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1Apr 26, '23News: Disney has filed a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, alleging a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" over "protected speech" that "threatens Disney's business operations74×7M15k1.6k251
2Apr 12, '23News: NPR becomes first major news org to stop using Twitter, saying that the Elon Musk-owned platform “is taking actions that undermine our credibility.” “We are not putting our j66.8×6.3M22k5.3k247
3May 31, '20What a moment on CNN.32.1×0266k82k6.9k
4Apr 25, '23Tucker Carlson once called me, out of the blue, a little more than a year ago to taunt me & say his “sources” indicated I’d be soon fired. He vowed to Venmo me $1,000 if I stil31.4×2.9M17k1.4k144
5Jun 24, '23One notable thing about this rapidly developing international story: Since Elon Musk took a sledgehammer to Twitter’s verification system, the platform is far less useful during br27.6×2.6M16k2k117
6Mar 7, '23Quite the statement here from the family of U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick tonight: "Every time the pain of that day seems to have ebbed a bit, organizations like Fox r25.4×2.4M18k6k429
7Sep 29, '19—@BrianStelter asks Robert De Niro about criticism he gets from Fox for speaking out against Trump. "Fuck em," De Niro replies. "Fuck em." Stelter reminds him, "This is cable, so i14.8×0110k30k2k
8Aug 28, '20Hell of a thing to watch CNN's @ddale8 fact-check the cascade of lies from Trump's speech.11.3×078k31k3.2k
9Jan 6, '21The President of the United States incited all of this.10.2×0108k17k122
10Feb 28, '23I'll say it again and again: The evidence being uncovered in the Dominion case shows that Fox News is not at its core a news network. News orgs tell the truth to viewers. These doc8.4×792k8.8k2.5k162
11Jan 15, '21After receiving legal letter, conservative outlet American Thinker has issued an incredible statement admitting it published "completely false" info on Dominion that had "no basis 6.4×042k17k1.5k
13Feb 22, '20In which @AndersonCooper calls actual "bullshit" on Blagojevich in fiery interview4.8×040k8.2k1k
14Oct 1, '20"When the President said they found a lot of ballots in the river: Where is the river?" @PressSec doesn't answer.4.8×033k9k612
15Apr 13, '20Here's video of @PaulaReidCBS grilling Trump on what his administration did in the month leading up to the coronavirus crisis. "You didn't use it to prepare hospitals. You didn't u4.6×032k9.3k750
16Mar 20, '20NBC's @PeterAlexander asks Trump what he'd say to Americans who are frightened. Trump goes on rant against Alexander, says he asked a "nasty question," calls him a "terrible report4.4×019k7.7k633
17Nov 4, '22one of those stories in three tweets4.3×042k8k1k
18Nov 5, '20MSNBC immediately cuts off Trump when he moves to undermine the integrity of US election system. "Here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the President o3.9×033k7.6k609
19Aug 27, '20Quite a string of fact-checks here from @ddale8.3.2×022k9.2k850
20Aug 21, '19Still trying to wrap my head around how Fox would have covered Obama if he had paused, looked up toward the sky, and declared himself the "chosen one."3.2×031k5k77
21Aug 2, '22Sandy Hook parent Scarlett Lewis is directly speaking to Alex Jones, who is now in the courtroom, as she testifies on the stand. "Jesse was real," Lewis tells Jones. "I am a real m3.1×033k4.5k451
22Oct 19, '21—@JohnKingCNN: "I'm going to share a secret I've never shared before: I am immunocompromised. I have multiple sclerosis. So I'm grateful you're all vaccinated...."2.9×027k5.1k375
23Jul 6, '23View post on X2.9×268k8756
24Oct 16, '18Both of my parents migrated to the US from Iran, along with much of my family. What's wrong with having a Persian ancestry? This comment from Graham -- and the casual way in which 2.8×026k5.1k70
25Nov 6, '20New: Fox News is instructing its talent not to call Joe Biden the "President-elect" when the network calls the race, according to two memos obtained by @brianstelter and me. The me2.8×016k6k324
26Nov 7, '20Emotional moment on CNN with @VanJones68 breaking down: "It's easier to be a parent this morning, it's easier to be a dad. It's easier to tell your kids character matters, it matte2.8×022k5.7k423
27Jan 17, '21"We are going to have to figure out the OAN and Newsmax problem. These companies have freedom of speech, but I'm not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and such bringing them 2.7×014k3.7k290
28Dec 12, '20Tucker Carlson, who has the highest-rated program on a channel that purports to be in the news business, did not mention the Supreme Court decision once tonight on his show.2.6×029k2.7k97
30Aug 4, '20Watching this @jonathanvswan interview with Trump. Swan is not a TV host, but this is hands down the best TV interview of Trump during his presidency. It’s not even close. Swan dis2.6×028k3.9k182
31Aug 26, '18You've probably read a lot about John McCain. You probably think you know the story about what happened to him when he was captured as a POW. But I urge you to read this by David F2.6×018k7.7k988
32Mar 30, '20CNN cuts away from the White House coronavirus briefing when Trump invites the My Pillow guy up to the podium to talk.2.6×021k3.5k67
33Oct 2, '20In secretly recorded audio, Melania Trump says about reporters asking her about kids separated at border: "Give me a fucking break." She assails the "liberal media," says she doesn2.5×012k6.2k1.1k
34Jun 26, '20—@PaulaReidCBS to Pence: "It really does sound like you're saying, 'Do as we say, not as we do.' You're telling people to listen to local officials, but in Tulsa you defied local h2.5×017k4.9k316
36Jan 30, '21Former QAnon believer to @andersoncooper: "I apologize for thinking that you ate babies"2.3×014k4.2k966
37Oct 1, '21Viewers rarely get a behind the scenes view like this, but in a recent package produced showing off the unveiling of Fox News’ upgraded DC bureau, you can see that the entire offic2.3×020k5k392
38Jul 14, '20Tucker Carlson announces he is going to be going on a "long planned" vacation "trout fishing."2.2×021k2.1k62
39Jun 1, '20Here's the audio of that remarkable call where Trump lashes out at governors and says they need to crack down on protesters.2.2×011k5.4k956
41Feb 3, '21As CNN and MSNBC carry live footage from the US Capitol as the fallen officer arrives to lie in honor, Fox sticks to @seanhannity’s normal show and offers no coverage.2.2×019k4.2k113
42Jul 13, '18In light of the Mueller indictments, I called @newtgingrich to see if he would like to apologize to the Seth Rich family for peddling the conspiracy theory that Rich was killed for2.2×016k6.7k37
43Nov 15, '19"Under Obama, ambassadors were coming back in body bags. Now everyone is upset because one got fired," says Fox's @JesseBWatters. "So what?"2.2×015k5.8k27
44Mar 23, '21Fox showed its true colors Monday night.2.1×019k4.4k261
45Jul 14, '20Fox's @BretBaier notes that "had President Obama made this speech from the Rose Garden, Republicans on Capitol Hill would have likely have been up in arms."2.1×021k3.6k82
46May 11, '20" Very, very ugly ending to that one hour appearance by the President in the Rose Garden"2.0×013k3.6k267
47Mar 24, '22this is real1.9×014k2.7k206
48Nov 15, '19If you’re a Fox viewer, you are hearing right now a credible witness under oath dismantle narratives the network's highest rated shows have fed to you for the last several months.1.9×020k3.3k66
49Aug 28, '20Right-wing media figures glorifying an alleged teen killer seems like the very definition of radicalization.1.9×017k3.2k71
50Feb 4, '21NEWS: Voting technology company Smartmatic has sued Fox News, some of the network's hosts (Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro), Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell for $2.71.9×016k3.6k104
51Sep 27, '19On Fox, Chris Wallace says, "The spinning that has been done by the president's defenders over the last 24 hours ... it is astonishing and deeply misleading." Soo... Wallace is say1.8×018k3.2k60
52Jan 4, '19Whoa. WSJ editorial board rips into Trump, saying his comments on Afghanistan were a "slander against every ally that has supported" the US effort in the country and adding, "We ca1.8×014k5.1k97
53Dec 17, '20CNN chyron: "TRUMP MISSING IN ACTION AS COVID DEATHS SPIKE, U.S. ATTACKED"1.8×019k2.6k45
54Jun 2, '20Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: "The President just used a Bible ... and one of the churches of my diocese without permission as a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings 1.7×012k5.3k229
55Jan 6, '19Wallace, after @PressSec tries to float statistic to support her claim: “I know the statistic. I didn’t know if you were going to use it, but I studied up on this. Do you know what1.7×014k4.1k82
56Apr 27, '20—@Olivianuzzi asks Trump: "If an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died over the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be reelecte1.7×014k2.6k46
57Jan 10, '21🚨 New from Apple: “Parler has not taken adequate measures to address the proliferation of these threats to people’s safety. We have suspended Parler from the App Store until they 1.7×017k2.6k62
58Dec 14, '21—@Liz_Cheney reads texts sent by Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Brian Kilmeade, and Donald Trump Jr. to Mark Meadows during the insurrection, imploring him to get Trump to do someth1.6×011k3.7k475
59Feb 27, '19I'm sorry, but for all the GOP members of Congress complaining that having Cohen testify is a waste of time and beneath the dignity of the chamber... are they aware Republicans lit1.6×015k3.4k42
60Sep 30, '20After Trump spox @TimMurtaugh kept talking over him, @jaketapper boots him off his program, saying, "You know what? I'm not Chris Wallace. Thank you, Tim!"1.6×015k2.7k196
61Jan 7, '21I asked Fox News multiple times about claims that were made on its air and by its personalities suggesting Antifa was perhaps responsible for the mayhem at the US Capitol. Absolute1.6×016k2.8k86
62Mar 29, '20—@JDiamond1 gets called on by Trump and he hands microphone to @Yamiche so she can ask her second question.1.6×018k1.8k15
63Apr 5, '22OAN has officially been booted from DirecTV’s lineup. Users who try to access the channel are greeted by a message that says, "This channel is no longer available."1.6×018k1.3k17
64Nov 17, '22I'm told that in Twitter's slack, scores of staffers have posted the Salute emoji, as many appear to reject Musk's "hardcore" ultimatum. (The salute emoji has been what tweeps post1.5×018k1.4k243
65Jun 16, '20Fort Worth Police Department calls out @TuckerCarlson for “absolutely inaccurate” claims.1.5×012k3.7k136
66Sep 30, '20Brit Hume on Fox's pre-debate special coverage: "I don't think there is any doubt Biden is senile."1.5×010k2.4k32
67Jan 15, '22Remarkable how some news outlets just can’t get themselves to accurately describe OAN as a right-wing conspiracy channel. Reuters even describes the channel in the outlet’s story a1.4×012k2.2k59
68Jul 28, '20How many times has Trump ended press conferences under questioning from @kaitlancollins?1.4×016k1.4k17
69Mar 3, '22BREAKING: RT America is ceasing productions and laying off its staff, according to a memo I have obtained from the production company behind the Russia-backed network.1.4×09.8k2.9k131
70Sep 27, '20"$70,000 in hairstyling for television"1.4×011k2.7k313
71Jan 13, '21While Fox hosts have uttered the words "protest that got out of hand" in last hour, CNN reports via law enforcement official that evidence uncovered so far suggests level of planni1.4×014k2.8k77
72May 19, '20CNN banner: "TRUMP ESCALATES DISTRACTION, DECEPTION, LIES AS DEATHS SOAR"1.4×013k2.7k23
73Feb 5, '22Per transcripts, Fox has not covered Mike Pence rebuking Trump at all today. None of the channel's prime time shows covered it last night either.1.3×012k2.5k75
74Sep 7, '20Family member flying out of California this evening just sent along these photos from the flight. She said passengers could smell the smoke from the wildfires in the cabin.1.3×011k3.1k237
75Apr 1, '21Reminder that to get into Fox’s studios for their socially distanced tapings, one must: wear a mask; take a Covid test; submit to a health screening and provide proof of passing. D1.3×011k3k136
76May 29, '20a screen shot that says so much about where we are right now1.2×011k3k89
77Dec 11, '20"We apologize to our readers for endorsing Michael Waltz in the 2020 general election for Congress. We had no idea, had no way of knowing at the time, that Waltz was not committed 1.2×012k2.3k62
78Dec 10, '20Out of curiosity, I searched transcripts for Fox News prime time last night. I could not find any mention of the record 3,124 people who died of Covid. Think about that: The most w1.2×011k2.4k64
79May 9, '20In a private call, Obama said of Trump coronavirus response: "It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset -1.2×09.7k2.7k108
80Oct 10, '20Dr. Marc Siegel wanted @HillaryClinton’s neurological records when she fainted in 2016 at an event. But after Trump was hospitalized for days with a new and deadly virus, he showed1.2×011k2.5k61
81Jan 16, '20MSNBC says last night's episode of @maddow, which featured an interview with Lev Parnas, brought in 4.5 million total viewers, the show's highest-rated episode ever.1.2×012k2.2k16
82Jan 22, '21"Fox News, the longtime top-ranked cable news network ... has lost its No. 1 status ... with CNN now holding the top spot."1.2×014k1.2k49
83May 4, '19What's the difference between the president's Twitter feed and, say, InfoWars?1.2×08.6k1.3k16
84Oct 19, '20This is silly. At one point last week, the Hunter Biden story accounted for nearly 40% of Fox's coverage. You don't get to do wall-to-wall coverage on this and then leak that you p1.1×011k2.2k53
85Sep 14, '21Fox Corp. HR chief Kevin Lord just sent out a memo to staff saying that “90% of full-time employees reported they are fully vaccinated” after the company mandated everyone report t1.1×09.9k2.4k160
86Jan 7, '21Too many people — particularly political journalists — simply do not seem to understand that outside Trump, the Republican Party is not controlled by lawmakers as much as it is con1.1×011k2k110
87Oct 12, '20—@JakeTapper asks Fauci if Trump campaign should take down the ad featuring him. "I think so," Fauci replies.1.1×012k1.7k9
88Sep 24, '20Weird message from a President who just hours ago wouldn’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power.1.1×011k2k38
89Mar 23, '21CNN and MSNBC are both taking the briefing from Boulder police right now. Fox, which also purports to be a news network, is not.1.1×09.9k1.6k43
90Dec 2, '17Worth remembering right about now that @FoxNews never announced any disciplinary action for its retracted Seth Rich report.1.1×09.1k2.7k0
91Nov 7, '20For another night, Fox executives Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace, and Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, are allowing the pro-Trump propagandists they employ to use their air to undermine 1.0×09.4k1.9k46
92Nov 16, '20Howard Stern on Trump starting his own news network: "“(If) he thinks running the country is hard, wait ‘til he has to run a news network. That’ll fail inside of a year like all th1.0×011k1.4k59
93Nov 8, '19Whistleblower lawyer has written cease & desist letter to White House: "I am writing out of deep concern that your client, the President of the United States, is engaging in rh1.0×08.5k2.4k29
95Nov 27, '20At this point it might just be easier for Twitter to label Trump’s entire account as a known source of disinformation.1.0×010k1k9
96Apr 1, '22Breaking: The Human Rights Campaign has stripped Fox Corporation of its status as a preferred LGBTQ friendly employer and released a blistering statement condemning Fox News for it0.9×08.4k1.8k57
97Oct 28, '21Wall Street Journal reporter: "I think it’s very disappointing that our opinion section continues to publish misinformation that our news side works so hard to debunk.”0.9×09k1.4k45

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