The county board meeting in Wausau, Wis., on Aug. 12, 2021, got contentious fast. Nobody disputes that.But what happened about 12 minutes in, as members of the north-central Wisconsin community […]
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Back to news homeWhen A.I. Lies About You, There’s Little Recourse
Marietje Schaake’s résumé is full of notable roles: Dutch politician who served for a decade in the European Parliament, international policy director at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center, adviser to […]
Fox News Sued for Defamation by Man Linked to Conspiracy Theories
Ray Epps, the man at the center of a widespread conspiracy theory about the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Fox News […]
The Case That Could Be Fox’s Next Dominion
Of all the distortions and paranoia that Tucker Carlson promoted on his since-canceled Fox News program, one looms large: a conspiracy theory that an Arizona man working as a covert […]
Jesse Watters To Fill Tucker Carlson’s Old Slot at Fox News
Fox News shook up its prime-time lineup on Monday in the first major reorganization to its most popular programming since the beginning of the Trump administration. The moves include permanently […]
A Reporter Investigated Sexual Misconduct. Then the Attacks Began.
One drizzly Saturday in May last year, a slender man in a blue raincoat approached a house in the Boston suburb of Melrose. It was just before 6 a.m., and […]
Donald Trump to Appear on CNN Town Hall
Should a leading presidential contender be given the opportunity to speak to voters on live television?What if that contender is former President Donald J. Trump?Mr. Trump is set to appear […]
Fox’s Costs From Defamation Suit Lead to a Quarterly Net Loss
Lachlan Murdoch, the executive chairman of the Fox Corporation, conceded on Tuesday that a Delaware judge’s pretrial rulings against the company “severely limited our defense at trial” and contributed to […]
Tucker Carlson Wants to Return to TV Before 2025. Will Fox Let Him?
News of Mr. Carlson’s breakup with Fox immediately stoked speculation in right-wing media circles about his next steps. Mr. Carlson’s nightly perch on Fox News has made him a power […]
Tucker Carlson’s Text That Alarmed Fox: ‘It’s Not How White Men Fight’
A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve of its billion-dollar defamation trial showed its most popular […]