Judge Dismisses Karen McDougal’s Defamation Claim Against Fox News

President Trump is ramping up his attacks against Fox News and promoting its competitors as he returns to the campaign trail following a COVID-19 diagnosis. "@FoxNews allows more negative ads on me than practically all of the other networks combined.

will hear that case beginning on November 10. But that didn’t stop Tucker Carlson, who a judge ruled last month has no credibility as a news source, from telling his viewers that no such case exists.Tucker was, as you may expect, complaining about Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which had its first session on Monday.

Kelly Dodd and Rick Leventhal are married!

Ted Johnson Donald Trump called into Rush Limbaugh’s radio show on Friday for what was billed as a “rally,” and it turned into a two-hour marathon of media bashing, insistence that there is a COVID-19 cure, and a reversal on where the president stands on another coronavirus relief package.As he did on previous interviews, Trump called for indictments of political rivals, and chided his attorney general, William Barr, for reports that he would not finish an investigation of the Mueller

Ted Johnson President Donald Trump will give his first on-camera interview since testing positive for the coronavirus, with a scheduled appearance on Tucker Carlson Tonight that includes a medical evaluation by Dr. Marc Siegel.Trump will appear remotely from the White House, where he has been since Monday recovering from COVID-19.

Fox News hosts and anchors have long leveraged their on-air roles to write best-selling books. Now the channel wants in on the action too.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGet ready for more books from the anchors at Fox News Channel and its related businesses.Fox News Media said it struck a three-book deal with Harper Collins Publishers that will feature titles from the media unit’s various on-air personalities. Both Fox News and HarperCollins are controlled by the Murdoch family, the former as part of Fox Corporation and the latter under the family’s other business, News Corporation.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFox News Media has set a three-book deal with corporate sibling HarperCollins, establishing a publishing imprint designed for the media company’s news personalities.Pete Hegseth and Shannon Bream will kick off the initial list of authors. Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, announced the deal Wednesday, the 24th anniversary of Fox News Channel going on the air.HarperCollins’ Broadside Books will oversee the publishing arrangement.

Fox News' Chris Wallacehas tested negativefor COVID-19, six days afterhemoderated the first presidential debate betweenDonald Trumpand Joe Biden, and a four days after it was revealed the president had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The masklessFox News Sunday host was seated several feet away from Trump for the 90-minute debate.

Ted Johnson Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace, the moderator of the recent presidential debate, said that he plans to get tested for the coronavirus following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he and First Lady Melania Trump that they tested positive.On Fox News’ Outnumbered, Wallace also said that he believes that the president had coronavirus during the debate.Meanwhile, other Fox News figures who attended the debate also plan to get tested, according to a source familiar with the

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorSome of Fox News Channel’s most popular anchors and hosts are expected to get coronavirus tests after attending this week’s presidential debate, according to two people familiar with the matter, the result of the disclosure that President Donald Trump and Melania Trump have gone into quarantine following exposure to the virus.Sean Hannity, Chris Wallace, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum are among the on-air personnel who intend to get tested, this person said, as

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News paid a settlement valued as much as $4 million to an assistant to former “The Five” host Kimberly Guilfoyle – now a senior member of President Donald’s Trump’s re-election campaign – after that staffer detailed allegations of harassment in a draft complaint, according to a report in The New Yorker.The report, citing “two well-informed sources,” said Fox News paid the female assistant the money in exchange for keeping the matter from going to trial.

Also Read: LA Times Editorial Board Blames 'Reckless' Trump for His Own Coronavirus DiagnosisConversely, he said, the first lady entered the hall in a mask but removed it once she sat down.

Ted Johnson Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts was visibly angry after a press conference in which Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, pressed by him to denounce white supremacists, refused to so.“For all of you on Twitter who are hammering me for asking that question — I don’t care,” Roberts said in a live shot from the White House lawn.

Ted Johnson UPDATE: An estimated 73.1 million people watched the first presidential debate, a huge audience but still short of the blockbuster audience for the initial matchup four years ago.The numbers are from Nielsen and include 16 networks.In 2016, the first debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton drew 84 million.The total viewers for the debate may not have matched the last cycle, but they were still impressive.

Fox News' Chris Wallace was excoriated on social media by right-wing pundits, including former and current colleagues at the network, for his performance moderating the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday night.

Donald Trump.Karen McDougal had alleged in the suit filed late last year that Fox host Tucker Carlson slandered her by calling the payout “a classic case of extortion.” U.S.