nation’s largest and most influential advertisers, has been running ads in “Fox News Tonight,” the network’s new 8 p.m. program, for female-skewing products like Venus razor blades by Gillette and Secret underarm deodorant. Also showing up in commercial breaks: Novo Nordisk’s trendy medication Ozempic, and Scotts Miracle-Gro.
“We have had over 40 new advertisers come into the hour since we launched the new program, including some of the largest in the country and, really, across all major categories,” says Jeff Collins, executive vice president...
Since Carlson’s stunning exit last month, a timeslot that has been shunned by many Madison Avenue stalwarts seems as if it is being embraced. Procter & Gamble, one of the nation’s largest and most influential advertisers, has been running ads in “Fox News Tonight,” the network’s new 8 p.m. program, for female-skewing products like Venus razor blades by Gillette and Secret underarm deodorant. Also showing up in commercial breaks: Novo Nordisk’s trendy medication Ozempic, and Scotts Miracle-Gro.
“We have had over 40 new advertisers come into the hour since we launched the new program, including some of the largest in the country and, really, across all major categories,” says Jeff Collins, executive vice president...
- 5/8/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
In an interview on a Christian nationalist broadcast, Donald Trump vowed to empower religious leaders politically, by permanently ending restrictions against churches that weigh in on elections. “They’ve silenced you,” said Trump. “Christianity, I believe is being hit much harder than any other religion is.”
In his comments, aired Tuesday night, Trump blasted the so-called Johnson amendment, which dictates that nonprofits, including churches, lose their tax-free status if they weigh in directly on politics. “We never enforced it. We essentially ended it,” Trump bragged of his time in the White House,...
In his comments, aired Tuesday night, Trump blasted the so-called Johnson amendment, which dictates that nonprofits, including churches, lose their tax-free status if they weigh in directly on politics. “We never enforced it. We essentially ended it,” Trump bragged of his time in the White House,...
- 5/3/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
After a week-long hiatus, “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert came out swinging Monday, where there was only one major target in his crosshairs: recently fired Fox personality Tucker Carlson.
“We’ve been off the air for a week. Do you know who else has? Tucker Carlson,” Colbert said at the top of his monologue.
Thus began Colbert’s onslaught against the embattled host. While telling his audience about the many scandalous messages Carlson sent, including one that called a Fox executive the c-word, Colbert changed the common joke about the word from “See You Next Tuesday” to “See You Never, Tucker.” He then poked fun at his love of Russia and “tempting” job offer from Russian State Media. “Up until now, he’s been representing Russia pro bono,” Colbert said. He also quipped that Carlson should become the pillow for My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.
“I’ve been holding this in for a week,...
“We’ve been off the air for a week. Do you know who else has? Tucker Carlson,” Colbert said at the top of his monologue.
Thus began Colbert’s onslaught against the embattled host. While telling his audience about the many scandalous messages Carlson sent, including one that called a Fox executive the c-word, Colbert changed the common joke about the word from “See You Next Tuesday” to “See You Never, Tucker.” He then poked fun at his love of Russia and “tempting” job offer from Russian State Media. “Up until now, he’s been representing Russia pro bono,” Colbert said. He also quipped that Carlson should become the pillow for My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell.
“I’ve been holding this in for a week,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Donald Trump and CNN have in recent years seemed to go together as well as Coca-Cola and mayonnaise, which is to say not at all. Now the two entities are teaming up for a town-hall program to be broadcast next week.
Kaitlan Collins, the former Washington correspondent turned morning anchor who was often called out by Trump during rallies and press scrums, will moderate a live CNN Town Hall with the former president on May 10 from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Trump, who has declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, will take questions from an audience of New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters who say they intend to vote in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
CNN has in the recent past seemed to take a dim view of Trump, and vice-versa. Trump routinely called CNN journalism “fake news,” and yelled at CNN reporters during White...
Kaitlan Collins, the former Washington correspondent turned morning anchor who was often called out by Trump during rallies and press scrums, will moderate a live CNN Town Hall with the former president on May 10 from St. Anselm College in New Hampshire. Trump, who has declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, will take questions from an audience of New Hampshire Republicans and undeclared voters who say they intend to vote in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary.
CNN has in the recent past seemed to take a dim view of Trump, and vice-versa. Trump routinely called CNN journalism “fake news,” and yelled at CNN reporters during White...
- 5/1/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News and Tucker Carlson have parted ways. The rest of the network seems thrilled.
“Pure joy,” one Fox reporter told Rolling Stone of their reaction to the split. “No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox.”
“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just...
“Pure joy,” one Fox reporter told Rolling Stone of their reaction to the split. “No one is untouchable. It’s a great day for America, and for the real journalists who work hard every day to deliver the news at Fox.”
“It was a good move to part ways with Tucker,” added a producer. “He knowingly spread lies throughout his time at Fox, but I fear management will replace him with someone who is just...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Diana Falzone
- Rollingstone.com
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to pay $5 million to a software engineer who disproved that data he presented showed fraud in the November 2020 election.
Lindell assembled a “cyber symposium” in South Dakota in 2021 that was designed to show off the data he claimed demonstrated Chinese interference in the U.S. 2020 elections. To draw further media attention, he promised to give $5 million to anyone who could prove his data was unrelated to the 2020 election.
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Robert Zeidman took up the challenge and delivered a 15-page report that concluded that Lindell’s data did not “contain packet data of any kind and do not contain any information related to the November 2020 election.” A panel of judges refused to declare Zeidman a winner, leading him to file a lawsuit.
The arbitration panel awarded Zeidman the $5 million on Wednesday, writing, “He proved the data Lindell LLC provided,...
Lindell assembled a “cyber symposium” in South Dakota in 2021 that was designed to show off the data he claimed demonstrated Chinese interference in the U.S. 2020 elections. To draw further media attention, he promised to give $5 million to anyone who could prove his data was unrelated to the 2020 election.
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Robert Zeidman took up the challenge and delivered a 15-page report that concluded that Lindell’s data did not “contain packet data of any kind and do not contain any information related to the November 2020 election.” A panel of judges refused to declare Zeidman a winner, leading him to file a lawsuit.
The arbitration panel awarded Zeidman the $5 million on Wednesday, writing, “He proved the data Lindell LLC provided,...
- 4/21/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
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 provided.
It’s a strange story. It started in August 2021 when Lindell claimed during a “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he had data proving China interfered in the election. He announced he would pay $5 million to anyone who prove him wrong,...
It’s a strange story. It started in August 2021 when Lindell claimed during a “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he had data proving China interfered in the election. He announced he would pay $5 million to anyone who prove him wrong,...
- 4/20/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Stephen Colbert is among the many people who see the settlement Fox News reached with Dominion Voting Systems as a huge disappointment. Sure, Fox has agreed to pay Dominion $787 million, but it was not required to admit any wrongdoing or apologize.
So it is that on Wednesday’s “The Late Show” that Stephen Colbert gave something to the CBS audience that neither the judge in the Dominion case nor Dominion’s army of lawyers cared to do: an apology from Fox News.
Of course, it wasn’t a real apology. Fox News hasn’t even really covered the trial or the settlement, let alone owned up to the massive volume of lies it told about the 2020 election. But fortunately, Colbert has good editors working for him, and they spliced a mea culpa together with footage from the network.
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So it is that on Wednesday’s “The Late Show” that Stephen Colbert gave something to the CBS audience that neither the judge in the Dominion case nor Dominion’s army of lawyers cared to do: an apology from Fox News.
Of course, it wasn’t a real apology. Fox News hasn’t even really covered the trial or the settlement, let alone owned up to the massive volume of lies it told about the 2020 election. But fortunately, Colbert has good editors working for him, and they spliced a mea culpa together with footage from the network.
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- 4/20/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Joshua Vinson
- The Wrap
About 15 minutes after a surprise settlement with Fox on Tuesday, Dominion Voting Systems’ lead attorney Justin Nelson stood before a horde of reporters waiting for any details on how the case was resolved.
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences…Today’s settlement of $787,500,000 represents vindication and accountability,” he said, as journalists feverishly tweeted and texted the amount.
Then Nelson went in to what the settlement means for Dominion and the country.
“The truth does not know red or blue. People across the political spectrum can and should disagree on issues even of the most profound importance. For our democracy to endure for another 250 years, and hopefully much longer, we must share a commitment to facts. Misinformation will not go away. It may only get worse. This litigation cannot solve all problems. All of us remain ever vigilant to find common factual ground. Today represents a ringing endorsement for truth, and for democracy.
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences…Today’s settlement of $787,500,000 represents vindication and accountability,” he said, as journalists feverishly tweeted and texted the amount.
Then Nelson went in to what the settlement means for Dominion and the country.
“The truth does not know red or blue. People across the political spectrum can and should disagree on issues even of the most profound importance. For our democracy to endure for another 250 years, and hopefully much longer, we must share a commitment to facts. Misinformation will not go away. It may only get worse. This litigation cannot solve all problems. All of us remain ever vigilant to find common factual ground. Today represents a ringing endorsement for truth, and for democracy.
- 4/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott was concerned that the network’s insistence on fact-checking bogus claims of election fraud was “bad for business.”
“This has to stop,” Scott wrote in a Dec. 2, 2020 email discussing anchor Eric Shawn’s efforts to fact-check fraud claims. The email was submitted as evidence in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, and obtained by the progressive watchdog Media Matters for America. The emails, which were included in a slide deck presented during a March 21 hearing on the case,...
“This has to stop,” Scott wrote in a Dec. 2, 2020 email discussing anchor Eric Shawn’s efforts to fact-check fraud claims. The email was submitted as evidence in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, and obtained by the progressive watchdog Media Matters for America. The emails, which were included in a slide deck presented during a March 21 hearing on the case,...
- 3/29/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump hasn’t been arrested yet, but Jimmy Fallon is pretty sure he’s starting to feel the heat. During Monday night’s episode of “The Tonight Show,” Fallon joked that the location of Trump’s first official 2024 campaign rally made that abundantly clear.
On Saturday, Trump stopped in Waco, Texas, to make his first official 2024 campaign bid to the people and, as always, his speech was full of lies and gripes about how he’s being treated unfairly. Naturally, Trump complained about the multiple investigations into him, arguing that the courts shouldn’t be believing the testimony of his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.
In reality, Waco is about a five or six-hour drive away from the Mexico border. Nonetheless, Fallon took his opening.
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On Saturday, Trump stopped in Waco, Texas, to make his first official 2024 campaign bid to the people and, as always, his speech was full of lies and gripes about how he’s being treated unfairly. Naturally, Trump complained about the multiple investigations into him, arguing that the courts shouldn’t be believing the testimony of his former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen.
In reality, Waco is about a five or six-hour drive away from the Mexico border. Nonetheless, Fallon took his opening.
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- 3/28/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Day 3 of “Indictment Watch,” as Jimmy Fallon has dubbed it, has come and gone, and twice-impeached former president Donald Trump has not been officially charged with anything as of yet. But Fallon is pretty sure it’s coming, considering he “obtained” Trump’s pre-indictment to-do list.
During his monologue on Thursday night, Fallon first poked fun at the fact that Trump’s presidential campaign has actually raised money since he claimed he’d be arrested on Tuesday. According to the New York Post, Trump’s campaign has raised roughly $1.5 million, or, as Fallon put it, “like 10 hush money payments.”
The “Tonight Show” host then joked that it’s a lot of money because, after taxes, it’s still $1.5 million for Trump since, well, he doesn’t properly pay his taxes. Eventually though, Fallon guessed Trump knows what’s coming for him.
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During his monologue on Thursday night, Fallon first poked fun at the fact that Trump’s presidential campaign has actually raised money since he claimed he’d be arrested on Tuesday. According to the New York Post, Trump’s campaign has raised roughly $1.5 million, or, as Fallon put it, “like 10 hush money payments.”
The “Tonight Show” host then joked that it’s a lot of money because, after taxes, it’s still $1.5 million for Trump since, well, he doesn’t properly pay his taxes. Eventually though, Fallon guessed Trump knows what’s coming for him.
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- 3/24/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Ron DeSantis responded on Monday to Donald Trump’s potential indictment on criminal charges related to paying porn star Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about their alleged affair ahead of the 2016 presidential election. The Florida governor, currently the biggest obstacle between Trump and a potential rematch against President Biden, toed the Republican Party line by calling Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg a “Soros-funded prosecutor” who is “weaponizing” his office to impose a “political agenda.”
DeSantis very easily could have left it at that … but he didn’t, continuing to take...
DeSantis very easily could have left it at that … but he didn’t, continuing to take...
- 3/20/2023
- by Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on. The MyPillow guy has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits brought by voting machine manufacturers who allege Lindell defamed them by spreading conspiracies regarding their role in the 2020 election.
“The machine companies continue to sue us for billions of dollars, and we had to borrow almost $10 million at MyPillow,” Lindell told far-right radio host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on Wednesday.
Mike Lindell reveals that MyPillow is going...
“The machine companies continue to sue us for billions of dollars, and we had to borrow almost $10 million at MyPillow,” Lindell told far-right radio host and former Trump advisor Steve Bannon on Wednesday.
Mike Lindell reveals that MyPillow is going...
- 3/16/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Late last month, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was busy working with staunchly pro-Trump lawyers on a plan to sue House speaker Kevin McCarthy. On Monday afternoon, the plan collapsed entirely, a “very disappointed” Lindell tells Rolling Stone.
“The lawyers came back this afternoon and said after working on this and researching, I cannot sue [McCarthy] now,” he says. “They found too much [precedents] against doing it…I had five different law firms looking into this, from every which way and direction and I was pushing to have the lawsuit filed as soon as possible.
“The lawyers came back this afternoon and said after working on this and researching, I cannot sue [McCarthy] now,” he says. “They found too much [precedents] against doing it…I had five different law firms looking into this, from every which way and direction and I was pushing to have the lawsuit filed as soon as possible.
- 3/7/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Saturday Night Live this weekend began with a parody of the morning news show Fox & Friends as a cold open. The sketch featured Heidi Gardner as Ainsley Earhardt, Mikey Day as Steve Doocy and Bowen Yang as Brian Kilmeade.
The hosts had a laugh about the $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems over the television network’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
Dominion has submitted numerous texts and emails between Fox News hosts that criticize their own reporting as evidence. The channel has claimed that these conversations were taken out of context.
They also addressed media mogul and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, who admitted that the channel promoted election fraud conspiracies that they were aware were false for higher ratings.
They then talked with MyPillow guy Mike Lindell (James Austin Johnson), who is one of the network’s major sponsors and a known conspiracy theorist about the 2020 election.
The hosts had a laugh about the $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems over the television network’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
Dominion has submitted numerous texts and emails between Fox News hosts that criticize their own reporting as evidence. The channel has claimed that these conversations were taken out of context.
They also addressed media mogul and Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, who admitted that the channel promoted election fraud conspiracies that they were aware were false for higher ratings.
They then talked with MyPillow guy Mike Lindell (James Austin Johnson), who is one of the network’s major sponsors and a known conspiracy theorist about the 2020 election.
- 3/6/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Mere minutes after Chris Rock’s live Netflix stand-up special Selective Outrage ended, Saturday Night Live kicked off with its cold open — a parody of Fox & Friends featuring Mikey Day as Steve Doocy, Heidi Gardner as Ainsley Earhardt, and Bowen Yang as Brian Kilmeade.
After ripping into New York City (a Democrat-run “cesspool”), they mocked the current $1.6 billion lawsuit Fox News is facing from Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s unsupported election-fraud-claims.
“Rupert Murdoch would never murder anyone. They’d send him away for life. Look how sad he looks!
After ripping into New York City (a Democrat-run “cesspool”), they mocked the current $1.6 billion lawsuit Fox News is facing from Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s unsupported election-fraud-claims.
“Rupert Murdoch would never murder anyone. They’d send him away for life. Look how sad he looks!
- 3/5/2023
- by Marlow Stern
- Rollingstone.com
Saturday Night Live went with the week’s biggest media stories for its cold open: the revelations from Dominion Voting Systems bombshell filing in its defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Watch a clip below.
Once again choosing the setting of Fox & Friends to skewer the network, hosts Steve Doocy (Mikey Day), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Bowen Yang) explained the revelations and why the network hasn’t covered the case.
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“Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News aired election fraud conspiracies to get ratings even though everyone at Fox knew they were false,” Day’s Doocy says.
Once again choosing the setting of Fox & Friends to skewer the network, hosts Steve Doocy (Mikey Day), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Bowen Yang) explained the revelations and why the network hasn’t covered the case.
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“Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News aired election fraud conspiracies to get ratings even though everyone at Fox knew they were false,” Day’s Doocy says.
- 3/5/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The fallout between former President Donald Trump and Fox News continued on Tuesday following the release of a deposition from Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch. The deposition stems from a defamation suit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, which alleges the network knowingly misled the public about claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
In his testimony, Murdoch admits that hosts on the network aired false claims about the election and alleged voter fraud, and that company executives could have intervened to prevent their broadcast.
The admissions from Murdoch drew ire from Trump,...
In his testimony, Murdoch admits that hosts on the network aired false claims about the election and alleged voter fraud, and that company executives could have intervened to prevent their broadcast.
The admissions from Murdoch drew ire from Trump,...
- 2/28/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
When House speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News host Tucker Carlson, a leading Jan. 6 revisionist, exclusive access this month to a vast archive of unseen surveillance footage of the deadly Capitol riot, he — expectedly — pissed off the left. But the Republican lawmaker’s move didn’t just infuriate his liberal counterparts, who accused him and Fox of working to rewrite history and potentially even inviting new “security risks.”
McCarthy’s gift to Carlson immediately triggered a right-wing media feud, and drew the scorn of multiple high-profile Donald Trump allies. And...
McCarthy’s gift to Carlson immediately triggered a right-wing media feud, and drew the scorn of multiple high-profile Donald Trump allies. And...
- 2/28/2023
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News hosts pushed lies about the 2020 election, court documents pertaining to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network revealed on Monday.
“They endorsed,” Murdoch, who chairs the Fox Corporation, said under oath during a deposition last month, responding to whether hosts like Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and others broadcast support for unfounded claims that President Biden’s win was illegitimate.
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“They endorsed,” Murdoch, who chairs the Fox Corporation, said under oath during a deposition last month, responding to whether hosts like Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and others broadcast support for unfounded claims that President Biden’s win was illegitimate.
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- 2/27/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
My Pillow CEO and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell said Tucker Carlson’s acquisition of the more than 41,000 hours of tapes of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is a case worthy of the Supreme Court.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave those tapes exclusively to Fox News, and Lindell said he’s prepared to “run this all the way to the Supreme Court” if it comes to that point.
While speaking to Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast Thursday, Lindell said his media company “LindellTV” should have rights to the tapes.
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“We’re injured by not having access,” Lindell said. “[This is] discrimination by the speaker.”
Lindell added, “Well, we’re not going to sit back and let that happen.”
Bannon questioned Lindell and asked why would add this...
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave those tapes exclusively to Fox News, and Lindell said he’s prepared to “run this all the way to the Supreme Court” if it comes to that point.
While speaking to Steve Bannon on his “War Room” podcast Thursday, Lindell said his media company “LindellTV” should have rights to the tapes.
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“We’re injured by not having access,” Lindell said. “[This is] discrimination by the speaker.”
Lindell added, “Well, we’re not going to sit back and let that happen.”
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- 2/24/2023
- by Joshua Vinson
- The Wrap
Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for spreading conspiracies about the company’s role in nonexistent fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Dominion submitted a bombshell legal filing on Thursday revealing that most of the Fox News hosts who pushed the Big Lie knew it was total bullshit, as well as the internal strife over how to cover the election Donald Trump has clearly lost.
Tucker Carlson was particularly incensed, the filing reveals. “Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It’s insane,” he texted fellow host Laura Ingraham on Nov.
Tucker Carlson was particularly incensed, the filing reveals. “Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It’s insane,” he texted fellow host Laura Ingraham on Nov.
- 2/17/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Fox news hosts and producers privately shared misgivings about former President Donald Trump’s false claims of fraud in the 2020 election despite their networks promoting his claims, Dominion Voting Systems alleged in a new court filing, the New York Times reports.
The newly disclosed messages are part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the media giant; Dominion, an election technology company, is seeking damages from Fox News for airing conspiracy theories about voting machine fraud.
Host Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham, as well as others, disparaged Trump’s henchmen,...
The newly disclosed messages are part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the media giant; Dominion, an election technology company, is seeking damages from Fox News for airing conspiracy theories about voting machine fraud.
Host Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham, as well as others, disparaged Trump’s henchmen,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
On A Recent “Weekend Update” segment for Saturday Night Live, Michael Che relayed the news that Ronna McDaniel had just won a close reelection as chair of the Republican National Committee. He then ran down the list of McDaniel’s failed challengers, including some real ones (MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell) and a few joke picks (Kevin Sorbo, Kyle Rittenhouse). Among the latter was “Twitter user @CAT_TURD_2.”
That mention got a big laugh. To most, it probably sounded like a throwaway gag: the writers inventing a crass, right-wing internet troll...
That mention got a big laugh. To most, it probably sounded like a throwaway gag: the writers inventing a crass, right-wing internet troll...
- 2/9/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Megan Fox attended the annual pre-Grammys gala on Saturday with a broken wrist and concussion.
The 36-year-old actor described her injuries to fans on social media after the event, which was hosted by record producer Clive Davis.
“Off the plane with a broken wrist and a concussion straight to a Grammys party,” wrote Fox on Instagram.
The Transformers star did not offer any further explanation on the cause of her injuries.
The Independent has contacted Fox’s representative for further comment.
She was attending the awards ceremony with her fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, who is nominated for Best Rock Album for his sixth studio record Mainstream Sellout.
Kelly, real name Colson Baker, has been dating Fox since May 2020.
Mainstream Sellout is competing against Dropout Boogie by The Black Keys, The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Crawler by Idles, Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne, and Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon.
The 36-year-old actor described her injuries to fans on social media after the event, which was hosted by record producer Clive Davis.
“Off the plane with a broken wrist and a concussion straight to a Grammys party,” wrote Fox on Instagram.
The Transformers star did not offer any further explanation on the cause of her injuries.
The Independent has contacted Fox’s representative for further comment.
She was attending the awards ceremony with her fiancé, Machine Gun Kelly, who is nominated for Best Rock Album for his sixth studio record Mainstream Sellout.
Kelly, real name Colson Baker, has been dating Fox since May 2020.
Mainstream Sellout is competing against Dropout Boogie by The Black Keys, The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Crawler by Idles, Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne, and Lucifer on the Sofa by Spoon.
- 2/5/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - Music
Jimmy Kimmel and MyPillow’s Mike Lindell are making headlines again after the two did an interesting interview on Tuesday, Jan. 31.
Lindell, known for creating the ubiquitous MyPillow brand, has had an ongoing spat with Kimmel over the last few months regarding Lindell’s stance on anti-vaccination and voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Kimmel streamed his interview with Lindell while the MyPillow creator sat inside a claw machine at a children’s arcade.
“You said (you) put me in here because I wasn’t vaccinated. You tricked me. You did it to be funny huh?” Lindell jokingly quipped.
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Kimmel appeared surprised and amused that Lindell agreed to interview a claw game machine.
“I didn’t want you in there because you weren’t vaccinated,” Kimmel responded.
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Lindell, known for creating the ubiquitous MyPillow brand, has had an ongoing spat with Kimmel over the last few months regarding Lindell’s stance on anti-vaccination and voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
Kimmel streamed his interview with Lindell while the MyPillow creator sat inside a claw machine at a children’s arcade.
“You said (you) put me in here because I wasn’t vaccinated. You tricked me. You did it to be funny huh?” Lindell jokingly quipped.
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Kimmel appeared surprised and amused that Lindell agreed to interview a claw game machine.
“I didn’t want you in there because you weren’t vaccinated,” Kimmel responded.
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- 2/1/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
In one of the most surreal scenes to take place on late-night television, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell made his return to Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday (January 31) night… inside a claw machine. The MyPillow CEO appeared just days after his failed bid to become the Chair of the Republican National Committee, where he lost after receiving four of the 167 votes cast. But as for why his interview took place from inside an arcade game, well, Lindell told his Facebook followers it was because he is not vaccinated. “A lot of you have reached out to me: ‘Mike, don’t do it; he’s going to attack you. Why did you agree to go inside a claw game?’” Lindell said during a Facebook live stream (via Rolling Stone). “Which I did, because they… you can’t go inside the studio if you’re not vaccinated. And of course, I’m not vaccinated.
- 2/1/2023
- TV Insider
In a stranger-than-fiction moment, MyPillow founder Mike Lindell’s return to Jimmy Kimmel Live took place from inside a claw machine on Tuesday night.
Explaining that Lindell had been trying to get back on his show for a long time, Kimmel invited him on caveat that he do so while sitting inside the infamously rigged arcade game.
“A lot of you have reached out to me: ‘Mike, don’t do it, he’s going to attack you. Why did you agree to go inside a claw game?'” Lindell said...
Explaining that Lindell had been trying to get back on his show for a long time, Kimmel invited him on caveat that he do so while sitting inside the infamously rigged arcade game.
“A lot of you have reached out to me: ‘Mike, don’t do it, he’s going to attack you. Why did you agree to go inside a claw game?'” Lindell said...
- 2/1/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert took aim at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell during Monday night’s monologue after he failed to defeat incumbent chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in the Republican National Committee election over the weekend.
“In the run-up to Friday’s vote, Lindell claimed that he called every member of the RNC and bragged sometimes I talked for three to four hours to one person,” Colbert said before going into an impression of Lindell. “I do most of the talking. Occasionally, they’ll ask a question like 9-1-1 what’s your emergency?”
McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term, winning 111 of the total 167 votes cast.
“I would say congratulations, but its a horrible job and I do not like you,” Colbert quipped.
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“In the run-up to Friday’s vote, Lindell claimed that he called every member of the RNC and bragged sometimes I talked for three to four hours to one person,” Colbert said before going into an impression of Lindell. “I do most of the talking. Occasionally, they’ll ask a question like 9-1-1 what’s your emergency?”
McDaniel was elected to a fourth consecutive term, winning 111 of the total 167 votes cast.
“I would say congratulations, but its a horrible job and I do not like you,” Colbert quipped.
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- 1/31/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump is starting to really get his next campaign underway, and that means he’s been flying all over the country to speak to Republican audiences. During some of those flights, he’s been making statements about his plans and competitors — and Seth Meyers is super glad that he is falling back into his old habit of issuing statements in places where he can barely be heard.
Over the weekend, while flying from one campaign stop to the next, Trump went on another one of his tirades about disloyalty in the GOP, this time specifically calling out Florida governor Ron DeSantis. According to Trump, if DeSantis does declare his candidacy for president, it will be a “disloyal” move.
Of course, because Trump was mid-flight while he ranted, the video is quite loud, with Trump’s voice competing with noise from the plane.
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Over the weekend, while flying from one campaign stop to the next, Trump went on another one of his tirades about disloyalty in the GOP, this time specifically calling out Florida governor Ron DeSantis. According to Trump, if DeSantis does declare his candidacy for president, it will be a “disloyal” move.
Of course, because Trump was mid-flight while he ranted, the video is quite loud, with Trump’s voice competing with noise from the plane.
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- 1/31/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
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