Adam Klotz, a meteorologist for Fox News, Fox Business and Fox Weather, was beaten by a group of teenagers on a New York subway early on Sunday.
04.01.2023 - 02:11 / deadline.com
“We still have absolutely no idea how this will end,” declared CNN’s Jake Tapper Tuesday as the House of Representatives looked to come up short for the third time to vote in a Speaker.
Suffering humiliation on humiliation, GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy saw 20 far right members of his fractious caucus put their third ballot support behind another top Republican. With business for the new 118th Congress frozen until a Speaker is selected, McCarthy had 202 votes to 212 for House Democrats caucus chair Rep Hakeem Jeffries and 20 votes to Republican Rep Jim Jordan – with the later a top McCarthy ally who has urged members to vote for the California Republican.
“This is an utter, unmitigated disaster,” Karl Rove exclaimed on Fox News Channel earlier today as Republicans self-cannibalized themselves. “Chaos tends to bring about chaos until it no longer brings about chaos,” the ex-White House chief of staff and George W. Bush operative added to Fox’s John Roberts. “We’re a long way from the point at which chaos stops bringing around more chaos.”
While the Speakership outcome is uncertain, one thing is clear – the chaos was like a second Christmas to cabler newswers. The trinity of CNN, MSNBC and FNC were in rare programming agreement with all covering the live events on Capitol Hill on this first working day of the New Year. As political divisions has deepened in America over the past several years, the echo chamber of cable news has seen CNN and MSNBC going to gavel to gavel with the likes of the January 6th Committee hearings, while FNC basically ignored the parts of the proceedings.
Not today.
In fact, for most of the day, the only noticeable element of their trio’s coverage that differed was FNC referring to “Others”
Adam Klotz, a meteorologist for Fox News, Fox Business and Fox Weather, was beaten by a group of teenagers on a New York subway early on Sunday.
On the debut episode of Real Time’s 21st Season on Friday, Bill Maher had a lot of lost time to make up for and a lot of low-hanging fruit to grab after weeks of being away.
Alan Komissaroff, senior vice president of news & politics for Fox News, died on Friday, nearly two weeks after suffering a heart attack at his home.
Rupert Murdoch is scheduled to be deposed today and Friday in Dominion Voting Systems’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its amplification of claims that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Kerry Washington (The School for Good and Evil) will exec produce and star in Six Triple Eight — the WWII drama that Tyler Perry is writing, directing and producing for Netflix, which has now entered production.
Regina Hall has thoughts on Kevin Costner’s Golden Globes absence…
Rick Leventhal, the former Fox News correspondent and husband of former The Real Housewives of Orange County star Kelly Dodd, was involved in a car accident. The journalist shared a video from the hospital where he provided an update to his fans.
Prince Harry has denied members of the royal family were accused of racism during the bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview. The Duke of Sussex said wife Meghan Markle's claims that a family member made "troubling" comments about the skin colour of his son, Archie, related to "unconscious bias" not racism.
Kevin McCarthy finally got the speakership earlier this morning, but not before a weeklong slog that saw flared tempers, animated huddles and, in the penultimate drama before his moment of victory, a near-brawl.
Kevin McCarthy sought to lock up the votes to be elected speaker of the House as the yet-to-be-sworn-in members elected gathered for a late-night 14th roll call.
The House of Representatives started its fourth day of voting for a speaker, amid an impasse between Kevin McCarthy and dissident conservatives that has stalled congressional business.
News networks again will center their attention on the unfolding drama on Capitol Hill, where Kevin McCarthy and his allies are trying to sway 20 dug-in detractors.
It was just a matter of time, wasn’t it?
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Fox Corp. have signed 20-year renewals of their leases in their longtime shared headquarters in New York at 1211 Avenue of the Americas.
UPDATE: Kevin McCarthy lost a fourth vote to secure a majority and win the House speakership.