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Boris Johnson Joining U.K.’s GB News as TV Host
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has landed at the upstart GB News network, the U.K. equivalent of Fox News Channel, as a TV presenter, series producer and on-air pundit. Johnson will join the right wing TV channel in 2024 and be a commentator for GB News coverage of the U.K. general election expected next […]
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Geraldo Rivera Set to Leave ‘The Five’ at Fox News
Geraldo Rivera is set to leave The Five, Fox News’ afternoon panel show. He revealed the news on social media, stating his last scheduled appearances would be on the June 29 and 30 shows. “It’s been a great run and I appreciate having had the opportunity,” Rivera wrote in part. “Being odd man out isn’t […]
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Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence After Fox News Firing
Tucker Carlson has broken his silence since Monday’s surprise announcement that he was fired from Fox News. In a more-than-two-minute video posted to his Twitter, the former host of Tucker Carlson Tonight began by saying that stepping “outside the noise for a few days” has shown him “how many genuinely nice people there are in […]
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Brian Kilmeade Hosts Fox News Show Following Tucker Carlson’s Exit, Wishes Him “the Best”
Brian Kilmeade quickly addressed Tucker Carlson’s split from Fox News as he filled in as host of Monday night’s show. During what would have been the time slot for Carlson’s show, the political commentator started off the newly-named Fox News Tonight by saying, “As you probably have heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed […]
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Fox News Sets Senior Editorial Leadership Team as Top Execs Acknowledge Media Attention (Exclusive)
Fox News is making some changes to its senior editorial ranks. The changes, which were announced to staff from Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace in a memo Wednesday afternoon, come just a few months after Fox senior VP Alan Komissaroff unexpectedly passed away. Komissaroff died in January of a heart attack. […]
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John Oliver Blasts Rupert Murdoch Amid Lawsuit Over Fox News Anchors’ Misleading Election Fraud Claims: “You Made These Monsters”
“If I may quote God on Judgment Day, I’d like to start with Fox News Channel, the network that answers the question, ‘What was on TV when Grandpa died?'” Indeed, John Oliver took one of his least favorite networks to task — again — Sunday night during the latest episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight. Specifically, […]
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Stephen Hayes Joins NBC News as Analyst
Longtime Fox News commentator Stephen Hayes is joining NBC News as a contributor and political analyst. Hayes, CEO and editor of The Dispatch, will make his first appearance at NBC on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd on Jan. 30. Hayes and Jonah Goldberg resigned from Fox News in Nov. 2021 in the wake of […]
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Fox News Taps Brian Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones for New Weekend Shows
Fox News has found its weekend replacements for Jesse Watters and Jeanine Pirro. The channel has tapped Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade and Fox & Friends enterprise reporter Lawrence Jones to host new weekend primetime shows for the channel. Jones and Kilmeade will also continue in their roles on the weekday morning show. Kilmeade […]
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Fox News Names Jesse Watters Permanent Host of 7 p.m. Hour
After a year of rotating guest hosts, Fox News Channel has found its new 7 p.m. host. Fox News has tapped Jesse Watters as the permanent host of the hour, the company said Monday. Watters has been a co-host of The Five since 2017, and also hosts a weekend program called Watters’ World. Watters will […]
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Sean Hannity, Fox News Face Ethical Issues Over Trump Text Revelations
For years, Sean Hannity has skirted ethical boundaries with his role on a television network with “news” in its name. Yet it’s never been as stark as now, with the committee investigating last year’s Capitol insurrection seeking his testimony. The Jan. 6 select committee has revealed a series of texts where Hannity privately advised former […]
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Fox News’ Legal Jeopardy Is Real, but Not for the Most Cited Reasons
From QAnon to anti-vaxxers, we are living in a golden age of conspiratorial thinking. And now comes a big court ruling that should give any media entity that traffics in questionable nonsense some pause. On Thursday, a judge rejected Fox News’ motion to dismiss in a lawsuit claiming the Sean Hannity network defamed Dominion Voting […]
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Chris Wallace Leaving Fox News for CNN+
Chris Wallace, one of Fox News Channel’s most high-profile journalists, is leaving the channel for CNN’s upcoming streaming service, CNN+. Wallace, the anchor of Fox News Sunday since 2003, announced his departure on the program this morning. “After 18 years — this is my final Fox News Sunday,” Wallace said. “It is the last time — […]
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