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Fetterman Heaps Criticism on Democrats

But senator, standing by Israel and pushing back on party extremes, says he won't switch to GOP

(Newser) - Sen. John Fetterman is making it clear he's staying put in the Democratic Party, even as he voices discomfort with some of its tactics and rhetoric. On Fox Business Network's Sunday Morning Futures, Fetterman told host Maria Bartiromo that he won't be joining the GOP, though...

Fox Hosts Encouraged Lawyers to Overturn Election: Filings

Lou Dobbs told Sidney Powell, 'It's up to us—we few!'

(Newser) - Newly unsealed court documents portray Fox News hosts as privately rooting for Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and urging on his lawyers—even as the network was airing false claims about voting machines. The filings in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against Fox reveal that...

Fox News Sues Its Own Producer
Fox News Sues
Its Own Producer
Mar 21, 2023 8:00 AM CDT

Fox News Sues Its Own Producer

Abby Grossberg is also suing Fox, claims she was pressured to protect higher-ups in Dominion case

(Newser) - A Fox News producer is suing her own company, which is accused of airing false election fraud claims, saying executives pressured her into taking the blame in order to protect higher-ups and hosts, including Tucker Carlson . Abby Grossberg, who worked with Maria Bartiromo from 2020-2021 before joining Tucker Carlson Tonight,...

Judge Gives OK to Smartmatic Suit Against Fox News

Voting tech company is suing network, hosts, guests on false election-rigging narrative

(Newser) - A New York judge ruled on Tuesday that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by voting tech company Smartmatic against Fox News and several of its hosts may proceed, though with caveats, reports the New York Times . Judge David Cohen rebuffed the network's attempt to have him dismiss...

2nd Voting Tech Company Sues Fox, Giuliani

Smartmatic also names Sidney Powell, and Fox hosts over claims of election fraud

(Newser) - Smartmatic, a voting technology company dealing with fallout from false claims of election fraud, has sued Fox News, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and several Fox hosts for $2.7 billion. "We have no choice," said Antonio Mugica, the company's chief executive, CNN reports. "The disinformation campaign...

Activist Impersonates Meat CEO in Fox Interview

'We have been punked,' Maria Bartilomo admitted

(Newser) - "It appears we have been punked," Maria Bartiromo said at the end of her Fox Business Network show Wednesday after learning the meat company CEO she had interviewed was actually an animal rights activist. Matt Johnson of Direct Action Everywhere impersonated Dennis Organ, new CEO of Smithfield Foods,...

Trump Contradicts CDC, Claims He's Not Contagious

It's been a week since diagnosis was made public; CDC calls for at least 10 days of isolation

(Newser) - President Trump is "cured" of the coronavirus—or so he claims in his first interview since his hospitalization a week ago. "I feel perfect. There's nothing wrong," he told Maria Bartiromo of Fox News in a phone interview on Thursday, per CNBC . "I don't...

Report: Gene Simmons Just Got Banned From Fox News

Kiss frontman apparently had a wild Wednesday at the network's NYC headquarters

(Newser) - He's long been a Fox News favorite, but Gene Simmons is now persona non grata at the network. Citing a "knowledgeable Fox News source," the Daily Beast reports that the Kiss frontman has been barred from Fox's NYC headquarters and from appearing on Fox News and...

Sorry, Guys, No Rivalry Between CNBC Babes
Sorry, Guys, No Rivalry Between CNBC Babes
GLOSSIES
Oct 4, 2008 3:47 AM CDT

Sorry, Guys, No Rivalry Between CNBC Babes

Rumors of feuding CNBC anchors greatly exaggerated

(Newser) - The “Money Honey” versus the “Street Sweetie” makes for great headlines, but reports of catfighting between CNBC anchors Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett are way overstated, Suzanna Andrews writes in Vanity Fair. “There is not a rivalry,” says Bartiromo, who suggests that the rumors may stem...

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