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☆ Trump is considering a 16-week ban on abortion. Guess why he landed on that number.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he's considering a national ban on abortion. Related storiesBut one question Trump hasn't openly addressed is how he landed on the timeline for a national abortion ban. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a piece of legislation in 2022 that would institute a federal abortion ban. Those respondents consisted of 52% of men saying they strongly or somewhat support the 16-week national ban, and 54% of women saying they strongly support or somewhat support the same ban. "As President Trump has stated, he would sit down with both sides and negotiate a deal that everyone will be happy with.

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Fox News's Howard Kurtz, Trump, Roe, Wade, Trump's, — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett —, Trump hasn't, South Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham, Evan Siegfried, He's, Siegfried, they're, President Trump, Karoline Leavitt, Biden Organizations: Fox News, New York Times, Service, The New York Times, Fox, NBC News, Pew Research Center, South, The Times, Business, Trump Locations: South Carolina

☆ Annie Hamilton’s Courtside Adventure
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Annie Hamilton | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Madison Square Garden went very quiet when my face appeared on the giant screen above center court. Eighteen thousand people — New Yorkers, no less — had decided to silence their cheers. Eighteen thousand people had agreed, as one, to reject me. The chyron below my face on the GardenVision screen read: “Actor.” That hurt, because I no longer think of myself as just an actor. It also hurt because the subhead read: “‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow.’” Solid movie — I mean no disrespect — but it’s just that I die within the first three minutes.

Persons: Kenan Thompson’s, —, I’m, ” Locations: Madison

The recent missteps have created an unwelcome wrinkle for Trump, his campaign team and the larger Republican political apparatus. Republicans have questioned whether Biden is able to serve as commander-in-chief, pointing to his age and mental fitness. And, during a rally in South Carolina in September, Trump confused former Florida Gov. “President Trump continues to dominate in primary polls and is winning against Crooked Joe Biden in the general election,” Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement. Instead of attacking Biden directly over his age, Trump instead tries to paint Biden as “incompetent,” and “cognitively impaired,” which he argues is not solely about the president’s age.

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☆ Fact Check: Altered CNN chyron recirculates with Maine mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A CNN broadcast with a chyron about a mass shooter in Colorado in 2021 was digitally altered and miscaptioned online as showing a headline about the suspect in the October mass shooting in Maine. Police have identified U.S. army reservist Robert R. Card as the suspect who killed 18 people in a mass shooting at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine on Oct. 25. Posts on social media on Oct. 26 said: “The Maine shooter was an Arabic Obama supporter. However, the chyron at that timestamp reads: “COLORADO SHOOTING SUSPECT BOOKED INTO JAIL TODAY,” which does not match the inauthentic headline circulating online. The CNN chyron was digitally altered and stems from coverage of the 2021 mass shooting in Colorado, not the Maine mass shooting in October 2023.

Persons: Robert R, Obama, Brooke Baldwin, Lucy Kafanov, CNN chyron, Read Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Police, YouTube, Thomson Locations: Colorado, Maine, Boulder , Colorado, Lewiston , Maine, Boulder, COLORADO

☆ Fact Check: Video shows Iran lawmakers chanting ‘death to America’ in 2020, not 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2020 video of Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” in parliament has been falsely linked to a September 2023 prisoner swap deal worth $6 billion between the two countries. The video is part of a news broadcast, with a chyron that reads, “Lawmakers chant death to America in Iranian Parliament.” An Instagram post includes text on the video that says, “Iran Law Makers chant death to America...Didn’t Joe Biden just give Iran $6 BILLION?” The claim also surfaced on Facebook and X, formerly Twitter. The video is from a CNN news broadcast uploaded to YouTube on Jan. 5 2020, that credits the parliament footage to Reuters. The broadcast shows Iran’s lawmakers reacting to the death of Tehran’s most prominent military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Jan. 3, 2020, as reported by Reuters. A video showing Iranian lawmakers chanting “death to America” shows their response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani in January 2020.

Persons: Didn’t Joe Biden, Qassem Soleimani, Antony Blinken, Read Organizations: America ”, Hamas, Facebook, CNN, YouTube, Reuters, U.S . U.S, Thomson Locations: America, Iran, Israel, Iranian, ”, U.S, Baghdad, Jan, Tehran

☆ Fact Check-Altered clip of DeSantis at Jacksonville vigil adds pro-Trump chant
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, was booed at a vigil for victims of the Jacksonville shooting, but online posts share an altered clip replacing the boos with a “We want Trump” chant. The clip, attributed to CNN, was never aired by the television network, a CNN spokesperson said. The clip includes a CNN logo with a chyron that reads, “DESANTIS HECKLED IN JACKSONVILLE” and shows DeSantis interrupted by people chanting, “We want Trump!”Another example can be seen on Facebook (here). The clip stems from a prayer vigil for the Jacksonville shooting victims on Aug. 27. A pro-Trump chant was not heard at the Jacksonville shooting vigil, and a CNN spokesperson said the network never aired the fake clip circulating on social media.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Trump, “, Ron, “ DESANTIS, DeSantis, ” Shimrit, Read Organizations: Jacksonville, CNN, Reuters, Twitter, JACKSONVILLE ”, Facebook, TIME, Associated Press, Trump Locations: Florida, Jacksonville , Florida, Jacksonville

☆ Fact Check-Fox News chyron on University of North Carolina shooting is altered
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The chyron in a Fox News broadcast covering the shooting at the University of North Carolina (UNC) has been altered to read “shooter described as ‘mostly white Asian male.’”The claim surfaced online after a faculty member was shot dead in a shooting on the UNC campus on Aug. 28. A suspect was arrested and the threat was cleared by late afternoon, Reuters reported, citing officials (here). The screenshot, featuring an image of the suspect, was shared on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here) and Facebook (here) and (here). The chyron in the original Fox News broadcast, featuring the same image of the suspect, read, “UNC police release picture of person of interest” (0:06) (here). Screenshot of a Fox News broadcast with a chyron reading, “shooter described as ‘mostly white Asian male’” is edited.

Persons: ’, “ Shooter, ’ ”, Jessica Ketner, “, Read Organizations: Fox News, University of North, UNC, Reuters, Facebook, Fox, “ UNC police, Police Locations: University of North Carolina

☆ Fact Check-CNN clip on project putting EU citizens out of work is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

All the European Union citizens no longer need to work. The video then goes on to show Musk apparently speaking to an audience about the project. On being shown the viral video, CNN spokesperson Emily Kuhn said in an email that “This is obviously fake and digitally altered” and that the video did not have the real voice of the anchor. The clip of Musk featured in the fake newscast was extracted from the 2023 Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting held in Austin, Texas, on May 16, 2023. The video CNN-branded segment is fake.

Persons: Elon Musk, Emily Kuhn, Kaitlan Collins, Collins, Cornel West’s, Musk, we're, Read Organizations: CNN, European Union, Facebook, Reuters Locations: Austin , Texas

☆ Fact Check-No evidence Elon Musk is behind ‘WattSaver’ device
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that billionaire Elon Musk or his electric vehicle company Tesla is selling an energy-saving device called “WattSaver” that saves 90% of appliances’ electricity use, contrary to a Facebook post associating him and the company with the product. The posts include a link to an article (archive.li/HQ972) that says that an electricity-saving product is called “WattSaver,” created by Musk following the death of a 64-year-old Tesla employee. The article links to a website for a product called “WattSaver” (archive.li/MI89m), (here), which does not mention Musk. There are no credible reports that Tesla or Musk created the “WattSaver” product visible in the article shared on social media (www.tesla.com/elon-musk), (here), (here), (here). VERDICTThere is no evidence Elon Musk created an energy-saving device called Wattsaver that claims to save 90% electricity.

Persons: Elon Musk, “, EIon, Sean Hannity, Hannity, “ ELON, ”, WattSaver, Tesla, Read Organizations: Fox, “ ELON MUSK’S, Reuters, Fox News, Tesla, House Locations: Germany, Wisconsin, elon

☆ Jason Aldean’s ‘Small Town’ video edited to remove Atlanta protest footage
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A music video for a controversial Jason Aldean song that has received both backlash and support has been shortened by a few seconds, removing apparent television footage of a protest in Atlanta, Georgia. It is unclear as to when and why the video was edited, but public outcry over the music video erupted last week. While the song was released in May, according to Billboard, the accompanying video wasn’t released until July 14. CMT pulled the music video from rotation last week. 2 on Billboard’s Global 200 chart and the music video had more than 19 million views as of Wednesday.

Persons: Jason Aldean, “, Henry Choate, Aldean Organizations: CNN, Fox News, YouTube, Aldean, Fox, Billboard, Columbia, Riot, CMT, Billboard’s Locations: Atlanta , Georgia, “, Georgia, Aldean, Maury, Columbia , Tennessee

☆ Trump supporter sues Fox News alleging Tucker Carlson defamed him by calling him an FBI informant who incited January 6 riot
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ray Epps sued Fox News, saying host-turned-Twitter vlogger Tucker Carlson defamed him. Carlson accused him of being an FBI informant who incited the Capitol riot. According to the lawsuit, Epps and his wife, Robyn Epps, both listened to Fox News push falsehoods about the results of the 2020 election. "The lies that Fox told were heard by Ray and Robyn Epps, loyal Fox viewers and fans of Tucker Carlson and other Fox personalities," the lawsuit says. The conspiracy theory about Epps has been frequently advanced by Tucker Carlson, a Twitter vlogger who was fired by Fox News in April.

Persons: Ray Epps, Twitter vlogger Tucker Carlson, Epps, Carlson, Ray Epps —, Donald Trump, Fox News —, Trump, Joe Biden, Fox, Robyn Epps, Ray, Tucker Carlson, Chadwick Moore, —, Kevin McCarthy, Robin, Fox News didn't Organizations: Fox News, Twitter, Capitol, Trump, Service, Fox, FBI, Smartmatic, Voting Systems, Dominion, CBS Locations: Wall, Silicon, Washington

☆ Fact Check-News segment about stolen Amazon goods used to buy Lamborghini is fabricated
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video clip purportedly showing an ABC News segment about an Amazon delivery driver selling stolen packages and buying a sports car with the profits was fabricated, according to both the TikTok user who claimed credit for creating the video and a spokesperson for the U.S. television network. “Amazon package thief buys a Lamborghini after reselling the stolen items he took online,” read posts sharing the fake ABC News clip on Facebook and Twitter (here) and (here). The chyron on the fabricated clip reads “AMAZON PACKAGE THIEF BUYS LAMBO.”No such news segment exists, however, on ABC’s website (abc.com/) or its YouTube channel (bit.ly/465FtAq). A spokesperson for ABC News also said in a telephone interview that the clip is inauthentic. ABC did not broadcast a news segment about an Amazon delivery driver selling stolen packages and buying a Lamborghini with the proceeds.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: ABC, U.S ., Lamborghini, Twitter, ABC News, Reuters

☆ Tucker Carlson producer leaves Fox News after rogue on-air chyron text called Biden a 'wannabe dictator'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former Tucker Carlson producer has resigned after a chyron called President Biden a "wannabe dictator." The rogue text flashed on a broadcast on Tuesday night before hastily being taken down. Alex McCaskill was a producer for Tucker Carlson before Fox fired the controversial host. McCaskill has stayed at Fox after controversial host Tucker Carlson was fired from the network on April 24. According to Carlson, the producer offered to resign with two weeks' notice but was told to leave immediately.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Biden, Alex McCaskill, Fox, —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, McCaskill, Carlson, Carlson didn't, Abby Grossberg Organizations: Service, Fox News, Fox, White, Twitter, AP

☆ Two Former Tucker Carlson Producers Exit Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

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. Thomas Fox, who was a senior editorial producer on that show, also departed this week, according to two people with knowledge of the moves. One of the people said Mr. McCaskill and Mr. Fox had been in discussions to leave the network before Tuesday, when a chyron that appeared on Fox News called President Biden a “wannabe dictator.”In a video posted to Twitter on Thursday, Mr. Carlson said the chyron had been posted by a producer at the network who had since left. While he did not identify Mr. McCaskill by name, Mr. Carlson listed facts about the person, such as his length of time at the network, that matched Mr. McCaskill.

Persons: Tucker Carlson’s, Carlson, Alexander McCaskill, “ Tucker Carlson, ”, Instagram, Thomas Fox, McCaskill, Fox, Biden Organizations: Fox News, Twitter

☆ Tucker Carlson takes a shot at Fox News for backpedaling on chyron text labeling Biden a 'wannabe dictator'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson took a dig at his former employer Fox News after it backpedaled on its "wannabe dictator" chyron. This week, Fox News labeled President Joe Biden a "wannabe dictator" in chyron text. The "wannabe dictator" message was on-screen for 27 seconds, the website Mediaite reported. Then the company issued a public apology for the 27-second-long 'wannabe dictator' line," Carlson said on his Twitter show. Carlson referenced her comments on his Twitter show before suggesting in a sarcastic rant that Biden is actually a "wannabe dictator."

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Joe Biden, Carlson, Fox News chyron, Donald Trump, Trump, Alexander McCaskill, McCaskill, He'd, Fox, Karine Jean, Pierre, Biden, Tucker, Axios Organizations: Fox News, Fox, Biden, White, Twitter, Dominion Voting Systems

☆ Fact Check-Fabricated Joe Biden tweet about Fox News taken seriously online
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A fabricated tweet attributed to U.S. President Joe Biden about Fox News calling him a “wannabe dictator” is being taken seriously online, although it stems from a satire account. Screenshots show a tweet, apparently from Biden’s @POTUS account, that reads: “Fox News just called me a ‘wannabe dictator’. However, the tweet was originally shared by parody account @FaithRubPol (here) on June 14, 2023, as can be seen by the text “Parody by Back Rub” in the bottom right side of the tweet. Most of our screenshots are parodies.”Reuters Fact Check has debunked other fabricated tweets linked to the parody account taken seriously (here), (here), (here) and (here). The tweet was created by a satirical Twitter account.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, “, ’, Jeffrey Epstein, Read Organizations: Fox News, “ Fox, Fox, White, Reuters

☆ Fox News chryon text called Biden a 'wannabe dictator' who got 'his political rival arrested' during broadcast of Trump's post-courtroom speech
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Fox News chyron called Biden a "wannabe dictator " who had "his political rival arrested." "Fox News Tonight" carried clips of Trump's speech after he was arrested and arraigned on Tuesday, alongside footage of Biden speaking at the White House, the latter with no audio. The onscreen text remained in place for around 15 seconds, continuing into the next show "Hannity," Mediaite reported. The Fox News onscreen text about Biden came despite Trump once praising China's President Xi Jinping for becoming "president for life," while joking that he should try to do the same thing. Fox News was the only major cable news network to carry Trump's speech live on Tuesday night, according to The Guardian.

Persons: chyron, Biden, Trump, —, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Hannity, Mediaite, White, Xi Jinping Organizations: Fox, Trump, Service, Fox News, White, Prosecutors, FBI, Biden's Department of Justice, Justice Department, Biden, Guardian Locations: Miami , Florida, Florida, Lago

☆ Fox News stirs outrage after labeling Biden a ‘wannabe dictator.’ The network says it ‘addressed’ the situation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Fox News on Wednesday acknowledged that an onscreen banner calling President Joe Biden a “wannabe dictator” was inappropriate and said it had taken steps to address the situation internally. “The chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed,” a Fox News spokesperson told CNN in a statement. “WANNABE DICTATOR SPEAKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER HAVING HIS POLITICAL RIVAL ARRESTED,” the onscreen text read. Biden and his White House have repeatedly stressed that he does not involve himself in Justice Department investigations and have said that the DOJ works independently of the White House’s influence. But Fox is fighting another defamation case from Smartmatic, another voting technology company, which is seeking a staggering $2.7 billion in damages.

Persons: Joe Biden, ”, Fox, KAI, ron, Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, “, Brian Kilmeade, Tucker Carlson, 4u3meRzXUY — Oliver Darcy, Hillary, Carlson Organizations: New, New York CNN — Fox, Fox News, CNN, Department, DOJ, Fox, MSNBC, Trump, National Archives, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: New York, Biden’s Washington, DC, Wilmington , Delaware, Washington

☆ Fox News said its chyron calling Biden a 'wannabe dictator' was immediately taken down and 'addressed'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Fox News chyron called Biden a "wannabe dictator" who had his "political rival" Donald Trump arrested. Fox said in a statement Wednesday that "the chyron was taken down immediately and was addressed." Fox did not explain how the message made it onto the screen and how the matter was addressed. While Fox News aired Trump's speech live, MSNBC did not. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow made a similar pronouncement before that network chose not to air Trump's speech live.

Persons: chyron, Biden, Donald Trump, Mediaite, —, Joe Biden, Fox, General Merrick Garland, Jack Smith, Trump, Karine Jean, Pierre, — Trump, Joe Tacopina, Sean Hannity's, William Barr, Jonathan Turley, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, Sara Just, Chris Licht, Jake Tapper, Tapper, It's, It's Mr, Rachel Maddow, Maddow Organizations: Fox, Service, — Fox, PBS, Trump, CNN, Fox News, White, Twitter, YouTube, MSNBC, GOP Locations: New Jersey, Jersey, New York

☆ White House rips Fox News as the right-wing channel launches sinister attacks on Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The White House is disgusted with Fox News — even more so than usual. Which is why, perhaps, the White House felt the need to formally respond, even though, typically, the Biden administration opts not to get in the mud with the network. Asked about the “dictator” charge on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre replied, “There are probably about 787 million things that I can say about this. Meanwhile, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates went nuclear on the outlet for its story about the pride flag. No such statement was released about the story Fox News published about the supposed “controversial new transgender flag” the White House flew over the weekend for Pride Month.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Donald Trump’s, Fox, Karine Jean, Pierre, ” Jean, Andrew Bates, Bates, “ Fox, ” chyron, Tucker Carlson Organizations: CNN, Fox News, Democratic White, Fox, White, Dominion, Systems, White House, Pride Month, Biden Locations: United States

☆ Fox News Chyron Calls Biden a ‘Wannabe Dictator’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Fox News chyron appeared to refer to President Biden as a “wannabe dictator” during footage of his remarks from the White House on Tuesday, the same day that former President Donald J. Trump was charged with federal crimes in a Miami courtroom. The onscreen text appeared briefly at the bottom of a split-screen broadcast that showed President Biden and former President Trump speaking from respective podiums, at the White House and a Trump golf club in Bedminster, N.J.“Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested,” the chyron read. It did not refer to Mr. Biden by name, but the implication was clear. The alert appeared at the end of the 8 p.m. broadcast of “Fox News Tonight,” a prime-time show that recently replaced one that had been hosted by Tucker Carlson, a popular nightside host who was dismissed by the network in April. The footage of Mr. Biden showed him speaking on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday at a holiday event.

Persons: chyron, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Mr Organizations: Fox, White, Trump, “ Fox News Locations: Miami, Bedminster, N.J

☆ Mike Pence Reads the Trump Indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

In an interview with 'Fox News Sunday' on June 11, 2023, former Attorney General William Barr rejected claims that Donald Trump's indictment is a continuation of the 'witch-hunt' that plagued his presidency. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyAs Mike Pence walked into the Journal’s New York conference room Tuesday afternoon, the cable-TV chyron was carrying news from South Florida: “Donald Trump Now Under Arrest.” More details from our Q&A will be coming soon, but we couldn’t sit on Mr. Pence’s reply to the charges against his old running mate.

Persons: William Barr, Donald Trump's, Mark Kelly, Mike Pence, “ Donald Trump Organizations: Fox, Getty, New Locations: New York, South Florida

☆ What we talk about when we talk about diversity, and CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Trisha Gopal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This week, CNN CEO Chris Licht was fired after a scathing profile was published in the Atlantic. In the profile, Licht details his own thoughts about how diversity should be defined in the media industry. In Alberta's profile, Licht claimed to be operating under his own idea of "diversity," one that does not include "virtue signaling." "I think 'Defund the police' would've been covered differently if newsrooms were filled with people who had lived in public housing," Licht continued. The diversity Licht did seem to value was geographic diversity, which can be a coded way of saying "not from the liberal coasts."

Persons: Chris Licht, Licht, MAGA, Stephen Gutowski, Trump, Tim Alberta, Jean Carroll, Kevin McCarthy, Rick Scott, Jim Acosta's, Brian Stelter's, Warner, David Zaslav, Franklin Leonard, Washington Post's Perry Bacon Jr, John Miller, Miller, Lehman, Tara Narula, Don Lemon, Reagan, Lisa Ling, Kamau Bell, New York Mondaire Jones, Jones, Kaitlin Collins, Lemon, Poppy Harlow, Collins, Laura Coates Organizations: CNN, NRA, Atlantic, Warner Bros, Discovery, Republicans, Harvard, Insider, NYPD, Stanford, Catholic, LSU, Republican, White House, Daily, White Locations: Alberta, Washington, New York City, Baton Rouge , Louisiana, Birmingham , Alabama, Mobile , Alabama, New York, Alabama, Asia

☆ 'That's on me': Warner Bros Discovery CEO sends email to CNN employees taking responsibility for Chris Licht disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Licht is leaving his position as CEO of CNN after a tumultuous year in charge. CNN's parent company, Warner Bros. Warner CEO David Zaslav told employees in an email and a morning newsroom call he was taking responsibility for Licht's mistakes. CNN is once again searching for a new top executive just over a year after departing CEO Chris Licht took the job — and David Zaslav, CEO of CNN's parent company Warner Bros. Read the full memo Zaslav sent to CNN staff that was reported by Tani here:Spokespeople for CNN and Warner Bros.

Persons: Chris Licht, David Zaslav, Licht's, Puck's Dylan Byers, Zaslav, Semafor's Max Tani, Don Lemon, Brian Stelter, Donald Trump, Licht, Jeff Zucker, Oliver Darcy, Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper, Tani Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Discovery, Warner, Wall Street Journal Locations: Trump

☆ Tucker Carlson is nothing without Fox News, and his sad Twitter broadcast debut proves it
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tucker Carlson is in trouble, if his first livestream is anything to go by. Without the chyron and quick cuts, Carlson must now compete with the likes of Alex Jones — and he's losing. First off, make no mistake: Tucker Carlson still gets the views. But "Tucker on Twitter" is not "Tucker Carlson Tonight." And of course, Alex Jones, who screams about gay frogs while selling snake oil dietary supplements.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Carlson, Alex Jones —, he's, —, Tucker, Carlson —, Taylor Lorenz, Tucker Carlson's, MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan, Alex Jones, Hasan, Lorenz, Steve Bannon, Nick Fuentes, Dan Bongino, Carlson's Organizations: Fox News, Service, Twitter, Kanye West

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