by A.J. Bauer The retirement of Rupert Murdoch, the global media mogul perhaps most responsible for our contemporary media dysfunction, prompted renewed speculation about the future of […]
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Republicans promoting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are playing with fire
by Jonathan Bernstein Nominations define parties. But what we’re seeing in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s futile challenge to President Joe Biden is an odd situation in which […]
Carlson’s ‘free speech’ defense crumbled when he accepted millions from Fox
Tucker Carlson might not work for Fox News anymore, but as their messy public divorce drags on, the unhappily parted pair can’t help making headlines. The latest […]
Fox News fired Carlson. The GOP can’t
by Tara Setmayer It was the firing heard around the world, literally. Thanks to Rupert Murdoch’s global empire, Tucker Carlson’s influence and ilk were far-reaching. So was […]
Carlson, Lemon personified much of what’s wrong with cable news
Two of the loosest cannons in America’s cable news fleet were unceremoniously rolled overboard Monday, and the country will be better for it. Though unrelated, the sudden, […]
When lies pay, and when they don’t
If we thought last week’s 11th-hour settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems was surprising, that was nothing compared to Monday’s shocking announcement that Tucker Carlson […]
What the Fox-Dominion settlement sidesteps
by Nicholas Goldberg I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. I mean, I’m […]
The Great Comeuppance?
by What’s happening to Trump, Fox News, Putin and other public-be-damned scoundrels by Robert Reich Suddenly, it seems, people once considered invincible — beyond the law, untouchable, […]
Meet America’s most delicate snowflake
by Jonah Goldberg If you search for “safe space” on the Foxnews.com website you’ll get over 46,000 results. All of them aren’t about those woke snowflakes who […]
Tuckered out from lies: Carlson uses Jan. 6 footage for propaganda
Fox News host Tucker Carlson has a pretty recognizable M.O.: the operative — “journalist” was a stretch before and an almost laughable descriptor now — employs the […]
