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Fox News Draws Biggest Audience for Breaking Coverage of Biden’s Withdrawal
Fox News drew the largest audience Sunday for breaking news coverage of President Joe Biden withdrawing from the 2024 campaign. Cable news channels and broadcast networks were largely caught by surprise at the announcement, which the president delivered via social media about 1:45 p.m. ET on Sunday. Fox News had the news out first, at […]
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Biden Shocker Leaves TV News Channels Scrambling
Producers, anchors, correspondents and executives had spent days gaming out their plan should President Joe Biden end his 2024 campaign. “We were planning for the news to leak out, followed by an address to the nation,” one producer says. Instead, the president caught the media brunching. “Enjoying a Wolf Spritzer at El Presidente restaurant here […]
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Lou Dobbs, Former CNN and Fox Business Anchor, Dies at 78
Lou Dobbs, one of CNN’s original anchors who later worked at the Fox Business channel, has died. He was 78. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lou Dobbs. An incredible business mind with a gift for broadcasting, Lou helped pioneer cable news into a successful and influential industry. We are immensely grateful for his […]
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Networks Plan Special Sunday Coverage After Trump Rally Shooting
The major TV news outlets are planning special coverage on Sunday, following a shooting at one of former President Donald Trump’s rallies that left the presumptive Republican nominee wounded but OK. The former president’s campaign said Trump was “fine” after being rushed off the stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, when gunfire erupted. Trump posted that he […]
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CNN to Lay Off 100 Staffers as It Preps Major Revamp of Digital Efforts
Layoffs will once again hit CNN as the cable news channel reorganizes in a push to expand its digital businesses. CNN CEO Mark Thompson outlined his digital vision in a lengthy memo to staff Wednesday morning, announcing plans to build a flurry of digital products, including a subscription offering before the end of the year, […]
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CNN Pushes Back on Fact-Checking Criticism From Debate: “Up to the Candidates”
CNN is pushing back after critics blamed the channel for its handling of last night’s debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The critics, most of them Democrats, took aim at CNN and moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, with the absence of real-time fact checking one of the major issues. A […]
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Dems Blame CNN Moderators After Biden Debate Disaster: “Unforgivable”
You can always tell who lost a presidential debate by which party is slamming the moderators afterwards. And in the wake of Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first 2024 presidential debate, many progressives are focusing their fire on CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, calling out the duo for not fact-checking Trump in real time […]
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Senior Political Strategist on Last Night’s Debate: Everybody, Take a Breath
Let’s be honest. As a Democrat, last night was not great. There is no sugarcoating it. From the first few minutes into the debate, my incoming texts and social media feeds last night were rough. This morning’s are not any better. If there is one thing Democrats are good at, it is panicking. To be fair […]
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Critic’s Notebook: CNN’s Biden-Trump Presidential Debate Was a Depressing and Distressing Display
Biden failed badly at optics, Trump was outrageously but calmly dishonest, and moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash barely bothered to do their job.
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With CNN Debate Hours Away, Multiple News Outlets Are Still Seeking More Access
The first presidential debate of the 2024 election is hours away, with CNN set to play host at one of its studios in Atlanta. But as the clock ticks down to 9 p.m., multiple journalism groups are weighing in publicly, asking CNN to expand access to coverage of the event. While the debate will be […]
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CNN Taps Jeremy Diamond as Jerusalem Correspondent
CNN has found a new Jerusalem correspondent, one of its pivotal overseas postings. The cable news channel has named Jeremy Diamond to the role. Diamond has been with CNN for a decade, beginning as a campaign embed following then-candidate Donald Trump, and continuing on as a White House correspondent, where he covered both the Trump […]
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“Say It!”: Why TV Weather Forecasters Can No Longer Avoid Climate Change (Guest Column)
“Lemme explain your viewers to you,” The News Consultant said with supreme self-confidence, and everyone on the news team leaned in. He was GQ-chic, in from the Big City, and dominating the small conference room decorated with posters of ABC’s 1991 primetime lineup. The window between Roseanne Barr and ALF looked out onto bleak sky broken […]
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