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4 weeks ago
US politics

A Northern California county ditched its Dominion vote counting machines. Now a supporter faces a recall election

Voters in Shasta County lack confidence in the election system despite conservative victories.
The county board in Shasta County opted to count ballots by hand, causing concerns.
www.nytimes.com
3 months ago
US politics

Giuliani to Go on Trial for Damages in Defamation Case

Rudolph Giuliani will appear in court for a trial to determine how much he will have to pay two Georgia election workers he defamed during the 2020 presidential race.
Giuliani is facing financial ruin and disbarment while being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for false claims of election rigging.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Washington Post: Trump campaign commissioned research that failed to prove 2020 election fraud claims

(CNN)A research firm commissioned by former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign team to prove his electoral fraud claims instead failed to substantiate his theories, the Washington Post reported Saturday.The Berkeley Research Group was commissioned to look into voting data from six states, according to the Post, and a source told the publication that the campaign team wanted about a dozen claims tested.
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www.nytimes.com
9 months ago
Television

Two Former Tucker Carlson Producers Exit Fox News

Two top producers for Tucker Carlson's former show have left Fox News, in the latest fallout from the network's benching of Mr. Carlson.Alexander McCaskill, a senior producer and formerly the managing editor of Tucker Carlson Tonight, wrote on Instagram that his last day at the network was Thursday.
www.npr.org
11 months ago
Law

He 'Proved Mike Wrong.' Now he's claiming his $5 million

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell arrives at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in April.Evan Vucci/AP Software engineer Robert Zeidman, who used his data analytics skills to debunk a false 2020 election conspiracy theory promoted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, says he has received many congratulatory messages, including from supporters of former President Donald Trump.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Dominion wants Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other Fox hosts and executives to take the stand at trial

Dominion Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wants to put some of Fox News' top executives and most well-known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion defamation case against the right-wing network goes to trial.Among the network personnel that the voting technology company wants to call as witnesses are Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott; Fox News President Jay Wallace; hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo, Laura Ingraham, and Bret Baier; and former executive Bill Sammon and politics editor Chris Stirewalt.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Afternoon, News: Police Union & City Butt Heads on Body Cams, ShotSpotter Under Investigation, and Cops Who Murdered Tyre Nichols Plead "Not Guilty"

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!GOOD AFTERNOON, PORTLAND!This weekend you can expect mostly cloudy days, a high of 50, and a strong chance of you filling out the Mercury's super-horny SEX SURVEY! (See what I did there?
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1 year ago
Media industry

Compare the election-fraud claims Fox News aired with what its stars knew

A security guard looks out of the News Corp. headquarters in New York on April 19, 2017.Mary Altaffer/AP Election officials and major news channels reported there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election to the fury of then-President Donald Trump.In the weeks following the election, Trump and his lawyers demanded recounts, refusing to accept his loss and claiming the election was stolen.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Media industry

They Look Like Clowns': Ex-CNN Anchor Brooke Baldwin Annihilates Fox News for Prioritizing Ratings Over Truth'

Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin took shots at Fox News in light of the new reporting that the network wanted the ratings instead of the truth during the 2020 election.Baldwin posted her video essay to Instagram, where she exclaimed that she couldn't stop thinking about the New York Times' report on the meeting that Fox News executives held after the 2020 election to discuss their coverage.
Truthout
9 months ago
Left-wing politics

Fox News Sends Tucker Carlson Cease and Desist Letter Over His Twitter Show

"Tucker on Twitter" began airing on the social media site earlier this month.Tucker Carlson speaks with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.Gage Skidmore via Flickr Fox News has sent a cease and desist letter to former host Tucker Carlson demanding that he stop producing videos for a program he began on Twitter earlier this month after his ouster from the right-wing network in April.
www.nytimes.com
11 months ago
US politics

Newsmax Sees a Ratings Boost After Carlson's Exit at Fox

Newsmax, the niche conservative news channel that has long played David to Fox News's Goliath, has seized on Tucker Carlson's shock dismissal from its rival network and declared itself the true TV home for right-wing Americans.So far, the strategy is showing some promise.Viewership of Newsmax remains far below that of Fox News.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
US politics

Trump's Return to Fox News Gets a Cool Reception on Fox News

Reunions can be awkward.Former President Donald J. Trump finally returned this week to his old stomping ground, Fox News, after several months away.The chilly reception from some of his one-time media allies underscored his uneasy place at the moment in Republican politics.Yes, Sean Hannity, the Fox News anchor who conducted the interview, listened patiently as Mr. Trump reeled off his usual talking points about the fake news media and horrible Democrats.
www.esquire.com
1 year ago
Media industry

We Can Ignore Fox News As a Reputable Outlet After They Spread 2020 Election Fraud Lies

Some day, we will all finally tumble to the fact that the only way to survive here in the Age Of Morons is to laugh our way through whatever burlesque Armageddon comes next.And when that day comes, we are all going to look at Thursday, February 16, 2023 as a pivotal point in humanand humor'shistory.
www.mediaite.com
1 year ago
Media industry

Fox's Media Host Totally Ignores THE Story the Press is Buzzing About

Fox News's Sunday morning show MediaBuzz which highlights the week's biggest news from the media world chose to ignore the dominant story in the cable news world Hosted by Howard Kurtz, this Sunday's edition of the hour-long program opted not to cover the bombshell revelations involving Fox News and many of its personalities and executives which were made public in a newly-unsealed filing from the Dominion voting systems $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
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11 months ago
Law

MyPillow founder Mike Lindell is ordered to pay $5M in election fraud challenge

MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell talks to reporters at the Republican National Committee winter meeting in Dana Point, Calif., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023.Jae C. Hong/AP ST.PAUL, Minn.An arbitration panel has ordered MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell to pay $5 million to a software engineer for breach of contract in a dispute over data that Lindell claims proves that China interfered in the U.S. 2020 elections and tipped the outcome to Joe Biden.
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2 years ago
Law

Colorado clerk is indicted for election tampering and misconduct

A grand jury in Colorado has indicted Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and her deputy on counts related to election tampering and misconduct.
emptywheel
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

The Tax Aspects Of The Massive Fox Settlement With Dominion - emptywheel

[Editor note: This is a guest post by my friend Bob Lord.I am no tax policy legal expert, but he really is and I ask him to weigh in occasionally.Commenters asked about this question previously, so here is the answer.- bmaz] My friend bmaz, noting reporting in The Lever that Fox News could claim a tax deduction for its massive settlement payment to Dominion Voting Systems, asked me to explain it further here.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Trump Is Already Planning Legal Challenges to Pennsylvania Election If Oz Loses

Former President Donald Trump is already laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the Pennsylvania Senate race, viewing the election as a "dress rehearsal for Trump 2024," according to Rolling Stone.Trump last month met with Republican allies at Trump Tower to demand they "do something" about the Senate race between Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and Republican challenger Mehmet Oz, claiming that there was a "scam" happening in Philadelphia and elsewhere around the state.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Fox Argues Top Executives Weren't Involved in Voter Fraud Broadcasts

WILMINGTON, Del.Fox Corporation executives, including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, had no direct involvement in what aired on the company's cable news channels, and therefore their company should not be found liable in a $1.6 defamation case, lawyers for Fox argued Wednesday in a Delaware court.The argument was part of Fox's request for a pretrial victory.
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1 year ago
US politics

Lachlan Murdoch Defends Fox News's Chief Executive Amid Defamation Suit

Lachlan Murdoch, whose family controls the Fox media empire, issued a full-throated show of support on Thursday for Suzanne Scott, the chief executive of Fox News Media, as the cable channel faces a $1.6 billion defamation suit that has generated a cascade of unflattering revelations about its inner workings.
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1 year ago
US politics

Trump Lawyer Admits to Falsehoods in 2020 Fraud Claims

Jenna Ellis, a lawyer who represented President Donald J. Trump after his loss in the 2020 election, admitted in a sworn statement released on Wednesday that she had knowingly misrepresented the facts in several of her public claims that widespread voting fraud led to Mr. Trump's defeat.The admissions by Ms. Ellis were part of an agreement to accept public censure and settle disciplinary measures brought against her by state bar officials in Colorado, her home state.
www.theguardian.com
1 year ago
Media industry

Rupert Murdoch and the lawsuit blowing open Fox News

When Rupert Murdoch addressed MPs in Westminster in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal that had engulfed his tabloid News of the World, he said it was the most humble day of my life.As part of his crisis management he had sought to isolate the offending publication and stop the spread of the scandal.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

The RNC Is Already Warning Its Nominee Will Boycott 2024 Presidential Debate

Televised debates are already skewed toward the right, commentators say.Then-President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic Presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) reiterated that the RNC won't let the GOP nominee participate in events organized by a nonpartisan organization that has held presidential debates since 1988.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

The Times Asks Judge to Unseal Documents in Fox News Defamation Case

The New York Times asked a judge on Wednesday to unseal some legal filings that contain previously undisclosed evidence in a defamation suit brought against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems, a company targeted with conspiracy theories about rigged machines and stolen votes in the 2020 election.Most of the evidence in the case including text messages and emails taken from the personal phones of Fox executives, on-air personalities and producers in the weeks after the election has remained under seal at the request of lawyers for the network.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Fox accuses Dominion of manipulating data to reach $1.6 billion damages figure

Wilmington, Delaware CNN Lawyers for Fox News on Wednesday accused Dominion Voting Systems of manipulating data to reach the eye-popping $1.6 billion figure that it's seeking as part of its defamation lawsuit against the network.At a pretrial hearing, Fox News lawyer Erin Murphy claimed Dominion is trying to have it both ways.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Paul Ryan grilled for remaining on Fox board of directors amid election fraud revelations

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was grilled last week over his decision to remain on the board of directors of Fox News' parent company after damning court documents showed that the right-wing network knowingly peddled election lies to its audience.In the interview, conducted by conservative commentator Charlie Sykes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and posted Tuesday on The Bulwark Podcast, Ryan was asked how he could associate himself with a company that is pumping toxic sludge, racism, disinformation, and attacks on democracy.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US news

Paul Ryan grilled for remaining on Fox board of directors amid election fraud revelations

Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was grilled last week over his decision to remain on the board of directors of Fox News' parent company after damning court documents showed that the right-wing network knowingly peddled election lies to its audience.In the interview, conducted by conservative commentator Charlie Sykes at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and posted Tuesday on The Bulwark Podcast, Ryan was asked how he could associate himself with a company that is pumping toxic sludge, racism, disinformation, and attacks on democracy.
Portland Mercury
1 year ago
Portland

Good Morning, News: Living Room Theaters Staff Vote for Independent Union, Actual Consequences for Proud Boy Brawler, and a Big Defamation Lawsuit Hits Fox News

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Good Morning, Portland!They try to tell us there's a winter weather advisory / But we're too Portland to really anticipate snow.
www.nytimes.com
1 year ago
Television

Late Night Can't Believe Tucker Carlson's Texts About Trump

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night's highlights that lets you sleep and lets us get paid to watch comedy.Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now.New documents released as part of the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News revealed that the popular host Tucker Carlson sent several denigrating texts about former President Donald Trump.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Clarence Page: Can Fox News handle the truth? As long as it pleases the viewers.

An old cynical newsperson jokes about not "letting facts get in the way of a good story."In today's world, one might just as easily say, don't let facts get in the way of audience ratings or viral internet surfing clicks.Such is the newsroom scene unfolding in the case that Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox News for what Dominion says were Fox's false claims of election fraud by the voting machine firm.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Hannity Says He Didn't Believe Election Lies Despite Pushing Them on His Show

The Fox News host regularly featured election deniers on his show in the weeks after Trump's 2020 election defeat.Fox News Channel and radio talk show host Sean Hannity, left, interviews then-President Donald Trump before a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on September 20, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Says He's Running to Head the RNC

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and an ardent loyalist to former President Donald Trump, announced on Monday that he is running to become the next head of the Republican National Committee (RNC).Lindell, who is currently facing a defamation lawsuit  with the potential of having to pay $1.3 billion to Dominion Voting Systems for consistently lying about the efficacy of their voting machines in the 2020 presidential election, announced his decision on a podcast hosted by former Trump adviser Steve Bannon .
the Guardian
1 year ago
World news

MyPillow CEO sued for defamation by former Dominion Voting employee

The CEO of bedding company MyPillow, Mike Lindell, has been sued for defamation by a former employee of Dominion Voting Systems.
Nytimes
2 years ago
New York City

Much of Smartmatic Case Against Fox News Can Proceed, Judge Rules

The $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News by the election technology company Smartmatic can move forward, a New York judge ruled on Tuesday.
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