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☆ Eric Trump says insurance companies laughed when he asked them for $454 million to cover Donald Trump's bond
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Eric Trump says insurers were "laughing" at requests to help raise $454 million for his father's bond. Eric Trump told Fox News it was "lawfare" aimed at stopping Donald Trump from funding his election campaign. Speaking to Fox News, Eric Trump said that bonds of this size don't exist in the US: "A $10 million bond is a large bond. A $15 million bond is an enormous bond. Advertisement"This is 'lawfare,'" Eric Trump told Bartiromo.

Persons: Eric Trump, Donald Trump, —, Fox News's Maria Bartiromo, Trump, Eric Trump —, Maria, Eric, Bartiromo Organizations: Fox News, Service, Trump, Republican Locations: New York, United States

☆ 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

☆ Zelenskyy said he didn't have time to watch more than 2 hours of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

AdvertisementTucker Carlson's latest interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin attracted a considerable number of viewers, including some US lawmakers, with about 206 million watches recorded on X. But there's one fairly important person who didn't bother tuning into the interview at all: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In an interview with Fox News's Bret Baier that aired on Thursday, Zelenskyy told the news anchor that he didn't watch the interview conducted by the former Fox News host, in which Putin often rambled on with a revisionist version of Russian history. Zelenskyy said he got some of the main points of the episode from the media and his advisors. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Tucker, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Fox News's Bret Baier, Zelenskyy, Putin Organizations: Ukrainian, Fox, Fox News, Business

☆ Trump floats ‘more than’ 60% tariffs on Chinese imports
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping attend a business leaders event inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. The Washington Post first reported the Trump campaign was weighing a theoretical 60% Chinese tariff plan. Her disapproval echoes the concerns of Wall Street investors who worry that another China trade war would disrupt markets again. At the time, Deutsche Bank estimated that the trade war was causing the stock market to hemorrhage trillions. Trump has attacked Biden for appeasing China while simultaneously expressing cozy sentiments toward China's authoritarian president, Xi Jinping.

Persons: Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Trump, Nikki Haley, Trump's, Donald Trump's, Haley, Joe Biden, Biden, Xi, Fox News's Sean Hannity Organizations: China's, of, People, GOP, Washington Post, UN, National Taxpayers Union, Wall Street, China, U.S, American Action, U.S ., China Business Council, Deutsche Bank, appeasing Locations: Beijing, U.S, China, appeasing China

☆ Matt Gaetz Says He Took Erectile Dysfunction Drugs: GOP Senator
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz once said he took erectile dysfunction drugs with sports drinks, says a GOP senator. Sen. Markwayne Mullin told CNN on Wednesday that Gaetz said he did it "so he could go all night." AdvertisementAdvertisementSen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma said on Wednesday that Rep. Matt Gaetz once boasted to other lawmakers about consuming erectile dysfunction drugs with sports drinks. medicine and chase it with energy drinks so he could go all night," Mullin told CNN's Manu Raju. "I wish him well," Gaetz told Ingraham.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Gaetz, Mullin, —, E.D, CNN's Manu Raju, Kevin McCarthy, he's, Fox, Laura Ingraham, McCarthy, Ingraham, Patrick Henry of North Organizations: GOP, CNN, Service, Oklahoma, Department, Gaetz Locations: Florida, Patrick Henry of North Carolina

☆ Matt Gaetz says ousting Kevin McCarthy wasn't 'personal': 'I hope he finds fruitful pastures'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep. Matt Gaetz says his successful quest to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker wasn't "personal." Gaetz told Laura Ingraham on Tuesday that he hopes McCarthy "finds fruitful pastures." Gaetz said last month that he would try to oust McCarthy "every single day." AdvertisementAdvertisementRep. Matt Gaetz says his successful quest to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership wasn't personal. AdvertisementAdvertisementLast month, Gaetz said at a speech on the House floor that he would try to oust McCarthy from the speakership "every single day."

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, wasn't, Gaetz, Laura Ingraham, McCarthy, —, Fox, Ingraham, GOP holdouts Organizations: Service, Florida Republican, GOP, Gaetz Locations: Florida

☆ Smartmatic lawyer says Rupert Murdoch is like a 'mafia boss' who 'ordered a hit' with Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A Smartmatic lawyer compared Rupert Murdoch to a "mafia boss" in a court hearing Wednesday. The company says Fox News and parent company Fox Corp. defamed it through 2020 election conspiracy theories. Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch "ordered a hit" on Smartmatic, the Smartmatic lawyer argued. Connolly made the extended analogy to argue that Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, shouldn't escape liability in the case. Erin Murphy, an attorney representing both Fox Corp. and Fox News, argued that it wasn't enough to show that the Murdochs were generally involved in shaping Fox News's editorial coverage.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch, Rupert, Lachlan Murdoch, Johnny, Erik Connolly, who's, doesn't, Connolly, Lachlan, Suzanne Scott, Jay Wallace, Donald Trump's, Erin Murphy, Smartmatic, Murphy, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell —, Joe Biden, Trump, Jean Catuffe, David B, Cohen, Powell, Giuliani Organizations: Fox News, Fox Corp, Service, Fox, Trump, Republican, Dominion, Newsmax, New Locations: Wall, Silicon, Smartmatic, Manhattan

☆ Gavin Newsom has a message for Ron DeSantis: If he's game for a primetime debate, they have dates in November, so 'put up or shut up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis has accepted his California nemesis Gavin Newsom's challenge for a primetime debate. Let's get it done," DeSantis told Fox News on Wednesday. Ron DeSantis finally accepted Gov. We will do it," DeSantis told Fox News's Sean Hannity. The proposed debate would be a long overdue smackdown between the feuding governors, who seem to disagree on practically everything.

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☆ Fox News paid a record-breaking sum to settle Dominion's defamation lawsuit. Smartmatic could get even more money.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The settlement Fox News may pay to Smartmatic could be around $1 billion, experts say. Disney's $177 million settlement for the infamous "pink slime" lawsuit in 2017 dropped to second place. Experts told Insider that the $787.5 million settlement is a strong benchmark for Smartmatic — and that Smartmatic will likely get more. Either way you slice it, using those baseline numbers brings you above the $787.5 million figure Fox paid to settle Dominion's lawsuit. "It's hard to extrapolate from the Dominion case in part because it never got litigated," Hans said.

Persons: Smartmatic, Erik Connolly, Connolly, Donald Trump, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Joe Biden, Powell, Giuliani, Fox, Clay Calvert, James Goodale, Smartmatic's, Rupert Murdoch, Victoria Jones, Calvert, Erik McGregor, Hans, Goodale, Plimpton, De, Murdoch Organizations: Fox News, Dominion, Dominion Voting, Trump, Fox, American Enterprise Institute, New York Times, Fox Corp, Getty, Cornell Law, Debevoise Locations: cahoots, Delaware, New York, Washington ,, Africa, Europe, Smartmatic, Fox News's, York

☆ Jesse Watters is taking Tucker Carlson's old Fox News slot
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jesse Watters, known for his "Watters' World" segments, is taking Tucker Carlson's old slot. Watters' profile at Fox News rose through his work with the network's former star Bill O'Reilly. Watters' show "Jesse Watters Primetime" will take the 8 p.m. Eastern slot on July 17, Fox News said in a statement on Monday that outlined its forthcoming schedule. In its statement, Fox News described the show as Watters' "fresh take on the major headlines of the day while interviewing newsmakers from across the country." Carlson did not immediately respond to Insider's Twitter DM seeking comment on Watters taking over his former Fox News slot.

Persons: Jesse Watters, Watters, Tucker, Bill O'Reilly, Carlson, Tucker Carlson, " Watters, O'Reilly, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Organizations: Fox News, Dominion, Morning, Fox Nation, Twitter, Fox, Dominion Voting Systems Locations: New York, Chinatown

☆ So you think they've got Trump right where they want him, eh? Wait till you hear what this former federal prosecutor turned high-end defense attorney has to say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But one former federal prosecutor turned high-end defense attorney, Ken White, sees a quick path out of trouble for Trump. That's what it looks like Trump is going to get: Judge Aileen Cannon. White suspects Cannon may be imagining what she might be able to get out of a second Trump presidency. "You have a situation where it is not even remotely difficult to imagine: Her acquitting Trump, Trump getting elected, Trump elevating her to the 11th Circuit or the Supreme Court. "People are saying that by charging Trump you're riling up his base.

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☆ Matt Gaetz slams 2 Fox News hosts for over-sexualizing AOC and joking that he might divorce his wife and marry her instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gaetz spoke out against Fox News and accused two of its hosts of over-sexualizing Ocasio-Cortez. Two hosts on "The Five" joked last week about how Gaetz could divorce his wife and marry Ocasio-Cortez. Gaetz also slammed Pirro, saying: "And then Judge Jeanine — Judge Jeanine, who starts out saying I am happily married. Judge Jeanine, who was sitting at my table at Mar-a-Lago the night I proposed to my wife. Representatives for Fox News, Gaetz, and Ocasio-Cortez did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular working hours.

☆ Fox News has lost half its 8 p.m. audience in just days since Tucker Carlson's firing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fox News has lost about half of its 8 p.m. audience in the days following Tucker Carlson's firing. 1.33 million viewers tuned in on Wednesday, compared to 2.65 million for Carlson's unexpected final show last Friday. The ratings data from Nielsen has been tracked by CNN's Oliver Darcy every day since Carlson was fired. Carlson's last show Friday drew 2.65 million viewers, itself down from the other four days of last week which each topped 3 million, and Tuesday and Wednesday this week fell to 1.7 million and 1.33 million viewers, CNN reported. The viewers appear to be opting for other conservative networks, as Darcy reported that Newsmax's 8 p.m. hour totaled 510,000 viewers, tripling the audience they drew at the same time last Wednesday.

☆ Tucker Carlson's next move
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Aaron Short | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Tucker Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Nobody at Fox "was as connected to the MAGA base as Tucker Carlson," one ex-Trump official said. Whatever the reason, Carlson's dismissal signals a new realignment in conservative media. Last month, Tucker Carlson Tonight was the top-rated program among all news channels with 3.25 million viewers including 421,000 viewers in the coveted age 25-54 demographic. His previous work includes the 2022 profile of Carlson, The Tucker Carlson Origin Story.

☆ Tucker Carlson found out Fox News ouster while he and his staff were preparing Monday's show: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tucker Carlson was abruptly dropped by Fox News on Monday. Carlson's staff was prepping for the day's show, fellow former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said. After a decade-plus career at the network, Tucker Carlson was let go just 10 minutes before Fox News released a statement announcing his departure, sources told The Wall Street Journal. The producers of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" were still planning the evening's broadcast, fellow former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said Monday on his show "No Spin News." "They were in the middle of that," O'Reilly said of the planning, and, "boom: Tucker Carlson is history at the Fox News Channel.

☆ Lawyers plan to depose Tucker Carlson about 'sexist' workplace later this year amid reports he was ousted from Fox News over misogynistic messages
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Grossberg's lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court against Fox News in March, also names both Carlson and one of his top producers, Justin Wells, as defendants. Their removal from Fox News, however, doesn't mean they can escape scrutiny in the lawsuit, Grossberg's lawyer Tanvir Rahman told Insider. Grossberg's lawsuit was one factor in the decision to fire him, according to the Los Angeles Times. Grossberg's lawsuit alleges she experienced a hostile environment while working as a producer for shows hosted by Carlson and Maria Bartiromo. Fox executives derided Bartiromo with sexist terms, calling her "menopausal," "hysterical," a "diva," and a "crazy bitch," Grossberg's lawsuit claims.

☆ Tucker Carlson has now parted ways with 3 major cable news networks
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Chris Kaye | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, the media network announced Monday. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News and no definitive reason has been given by him or his former employer. "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways," the network said in a Monday statement. The New York Times reported on Monday that Grossberg's legal team would depose Carlson "in the very near term." "I'm not defending it as the smartest choice, but I think it's the most interesting," Carlson told the Washington Post at the time.

☆ Rupert Murdoch Made the Decision to Ouster Tucker Carlson: LA Times Report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sources told an LA Times reporter that Rupert Murdoch himself made the decision to fire Tucker Carlson. Meanwhile, other outlets reported that Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott made the call. Murdoch was tired of Tucker Carlson's conspiracy theories about the January 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol. Fox News has not addressed the specific reasons the network and Carlson parted ways, saying in a Monday morning statement: "FOX News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways. Editor's note, April 24: This story has been updated to include recent reporting from Axios, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.

☆ Fox has more headaches coming after agreeing to pay $787.5 million to settle Dominion's defamation lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

After shelling out $787.5 billion to settle Dominion's lawsuit, Fox has more troubles on the way. Atop the list is a separate lawsuit from Smartmatic, another election technology company that sued Fox News Network and its parent company, Fox Corp., in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit asks for $2.7 billion in damages and was filed against Fox Corp.; Fox News Network; hosts Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo, and Lou Dobbs; and Powell and Giuliani. Aside from the Smartmatic case, Fox News has to deal with potential shareholder lawsuits. The overall value of Fox Corp. — which also includes Fox Sports and the streaming service Tubi — is more than $17.6 billion.

☆ Fox News says little on air about its $787.5 million settlement with Dominion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Helen Coster | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, who had been expected to testify in the Dominion trial, did not reference the settlement, the largest struck by an American media company, during their primetime broadcasts on Tuesday night. Fox News is owned by Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and is the most-watched U.S. cable news network. Howard Kurtz, the host of Fox News' MediaBuzz show, appeared on Cavuto's show and during "Special Report with Bret Baier." On "Special Report" Kurtz read the Fox statement, but did not include the dollar figure of the settlement. In response to a Reuters request for comment about Fox's coverage of the settlement, a spokesperson shared the company's statement about the Dominion settlement that aired on Cavuto and Baier's shows.

☆ Lawyers for ex-Fox News producer suing for discrimination vow to bring 'meaningful changes' to network after Dominion settlement
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lawyers for a former Fox News producer vowed to continue their legal fight on Tuesday. Grossberg "remains as committed as ever to obtaining vindication," her lawyers said. Parisis G. Filippatos and Tanvir H. Rhaman, lawyers for Grossberg, suggested Tuesday that she is not eager to settle her case, at least not just yet. The goal, they claimed, is "bringing about truly real and meaningful institutional changes at Fox News through every vehicle available to us in our legal system." In a statement on Tuesday, the election technology company Smartmatic said it "remains committed" to its own $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.

☆ Here are the winners and losers of Fox News's $787.5 million settlement with Dominion
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fox News settled with Dominion on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $787.5 million. The network avoids a potentially embarrassing trial, while Dominion rakes in far more than its worth. Fox News agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million, the largest public sum in a defamation case. The winnersDominion Voting Systems: Fox News is paying Dominion $787.5 million — which amounts to nearly 10 times what the company is worth, according to an evaluation from 2018. Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell: The former Trump lawyers who made the false statements that were broadcast on Fox News were in no way vindicated by the settlement.

☆ Fox News settles Dominion's defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million over election conspiracy theories just as the trial is about to start
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Fox News settled Dominion's defamation lawsuit over election conspiracy theories for $787.5 million. WILMINGTON, Delaware — Fox News settled Dominion Voting Systems's blockbuster defamation lawsuit just as it was about to go to trial, agreeing to pay it $787.5 million. In a press conference after Davis announced the settlement, Dominion CEO John Poulos criticized Fox for broadcasting lies about the company. Dominion first filed its lawsuit against Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., in March 2021. Representatives of Fox News arrive at the justice center for the Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox News, in Wilmington, Delaware.

☆ Dominion wasn't here to save democracy — it just wanted money from Fox News
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Fox News detractors wanted Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News to move forward for democracy's sake. "PLEASE Dominion --- Do not settle with Fox! The election technology company filed a civil defamation lawsuit against Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, and asked for $1.6 billion. But just because Fox settled Dominion's lawsuit doesn't mean it's now free of legal risk. "Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy."

☆ Fox News pushes Dominion to settle mammoth defamation lawsuit as judge delays trial, multiple sources report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Fox is pushing Dominion to settle its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit, WSJ and Reuters report. Fox made a last-minute attempt to settle the case out of court, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation. A spokesperson for Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, declined to comment to Insider on the record. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Adrian Edwards/GC ImagesIn his own messages and depositions, Fox Corp.

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