Oliver Darcy
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The President of the United States incited all of this.
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@BrianStelter
asks Robert De Niro about criticism he gets from Fox for speaking out against Trump.
"Fuck em," De Niro replies. "Fuck em."
Stelter reminds him, "This is cable, so it's not an FCC violation, but it is still a Sunday morning."
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Hell of a thing to watch CNN's
@ddale8
fact-check the cascade of lies from Trump's speech.
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After receiving legal letter, conservative outlet American Thinker has issued an incredible statement admitting it published "completely false" info on Dominion that had "no basis in fact." It apologizes to readers for "abandoning" journalistic principles.
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"What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their President say that,"
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says on CNN. "To falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election, to try to attack democracy that way with his feast of falsehoods. Lie after lie after lie."
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"When the President said they found a lot of ballots in the river: Where is the river?"
@PressSec
doesn't answer.
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Sandy Hook parent Scarlett Lewis is directly speaking to Alex Jones, who is now in the courtroom, as she testifies on the stand.
"Jesse was real," Lewis tells Jones. "I am a real mom."
She says she wanted to tell Jones this to his face.
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Here's video of
@PaulaReidCBS
grilling Trump on what his administration did in the month leading up to the coronavirus crisis.
"You didn't use it to prepare hospitals. You didn't use it to ramp up testing."
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Still trying to wrap my head around how Fox would have covered Obama if he had paused, looked up toward the sky, and declared himself the "chosen one."
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MSNBC immediately cuts off Trump when he moves to undermine the integrity of US election system.
"Here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the President of the United States but correcting the President of the United States..."
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Tucker Carlson, who has the highest-rated program on a channel that purports to be in the news business, did not mention the Supreme Court decision once tonight on his show.
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Watching this
@jonathanvswan
interview with Trump. Swan is not a TV host, but this is hands down the best TV interview of Trump during his presidency. It’s not even close. Swan displays a masterful grasp of the facts & how be confronts Trump with them is remarkable to watch.
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@JohnKingCNN
: "I'm going to share a secret I've never shared before: I am immunocompromised. I have multiple sclerosis. So I'm grateful you're all vaccinated...."
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Both of my parents migrated to the US from Iran, along with much of my family. What's wrong with having a Persian ancestry? This comment from Graham -- and the casual way in which he delivers it and then laughs -- is really off-putting.
Lindsey Graham jokes about taking a DNA test: "I'll probably be Iranian. That'd be, like, terrible." (via Fox)
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News: NPR becomes first major news org to stop using Twitter, saying that the Elon Musk-owned platform “is taking actions that undermine our credibility.”
“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility…”
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CNN cuts away from the White House coronavirus briefing when Trump invites the My Pillow guy up to the podium to talk.
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Tucker Carlson announces he is going to be going on a "long planned" vacation "trout fishing."
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Fox's
@BretBaier
notes that "had President Obama made this speech from the Rose Garden, Republicans on Capitol Hill would have likely have been up in arms."
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If you’re a Fox viewer, you are hearing right now a credible witness under oath dismantle narratives the network's highest rated shows have fed to you for the last several months.
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Viewers rarely get a behind the scenes view like this, but in a recent package produced showing off the unveiling of Fox News’ upgraded DC bureau, you can see that the entire office is masked up.
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CNN chyron: "TRUMP MISSING IN ACTION AS COVID DEATHS SPIKE, U.S. ATTACKED"
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Have you ever seen an outlet work so hard to undermine / discredit its own reporting?
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As CNN and MSNBC carry live footage from the US Capitol as the fallen officer arrives to lie in honor, Fox sticks to
@seanhannity
’s normal show and offers no coverage.
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On Fox, Chris Wallace says, "The spinning that has been done by the president's defenders over the last 24 hours ... it is astonishing and deeply misleading."
Soo... Wallace is saying many of his colleagues are behaving in an "astonishing" and "deeply misleading" manner, yes?
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Emotional moment on CNN with
@VanJones68
breaking down: "It's easier to be a parent this morning, it's easier to be a dad. It's easier to tell your kids character matters, it matters. Telling the truth matters. Being a good person matters."
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Quite the statement here from the family of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick tonight:
"Every time the pain of that day seems to have ebbed a bit, organizations like Fox rip our wounds wide open again and we are frankly sick of it. Leave us the hell alone..."
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OAN has officially been booted from DirecTV’s lineup. Users who try to access the channel are greeted by a message that says, "This channel is no longer available."
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NBC's
@PeterAlexander
asks Trump what he'd say to Americans who are frightened.
Trump goes on rant against Alexander, says he asked a "nasty question," calls him a "terrible reporter" and attacks NBC and Comcast.
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Right-wing media figures glorifying an alleged teen killer seems like the very definition of radicalization.
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@JDiamond1
gets called on by Trump and he hands microphone to
@Yamiche
so she can ask her second question.
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🚨 New from Apple: “Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they resolve these issues.”
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@PaulaReidCBS
to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local health officials...How can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem?"
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In light of the Mueller indictments, I called
@newtgingrich
to see if he would like to apologize to the Seth Rich family for peddling the conspiracy theory that Rich was killed for supposedly leaking the DNC docs to Wikileaks.
"No. Goodbye!" Gingrich told me before hanging up.
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"Under Obama, ambassadors were coming back in body bags. Now everyone is upset because one got fired," says Fox's
@JesseBWatters
. "So what?"
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I'm told that in Twitter's slack, scores of staffers have posted the Salute emoji, as many appear to reject Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum. (The salute emoji has been what tweeps post as they exit.) A former exec who recently left described to me what's occurring as a "mass exodus."
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Tucker Carlson once called me, out of the blue, a little more than a year ago to taunt me & say his “sources” indicated I’d be soon fired. He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I still was employed by CNN a year later. I have been unable to collect. I even Venmo requested him and nada!
Tucker Carlson once called me, out of the blue, because he had heard through friends that I was going through a rough patch. We had never spoken before, but he took 45 minutes out of his night to offer support/advice. It remains one of the most surreal experiences of my life
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How many times has Trump ended press conferences under questioning from
@kaitlancollins
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NEWS: Voting technology company Smartmatic has sued Fox News, some of the network's hosts (Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro), Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell for $2.7 billion.
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I'm sorry, but for all the GOP members of Congress complaining that having Cohen testify is a waste of time and beneath the dignity of the chamber... are they aware Republicans literally invited "Diamond & Silk" testify last year???
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You've probably read a lot about John McCain. You probably think you know the story about what happened to him when he was captured as a POW. But I urge you to read this by David Foster Wallace. Just read it.
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One notable thing about this rapidly developing international story: Since Elon Musk took a sledgehammer to Twitter’s verification system, the platform is far less useful during breaking news events, and so people are depending on traditional newsrooms for verifiable information.
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On Fox News,
@johnrobertsFox
is visibly angry that
@PressSec
won't offer a clear denunciation of white supremacy: "Stop deflecting. Stop blaming the media. I'm tired of it. "
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I asked Fox News multiple times about claims that were made on its air and by its personalities suggesting Antifa was perhaps responsible for the mayhem at the US Capitol. Absolute silence. Zero response from the network’s PR team.
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After Trump spox
@TimMurtaugh
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@jaketapper
boots him off his program, saying, "You know what? I'm not Chris Wallace. Thank you, Tim!"
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New: Fox News is instructing its talent not to call Joe Biden the "President-elect" when the network calls the race, according to two memos obtained by
@brianstelter
and me. The memos say Fox should "stay away" from using the description.
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News: Disney has filed a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, alleging a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" over "protected speech" that "threatens Disney's business operations" and "violates its constitutional rights."
"Disney regrets that it has come to this."
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Wallace, after
@PressSec
tries to float statistic to support her claim: “I know the statistic. I didn’t know if you were going to use it, but I studied up on this. Do you know what those 4,000 people come where they are captured? Airports.”
Fox's Chris Wallace Repeatedly Nails Sarah Sanders on Bogus Border Terror Threat Claims
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"We are going to have to figure out the OAN and Newsmax problem. These companies have freedom of speech, but I'm not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and such bringing them into tens of millions of homes,"
@alexstamos
tells
@brianstelter
.
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@Olivianuzzi
asks Trump: "If an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died over the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be reelected?"
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Whoa. WSJ editorial board rips into Trump, saying his comments on Afghanistan were a "slander against every ally that has supported" the US effort in the country and adding, "We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President."
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While Fox hosts have uttered the words "protest that got out of hand" in last hour, CNN reports via law enforcement official that evidence uncovered so far suggests level of planning that has led investigators to believe attack was not just a protest that spiraled out of control.
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Remarkable how some news outlets just can’t get themselves to accurately describe OAN as a right-wing conspiracy channel. Reuters even describes the channel in the outlet’s story as a “popular news network.” This misleads readers and does a disservice to them.
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CNN banner: "TRUMP ESCALATES DISTRACTION, DECEPTION, LIES AS DEATHS SOAR"
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" Very, very ugly ending to that one hour appearance by the President in the Rose Garden"
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"Fox News, the longtime top-ranked cable news network ... has lost its No. 1 status ... with CNN now holding the top spot."
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Fort Worth Police Department calls out
@TuckerCarlson
for “absolutely inaccurate” claims.
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MSNBC says last night's episode of
@maddow
, which featured an interview with Lev Parnas, brought in 4.5 million total viewers, the show's highest-rated episode ever.
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@JakeTapper
asks Fauci if Trump campaign should take down the ad featuring him. "I think so," Fauci replies.
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Brit Hume on Fox's pre-debate special coverage: "I don't think there is any doubt Biden is senile."
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Per transcripts, Fox has not covered Mike Pence rebuking Trump at all today. None of the channel's prime time shows covered it last night either.
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"We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed to democracy."
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"It seems so incredible to me that we have to do this," Lewis tells Jones. "That we have to implore you — not just implore you, punish you — to get you to stop lying. ... It is surreal what is going on in here."
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Dr. Marc Siegel wanted
@HillaryClinton
’s neurological records when she fainted in 2016 at an event. But after Trump was hospitalized for days with a new and deadly virus, he showed no interest in pressing for such detailed records about his health. Weird!
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In secretly recorded audio, Melania Trump says about reporters asking her about kids separated at border: "Give me a fucking break." She assails the "liberal media," says she doesn't want to do a story on Fox, and adds, "Who gives a fuck about Christmas stuff and decorations?"
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Too many people — particularly political journalists — simply do not seem to understand that outside Trump, the Republican Party is not controlled by lawmakers as much as it is controlled by media personalties such as Hannity, Limbaugh, Levin, Beck, Carlson, Ingraham, etc.
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This is silly. At one point last week, the Hunter Biden story accounted for nearly 40% of Fox's coverage. You don't get to do wall-to-wall coverage on this and then leak that you passed on the story so you look above the fray. C'mon.
EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Passed on Hunter Biden Laptop Story Over Credibility Concerns
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: "The President just used a Bible ... and one of the churches of my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything our churches stand for....I am outraged."
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@Liz_Cheney
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Out of curiosity, I searched transcripts for Fox News prime time last night. I could not find any mention of the record 3,124 people who died of Covid. Think about that: The most watched cable news channel just ignoring the grim reality of the virus surging through the country.
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Reminder that to get into Fox’s studios for their socially distanced tapings, one must: wear a mask; take a Covid test; submit to a health screening and provide proof of passing. Do those restrictions put the Murdochs in the “COVID CRAZIES” camp?
Ingraham issues rallying cry, “It’s time to say never again to these mad scientists! Then promotes notion of no more masks or really any covid related mitigations.
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At this point it might just be easier for Twitter to label Trump’s entire account as a known source of disinformation.
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Howard Stern on Trump starting his own news network: "“(If) he thinks running the country is hard, wait ‘til he has to run a news network. That’ll fail inside of a year like all the other businesses. This is just insanity what’s going on.”
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a screen shot that says so much about where we are right now
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Weird message from a President who just hours ago wouldn’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power.
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Here's the audio of that remarkable call where Trump lashes out at governors and says they need to crack down on protesters.
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"$70,000 in hairstyling for television"
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Family member flying out of California this evening just sent along these photos from the flight. She said passengers could smell the smoke from the wildfires in the cabin.
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BREAKING: RT America is ceasing productions and laying off its staff, according to a memo I have obtained from the production company behind the Russia-backed network.
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Fox Corp. HR chief Kevin Lord just sent out a memo to staff saying that “90% of full-time employees reported they are fully vaccinated” after the company mandated everyone report their vaccination status.
Lord says they will soon introduce daily COVID testing for unvaccinated.
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CNN and MSNBC are both taking the briefing from Boulder police right now.
Fox, which also purports to be a news network, is not.
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For another night, Fox executives Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace, and Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, are allowing the pro-Trump propagandists they employ to use their air to undermine confidence in the integrity of the US voting system with dishonest and dangerous rhetoric.
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In a private call, Obama said of Trump coronavirus response: "It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset -- of 'what's in it for me' ... is operationalized in our government."
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Worth remembering right about now that
@FoxNews
never announced any disciplinary action for its retracted Seth Rich report.
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Sandy Hook parent Scarlett Lewis tells Alex Jones that she knows he didn't believe she is actually a deep-state actor.
"I know you know that. That's the problem, I know you know that. But you keep saying it. Why? Why? For money?"
Lewis asks Jones: "Do you have empathy?"
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What's the difference between the president's Twitter feed and, say, InfoWars?
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Wall Street Journal reporter: "I think it’s very disappointing that our opinion section continues to publish misinformation that our news side works so hard to debunk.”
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Really remarkable how all these Fox News hosts coincidentally always seem to have pre-planned vacations RIGHT when they ignite controversy!
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I'll say it again and again: The evidence being uncovered in the Dominion case shows that Fox News is not at its core a news network. News orgs tell the truth to viewers. These documents show that Fox knew the truth, but peddled election lies to its audience.
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Breaking: The Human Rights Campaign has stripped Fox Corporation of its status as a preferred LGBTQ friendly employer and released a blistering statement condemning Fox News for its recent coverage of the LGBTQ community. Details in
@ReliableSources
:
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Whistleblower lawyer has written cease & desist letter to White House: "I am writing out of deep concern that your client, the President of the United States, is engaging in rhetoric and activity that places my client...and their family in physical danger"
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Frankly, there should be several TV news anchors/broadcasters out there who have interviewed Trump who should be rather embarrassed watching Swan school them on how to properly do their jobs.
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