Lou Dobbs, one of former President Donald J. Trump’s most loyal media supporters, abruptly lost his pulpit on Friday when Fox Business canceled his weekday television show, which had become […]
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Back to news homeSmartmatic Files $2.7 Billion Lawsuit Against Fox News
In its frontal attack on Mr. Murdoch’s company, Smartmatic argues that Fox cast it as a villain in a fictitious narrative meant to help win back viewers from Newsmax and […]
MyPillow C.E.O.’s Trump Conspiracy Theories Put Company on the Spot
For the past four years, most American corporations have tried to avoid the appearance of partisanship while also distancing themselves from the inflammatory rhetoric of former President Donald J. Trump […]
‘A Total Failure’: The Proud Boys Now Mock Trump
After the presidential election last year, the Proud Boys, a far-right group, declared its undying loyalty to President Trump.In a Nov. 8 post in a private channel of the messaging […]
Blackstone’s Schwarzman Stays Loyal to Trump
To Mr. Schwarzman, the notion appeared absurd. “This has been a tough time,” he said, according to a participant who shared details from a transcript of the call. Both the […]
Fox Settled a Lawsuit Over Its Lies. But It Insisted on One Unusual Condition.
On Oct. 12, 2020, Fox News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the family of a murdered Democratic National Committee staff member, implicitly acknowledging what saner minds knew long […]
How Parler, a Chosen App of Trump Fans, Became a Test of Free Speech
Parler grew slowly until early 2020, when Twitter began labeling Mr. Trump’s tweets as inaccurate and some of his supporters joined Parler in protest. After November’s election, Parler grew even […]
We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol.
“His politics have been guided by platform metrics,” reflected Andrew Gauthier, who was a top video producer at BuzzFeed and later worked for Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign. “You […]
Twitter and Facebook Lock Trump’s Accounts After Violence on Capitol Hill
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday locked the accounts of President Trump, which prevents him from posting messages to his more than 88 million followers on Twitter and […]
Business Leaders Condemn Violence on Capitol Hill: ‘This is Sedition’
Many business leaders spoke out individually, though many avoided calling out the president and other politicians by name. “I strongly condemn the violence in our nation’s capital,” Jamie Dimon, the […]