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☆ Fox Producer Dismisses, for Now, Case Accusing Network of Coercion
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Katie Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
A former Fox News producer who has accused the network of coercing her into providing misleading testimony has dismissed one of her lawsuits against the company, at least for now. In a court filing on Friday in Delaware Superior Court, Abby Grossberg, who worked for the hosts Maria Bartiromo and Tucker Carlson, said that she was voluntarily dismissing the complaint without prejudice, which means the case can be brought again. Ms. Grossberg had claimed in the lawsuit that she had been pressured and coached by Fox’s lawyers to protect the company and lie in her sworn deposition as part of the Dominion Voting Systems case against Fox. Fox settled with Dominion for $787.5 million in April, just before the trial was about to begin in the high-profile defamation case.
☆ Ex-Fox News producer dismisses Delaware lawsuit against Fox, NY lawsuit pending
  + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Helen Coster | Industry Insight | Wall Street Research | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The decision to dismiss the lawsuit does not mean she has settled the case, her lawyer, Tanvir Rahman, said Monday. Prior to that, she was a producer for Fox host Maria Bartiromo's Sunday morning show. Grossberg also said Fox intimidated her and fraudulently induced her to make false statements in her September 2022 deposition in the Dominion lawsuit. On April 18 Fox agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million to settle the voting-technology company's defamation lawsuit in Delaware. Grossberg could have been a key witness had the Dominion case gone to trial.
☆ After the killing of Jordan Neely, New York City Mayor Eric Adams faces backlash over his approaches to subway safety and mental illness
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is being blasted by progressives over his response to Jordan Neely's killing. Neely's death has now placed an even brighter spotlight on Adams' policies regarding homelessness, which the mayor defended during a press conference last Thursday. "People who are dealing with mental health illness should get the help they need and not live on the train. The chief medical examiner's office last Wednesday said that the cause of Neely's death was compression of the neck and ruled his death as a homicide. Meanwhile, protestors are demanding that Penny face charges in Neely's death.
☆ If Fox News was so worried about Tucker Carlson's racist text, they shouldn't have given him a platform for his 'toxic bigotry', say critics
  + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Fox News sources told the NYT that a text message led to host Tucker Carlson's firing. But critics say the host embraced white nationalist views on his show for several years. In the text, Carlson made inflammatory remarks about violence and race. Critics of Fox News, however, say the remarks should not have come as a surprise to the network. And another likely factor in Carlson's exit was appeasing Fox shareholders in the wake of the $787.5 million settlement Fox News reached with Dominion.
☆ Tucker Carlson texted 'It's not how white men fight,' New York Times reports
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
New York CNN —In a newly revealed text message, ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a racist comment and said he found himself briefly rooting for a mob of Trump supporters to kill a person, according to the New York Times. The text message alarmed Fox’s board of directors and played a role in Carlson’s abrupt firing last month, the paper reported. Tucker Carlson did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. At the end of his text, Carlson reportedly continued that he does not condone violence. “What’s not news is the fact that Tucker Carlson is a white nationalist,” Greenblatt tweeted.
☆ Tucker Carlson helped broker the deal that made Kevin McCarthy House speaker after 14 failed votes, text messages show
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Tucker Carlson won concessions from Kevin McCarthy in a deal that made him House speaker, per his texts. McCarthy needed 218 votes to win his bid to become House speaker, giving him a small margin of error. The result was 14 rounds of votes that failed to produce a House speaker, making it the most contested speaker election in more than 150 years. Grossberg discussed some of the conversations between her and Carlson regarding McCarthy's House Speaker election in an interview with CNN on Tuesday night. On January 7, the House held its 15th vote for House Speaker.
☆ Leaked video shows Tucker Carlson jokingly quoting the infamous 'we'll do it live' outburst from Bill O'Reilly, his predecessor that was also pushed out of Fox News
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A leaked video shows Tucker Carlson laughing and shouting an infamous Bill O'Reilly quote. The clip of O'Reilly having an outburst in an "Inside Edition" outtake went viral in 2008. Leaked video shows former Fox News host Tucker Carlson quoting an infamous behind-the-scenes outburst by Bill O'Reilly, another former host for the network who held Carlson's old time slot and was also pushed out. The video, obtained by the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters, shows Carlson on the set of "Tucker Carlson Today," his show that streamed online at Fox Nation. The phrase became well known in 2008 when an outtake from O'Reilly's time at "Inside Edition" in the early 1990s surfaced online and went viral.
☆ He Bombed the Nazis. 75 Years Later, the Nightmares Began.
  + stars: | 2023-04-30 | by ( Michael Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
The nightmare shook the old man, who was now in his late 90s. Since his wife, Alice, died more than 10 years earlier, he had settled into a quiet rhythm, alone with his jazz records and his painting. He feared he had suffered a seizure, but his vital signs were normal. His adult daughters, Emily and Abby, were also worried. Their father had always been so steady and predictable and was never prone to this sort of profound disquiet.
☆ World record crowd watches England complete Grand Slam against France in Women’s Six Nations
  + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —When England’s women first played at Twickenham in 2003, the crowd was scattered about the vast stadium, almost imperceptible in the pictures taken that day. Twenty years later, in the latest historic occasion for women’s rugby, a world record crowd of 58,498 supporters watched England win the Women’s Six Nations by defeating France 38-33 in a thrilling finale at Twickenham, the home of English rugby union. The previous record for a women’s game was 42,579, set at the 2022 women’s rugby World Cup final in New Zealand. To produce a game like that on a stage like this is everything that is good about the game. Ultimately, however, it was too little too late – France’s last try arrived as the clock ticked into the red – and England clung on for victory.
☆ ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Review: A Candid Kids’ Classic Comes to the Screen
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Kyle Smith | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Can people under 40 even conceive of an American culture that wasn’t obsessively focused on youth? In the early ’70s, when Judy Blume ’s heartfelt coming-of-age novel “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” hit shelves, stories for youngsters based in everyday realism were rare. A sixth-grader, Ms. Blume’s diffident, self-conscious heroine anxiously asks God about her many worries, which include not yet having developed breasts nor experienced her first period. This level of frankness was nearly revolutionary at the time, and so the book was treasured as tweener samizdat.
☆ John King passes ‘Inside Politics’ torch to Dana Bash as he takes on a new assignment at CNN
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —John King will take on a new role at CNN and step down as the anchor of “Inside Politics,” handing the torch to Dana Bash, who will take over as anchor of the esteemed program later this year, the news network announced Thursday. Dana Bash will take over "Inside Politics." CNNBash said that she is “thrilled” to be taking over as the anchor of “Inside Politics,” which airs daily at 12 p.m. Lemon, who was a staple in the network’s prime time lineup, most recently co-hosted “CNN This Morning” alongside Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins. CNN also this month launched “CNN News Central,” two three-hour shows that comprise the majority of the network’s dayside lineup.
☆ Tucker Carlson was captured on video discussing if his 'postmenopausal fans' will like how he looks on air and describing a woman as 'yummy:' NYT
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Fox execs were concerned about Tucker Carlson calling a female exec the c-word, the WSJ reported. The New York Times obtained video that also showed Carlson talking about women in questionable ways. The Times reported Wednesday it had also obtained video that showed Carlson speaking about women in potentially inappropriate ways. The video, in which Carlson was off-camera, captured him discussing if his "postmenopausal fans" will like how he looks on his show, the outlet said. In another video, Carlson could be heard talking about finding a woman "yummy," the Times reported.
☆ The 7 theories for why Tucker Carlson got fired from Fox News
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Tucker Carlson was axed by Fox News Monday, days after it settled Dominion's defamation lawsuit. Here are seven theories for why Fox News decided to part ways with Carlson. Since then, media industry insiders have been buzzing with different theories for why Carlson was pushed out. The C-wordWithin the Dominion lawsuit, there emerged a pattern of vulgar language spewed by Carlson throughout his time at Fox News. Rupert Murdoch (right) and Lachlan Murdoch at the US Open in 2018.
☆ ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Review: Periods and Question Marks
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Lisa Kennedy | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
It is 1970 and the almost-12-year-old Margaret Simon returns from summer camp to boxes strewn about her family’s jammed New York City apartment. Because she and her parents are moving to New Jersey, her grandmother blurts out before her folks can ease their only child into the news. And so begins the yearlong adventure at the heart of this pitch-perfect adaptation of the author Judy Blume’s “Are You There God? Rachel McAdams and Benny Safdie portray Margaret’s youthful parents, Barbara and Herb. Kathy Bates is Margaret’s paternal grandmother, Sylvia, of the aforementioned blurt.
☆ Tucker Carlson re-emerges, targets US media and political system
  + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Dan Whitcomb | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Carlson in the videotaped statement did not directly address his departure from Fox, where he hosted the highest-rated cable news program in the key age demographic on the most-watched U.S. cable news network. Instead, he took aim at American media and the U.S. political system. "Both political parties and their donors have reached consensus on what benefits them and they actively collude to shut down any conversation about it," Carlson said. Carlson and Fox parted ways less than a week after parent company Fox Corp (FOXA.O) settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson played a starring role. Fox fired Grossberg, saying her legal claims were "riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees."
☆ Fox News has a secret file of damaging info on Tucker Carlson in case he starts trashing the network: report
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Fox News PR keeps an "oppo file" on Tucker Carlson in case he lashes out, Rolling Stone reported. One insider told the outlet that such files are kept on all the network's talent. Fox News' PR chief has a dossier of damaging information on Tucker Carlson to be used in the event that he comes out swinging against the network, Rolling Stone reported. Some grievances against Carlson and his team have recently emerged, with former "Tucker Carlson Tonight" producer Abby Grossberg filing a lawsuit last month which alleged a "sexist" work environment. In response to the lawsuit, Fox told Insider the allegations have "no merit" and that it would "vigorously defend" the network.
☆ Tucker Carlson's history of alleged workplace sexism stretches back to 2015, long before Abby Grossberg
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Possible rationales include Murdoch's contempt for Carlson's religiosity and Carlson's insistence on hewing to conspiracy theories about the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Internal correspondence unearthed in a defamation lawsuit against Fox News showed Carlson used sexist expletives to refer to a female Fox executive and a guest. The company last week agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems. Carlson was one of many Fox News hosts who promoted false election conspiracies, the subject of the defamation suit, on their shows. Fox News is still facing a similar defamation suit from another voting machine manufacturer.
☆ Special counsel investigating January 6 interested in former Fox News producer’s audiotapes, her lawyer says
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Marshall Cohen Zachary Cohen | Marshall Cohen | Zachary Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Special Counsel Jack Smith has expressed interest in audio tapes recorded by former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg while she worked at the right-wing network, her lawyer said. Grossberg attorney Gerry Filippatos told CNN on Wednesday that he has given a spreadsheet to the special counsel’s team, detailing the nearly 90 audiotapes in Grossberg’s possession. “We’re in the process of negotiating a targeted subpoena for Abby’s electronic data, so they can have what they want,” Filippatos said. Federal investigators initially reached out several weeks ago, after some of the tapes were aired by news outlets, Filippatos said. Fox vehemently denies these allegations and has said her lawsuits are “riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees.”A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.
☆ Former Fox producer who sued Tucker Carlson alleging a 'sexist' work environment just 1 month before he was ousted has 'mixed feelings' about his departure
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A former Fox producer suing Tucker Carlson said his Monday ouster left her with "mixed feelings." Abby Grossberg spoke to MSNBC this week about her ongoing lawsuits against Carlson and Fox. A former Fox News producer who is suing Tucker Carlson and other company executives for running a "sexist" work environment said Carlson's shocking ouster on Monday felt like the deliverance of "partial" justice. So, when she learned that Carlson had been ousted on Monday morning, Grossberg said she was left with "mixed emotions." Grossberg has also alleged that Fox News attorneys coerced her into making false statements in a deposition for the since-settled Dominion lawsuit.
☆ Tucker Carlson breaks his silence but does not address his departure from Fox News
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
New York CNN —Tucker Carlson broke his silence on Wednesday evening, posting a short video online after his abrupt firing from Fox News earlier in the week, but did not directly address his departure from the network nor his future. “Trust me as someone who has participated.”Carlson concluded the video with an opaque message, “Where can you still find Americans saying true things? Without Carlson, Fox News has seen its ratings dip during the hour. Fox News announced earlier in the week that the network and Carlson had severed ties. The decision to part ways with Carlson was made Friday evening by Fox Corporation chief executive Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott, a person familiar with the matter said.
☆ CNN's Oliver Darcy says he requested $1,000 on Venmo from Tucker Carlson, who he says made a bet that Darcy would lose his job
  + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN journalist Oliver Darcy tweeted that Carlson had allegedly lost a $1,000 bet between them. Carlson called Darcy to say the CNN reporter would lose his job at the cable network, Darcy said. Oliver Darcy claimed on Tuesday that Tucker Carlson called him last year, betting $1,000 that the CNN reporter would meet a similar fate to the one he had met on Monday. "He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I still was employed by CNN a year later. Following over a decade at Fox News, Carlson was let go by the network 10 minutes before it released a statement.
☆ Fact Check-COVID ‘monovalent’ vaccines not banned, FDA approval not withdrawn
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
But the original vaccines remain licensed in the United States and are not “banned” as suggested by some social media users. An FDA spokesperson also commented on the agency’s official Twitter account: “It's probably worth clarifying that the monovalent vaccines are still approved (licensed). EUA information for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines can be seen on the FDA website (here) , (here). The FDA withdrew authorizations for emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna monovalent COVID vaccines while authorizing use of the updated, bivalent versions in all age groups. The agency did not withdraw its approval or license of the original vaccines, nor “ban” their use.
☆ 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.
☆ 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.
☆ Bill O'Reilly says the GOP is in trouble now that Tucker Carlson is out at Fox — and bringing his far-right viewers with him
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Cheryl Teh | Lauren Steussy | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Bill O'Reilly predicts Tucker Carlson's ouster at Fox News will cause trouble for the GOP. "Because the Republican Party, most of it, paid attention to Tucker Carlson," O'Reilly said. "Because the Republican Party, most of it, paid attention to Tucker Carlson," O'Reilly said on Monday on an episode of his show, "No Spin News." Carlson's fiefdom was focused on the Americans on the "committed right," O'Reilly said. Carlson also faces a lawsuit from his ex-producer, Abby Grossberg, who sued him and other Fox executives in March.
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