David Folkenflik

David Folkenflik appears in the following:

Fox News stands in legal peril. It says defamation loss would harm all media

Monday, March 06, 2023

Could Fox News lose a $1.6 billion lawsuit? Outside media lawyers say the network is in real legal jeopardy if the case goes to trial next month. Fox argues a loss would hurt other news outlets too.

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What the Dominion Lawsuit Reveals about Fox News

Friday, March 03, 2023

A peek behind the curtain of Rupert Murdoch's news empire. 

Rupert Murdoch knew Fox News stars were endorsing 2020 election lies, he says

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Rupert Murdoch said he knew Fox News stars were endorsing lies about the 2020 elections in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit against Fox for $1.6 billion.

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Rupert Murdoch says Fox stars 'endorsed' lies about 2020. He chose not to stop them

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been "stronger in denouncing" false claims of election fraud. Fox says the lawsuit threatens journalists' free speech.

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The New York Times' coverage of transgender people sparks newsroom divide

Saturday, February 25, 2023

A union that represents many of The New York Times' journalists sided with writers who signed a petition critical of the paper's coverage of trans people. That sparked a backlash in the newsroom.

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With layoffs, NPR becomes latest media outlet to cut jobs

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

NPR must lay off 10% of its workforce to address an advertising shortfall of about $30 million, CEO John Lansing says. Lansing says marketers are nervous about the economy.

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CNN's Don Lemon returns after sexist and ageist remarks about Nikki Haley

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Don Lemon has been absent from his morning show after making sexist and ageist remarks about Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley. He's slated to return to air Wednesday.

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The 'wackadoodle' foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims

Monday, February 20, 2023

A woman who put forth election-fraud claims that even she described as "pretty wackadoodle" was a source for baseless claims aired by Fox News in 2020. The network is now being sued for defamation.

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Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Fox News stars, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, privately derided then-President Donald Trump's assertion he'd been cheated of victory in 2020, even as the network amplified such claims.

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Meet the judge deciding the $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Delaware Judge Eric M. Davis, known for his poker face, is overseeing both Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News and a similar case against the conservative TV network Newsmax.

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Reporter's dismissal exposes political pressures on West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Monday, February 13, 2023

A reporter was dismissed after state officials complained — the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.

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The state of the Sate of the Union address

Sunday, February 05, 2023

President Biden will give his State of the Union address on Tuesday. But with more ways to communicate with the public, does the annual televised address carry the same weight it used to?

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Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims

Thursday, January 26, 2023

In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes.

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Florida Power CEO implicated in scandals abruptly steps down

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power & Light unexpectedly announced his retirement. The company said the move was not connected to a burgeoning political spending scandal.

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NPR and 'New York Times' ask judge to unseal documents in Fox defamation case

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

NPR and The New York Times are seeking to convince a Delaware court to unseal documents to see whether Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems over claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

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M&M's replaces its spokescandies with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson's rants

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

The Fox News host attacked the minor brand changes as "woke" and declared that M&M's wouldn't stop until "you're totally turned off." Maya Rudolph will replace the cartoons as M&M's spokeswoman.

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Maya Rudolph is the new face of M&M's ad campaign

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

M&M is withdrawing its "spokescandy" ads after Fox's Tucker Carlson railed about the candies' de-sexualization — as part of a push for a "woke" society. (Story aired on ATC on Jan. 24, 2023.)

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Tucker Carlson's war on M&M's

Monday, January 23, 2023

M&M is withdrawing its "spokescandy" ads after Fox's Tucker Carlson railed about the candies' de-sexualization as part of a push for a "woke" society. Maya Rudolph is the new face of the ad campaign.

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Fox News' defense in defamation suit invokes debunked election-fraud claims

Monday, January 23, 2023

Disproven claims about Donald Trump's loss in 2020, many debunked in real time by Fox's own reporters, are part of Fox News' defense against a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

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Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News goes to trial

Sunday, January 22, 2023

With Rupert Murdoch being questioned under oath, Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News has hit a critical juncture: Both sides are gearing up for a trial.

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