Fox News seeks to dismiss Dominion suit over election claims

Friday’s Politico Playbook. “I don’t think moral posturing goes well with newsgathering,” Wallace told the outlet after finding out Tapper admitted to having a “philosophy” against giving airtime to GOP representatives who push conspiracies about the 2020 election.

May ratings are in and Fox News beat its cable news competition in total-day viewership and primetime viewership in both total average viewers and viewers in the key demo, according to Nielsen Media Research data. CNN lost half of its key demo viewership year over year, but maintained its year-to-date lead in the demo.

Donna Brazile has joined ABC News as a contributor, after a stint as a regular for Fox News.

Donna Brazile, former interim head of the Democratic National Convention, has exited Fox News for a contributor role at ABC News, an individual with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.Brazile served as interim DNC chairwoman in 2012 and from 2016 to 2017. She’s had a wide-ranging career in television throughout her time as a political operative.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are planning on doing another sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, just months after that bombshell discussion.

Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy continued his efforts to make news Wednesday, only to meet his match in Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who took the podium this afternoon at the daily White House press briefing.Doocy’s own network has spent most of the past 15 months minimizing the dangerous coronavirus, spreading false and mis-information on COVID-19, on social distancing protocols, on mask-wearing, on hydroxychloroquine, on vaccines, and on other aspects of the deadly

As the world awaits on confirmation that Nick Cannon is expecting his seventh child, the Wild ‘N Out host had a cryptic message — well, hashtag — to share: “#staytuned.” However, the picture this hashtag went under wasn’t related to a pregnancy; rather, the May 24th post showed Nick interviewing a young girl on the street, which he captioned, “Friends and family smiling every day…” It wasn’t Nick’s only cryptic post in recent days; on May 23, he also wrote on Instagram, “Where are my ladies?

Fox Nation, the subscription streaming service launched by Fox News, will start to make available the network’s primetime lineup of Tucker Carlson Tonight, Hannity and The Ingraham Angle, with the first episodes posted on June 2.

Fox News announced Tuesday that its top-rated primetime lineup will stream next day on its subscription Fox Nation platform beginning June 2.Branded “Fox News Primetime All the Time,” the new initiative will give subscribers a chance to check out whatever Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham had to say on previous episodes, with each night’s episode dropping on the service the day after it airs.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Channel said it would make its lineup of primetime opinion programs available on its Fox Nation streaming-video service just one day after they air on cable, a significant distribution element that underscores the allure of streaming for the entire media sector.Starting Wednesday, June 2, episodes of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” “Hannity” and “The Ingraham Angle” will all be made available the day after they air for on-demand viewing.

Jedediah Bila, the weekend anchor co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend at Fox News, is leaving those duties.

Prince Harry has revealed that he woke up in the middle of the night to find his wife Meghan Markle “crying into her pillow.” During a recent, candid chat with Oprah Winfrey for his new documentary series The Me You Can’t See, Prince Harry, 36, admitted Meghan was crying in the middle of the night after bullying claims emerged. It was reported that Meghan was facing allegations of bullying staff made by one of her closest advisers during her time at Kensington Palace.

Celine Dion has been transparent about the difficult time she’s had mourning her late husband, music producer and talent manager René Angélil.

Fox News is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network, contending that the litigation is an attack on their First Amendment right to report on Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss a massive $1.6 billion lawsuit from by voting-technology firm Dominion Voting Systems, citing concerns about freedom of speech and introducing a new development to the closely-watched case.In the motion, Fox News said Dominion failed to identify “any actionable defamation” by Fox News and did not stipulate facts that Fox News presented the items Dominion challenges “with actual malice.”“The freedoms of speech and press

Nicki Minaj and Drake have been through a lot together, and all these years later, their bond is stronger than ever. On Friday, May 14, the Queens native’s 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty was made available on streaming platforms for the first time ever.