Media Must Resist Its Worst Tendencies Today
It’s certainly possible that the news media will do a nuanced, accurate job Thursday of helping citizens understand the redacted version of the Mueller report. But don’t count on it — especially on live cable news in the initial burst of coverage but also as print news organizations and the broadcast networks struggle to get something up immediately on websites and on social media.
A president accustomed to friendly coverage from the network has been finding things to complain about of late.
The Democratic front-runner ventured where his rivals haven’t dared, and notched an hour of positive publicity.
Exclusives
Fox News Channel today named former KSDK St. Louis reporter Christina Coleman a general assignment reporter in FNC’s Los Angeles bureau beginning April 29. Since 2014, Coleman has been an […]
Entertainment Studios today appointed Nora Zimmett to chief content officer and EVP, overseeing live and original programming for The Weather Channel, as well as its storm coverage. She will continue to […]
Fox Business Network (FBN) has hired former CNBC reporter and anchor Jackie DeAngelis as a financial correspondent. Beginning April 22, DeAngelis will cover breaking business news from FBN’s headquarters in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said Wednesday that Fox News Channel host Brian Kilmeade is guilty of a “dangerous incitement” for questioning her loyalty to the United […]
The former prosecutor has found new notoriety — and big ratings — with her ferocious harangues on behalf of an old friend, President Trump.
Megyn Kelly’s antipathy towards Donald Trump may torpedo a return to right wing media—while the NBC blackface controversy may prevent her from rejoining the media mainstream.
On Saturday, April 6, Fox News Channel will present an interview between correspondent Griff Jenkins and President Donald Trump on Fox & Friends Weekend (6-10 a.m. ET). During the interview, […]
While cable TV news networks have seen stable or rising overall viewership in recent months, advertisers are seeing declines in a key TV news demo. In the first quarter of this year, viewers 25-54 were down between 14% and 17% for the three major news channels: Fox News Channel lost 15% in primetime to 421,000 Nielsen-measured viewers, while MSNBC was down 18% to 333,000; and CNN was off 10% to 308,000.
In the politically charged environment powered by the Trump White House, Fox News Channel’s role in public discourse is more polarizing than ever. Even an error in an on-screen graphic can spark critics to charge the network with misinforming, propagandizing or serving as state TV. But after 23 years at the network, Fox News Chief Executive Suzanne Scott has learned how to shut out the noise surrounding her — no easy feat when the channel’s No. 1 fan, President Trump, is watching for policy advice and emotional sustenance.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News Channel says Bernie Sanders will appear on the network for a town hall event on April 15, the first Democrat to venture onto Fox […]
Suzanne Scott sits atop the most watched operation in cable news, and easily the most controversial. She has managed to keep out of the spotlight during her long run at Fox News — viewers certainly know who Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson are, but not her. Yet her anonymity may no longer be possible.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News host Jeanine Pirro is back on the air after a two-week absence following her comments questioning a Muslim congresswoman’s loyalties. “Justice with Judge Jeanine” […]
Fox News host Sean Hannity said Wednesday night that colleague Jeanine Pirro’s Saturday show would return this weekend after a two-week absence.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rachel Maddow isn’t backing away from her coverage of President Donald Trump and any connection to Russia’s involvement in trying to influence the 2016 presidential campaign. […]
Democrats and Republicans may be divided over the Mueller report and health care and immigration and climate change and campaign finance and, well, you get the idea. But one thing they can agree on is that C-SPAN is something of a national treasure.
Fasten your seatbelt — Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity is going to interview President Donald Trump on Wednesday. Though we hardly need to be told, Fox noted Trump will “react” to Attorney General William Barr’s summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report and discuss the latest in regarding his Southern border wall-building progress.
Sean Hannity was in no mood to celebrate the news that the special counsel did not find coordination between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. Instead, he was infuriated. There was no collusion, no obstruction, no conspiracy, he said, just as he had been telling his audience all along.
CNN jettisoned celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos on Monday after reporting that he is alleged to be the unnamed co-conspirator in the Southern District of New York’s criminal complaint against another celebrity lawyer, Michael Avenatti.
