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On Eve of Trial, Discovery of Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox

The day before Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation trial against Fox News was set to begin in a Delaware courthouse, the Fox board of directors and top executives made a startling discovery […]




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As Carlson and Lemon Exit, a Chapter Closes on Cable’s Trump War

They were on very different networks and did very different things to draw very different ratings.But the synchronous exits of Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon from the cable news landscape […]




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What Tucker Carlson’s Dismissal From Fox News Means for the Network

In the days after the 2020 election, the Fox host Tucker Carlson sent an anxious text message to one of his producers. Fox viewers were furious about the network’s decision […]










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How Hard Lines in Fox-Dominion Deal Talks Suddenly Softened

On Tuesday morning, as the legal team for Dominion Voting Systems walked from their hotel to the courthouse where they were about to finish jury selection, one lawyer turned to […]




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Fox News-Dominion Lawsuit Settlement: What to Know

Fox News’s agreement with Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday abruptly resolved a lawsuit over how the network amplified conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election, which devastated Dominion’s reputation and […]




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Landmark Trial Against Fox News Could Affect the Future of Libel Law

Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News, which goes to trial in Delaware next week, is expected to stoke hot-button debates over journalistic ethics, the unchecked flow of misinformation, […]




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The New Prime Time for TV News: Afternoons

There’s a new prime time in TV news: the afternoons.The biggest draw on Fox News is not Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity; it’s “The Five,” the 5 p.m. chat show […]




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Republicans’ Internecine Conflict Is Mirrored in Conservative Media

William F. Buckley Jr., a founder of National Review, once famously described a conservative as “someone who stands athwart history, yelling ‘Stop!’ at a time when no one is inclined […]