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#donald-trump
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1 week ago
US politics

Where Was Any Grown Up?' Morning Joe Crew Rips White House Staff Enabling' Trump in Double Down' After Rob Reiner Attack

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2 weeks ago
US politics

Big Baby Claims It's 'Seditious' for Reporters to Note He's Rambling, Falling Asleep

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

New York Times refuses to back down after more 'Enemies of the People' rhetoric from Trump | Fortune

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

Trump brags about having "ACED" multiple tests while surrounded by "large numbers of doctors" - LGBTQ Nation

fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago
US politics

Where Was Any Grown Up?' Morning Joe Crew Rips White House Staff Enabling' Trump in Double Down' After Rob Reiner Attack

fromJezebel
2 weeks ago
US politics

Big Baby Claims It's 'Seditious' for Reporters to Note He's Rambling, Falling Asleep

fromFortune
2 weeks ago
US politics

New York Times refuses to back down after more 'Enemies of the People' rhetoric from Trump | Fortune

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago
US politics

Trump brags about having "ACED" multiple tests while surrounded by "large numbers of doctors" - LGBTQ Nation

World news
fromDefector
3 days ago

The 2025 Hate List | Defector

Criticism must maintain artistic standards by calling out dishonest, petty, and exploitative cultural phenomena while selectively excluding already-obviously detestable actors.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Joe Scarborough Laughs Out Loud at Howard Lutnick's Bizarre' Defense of Trump's Unexplainable' Drug Price Brag

Joe Scarborough ridiculed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for defending President Trump's mathematically impossible claim of a 600% drug-price reduction.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Joe Scarborough Compares Trump to Elementary School Kid in Scorching Take on Gauche White House Plaques

President Trump installed insulting, self-written White House plaques attacking predecessors, including a mocked Biden portrait, prompting ridicule as juvenile and obsessively focused on Biden.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Morning Joe Crew Mocks Trump's Out of Touch' Speech: Are You Going to Believe Trump or Your Lying Eyes?'

Morning Joe mocked President Trump's economic claims as exaggerated and out of touch with Americans' real experiences of inflation, gas prices, and drug costs.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Total Sh*t': Liberals and Conservatives Yawn Together Over Trump's Pointless' Primetime Speech

President Donald Trump's primetime speech drew widespread criticism as pointless, with commentators across the political spectrum calling it incoherent and ineffective.
#trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Walking Hypocrite!' Morning Joe Crew Scorches Trump for Roaring' Economy Spin While Preaching Austerity' at Rally

fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago
US politics

Walking Hypocrite!' Morning Joe Crew Scorches Trump for Roaring' Economy Spin While Preaching Austerity' at Rally

Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

'Felt like humiliation' - Egypt reacts to Salah's Liverpool row

Mohamed Salah's interview provoked national outrage in Egypt and overwhelming Egyptian support, contrasting with heavy criticism from British media and Liverpool figures.
US politics
fromAxios
1 week ago

6 jarring quotes from Trump's chief of staff in Vanity Fair

Susie Wiles defended Trump and attacked critics, calling some aides zealots, denounced a Vanity Fair profile as distorted, and received praise from White House allies.
Media industry
fromDefector
1 week ago

CBS News Hitches Its Wagon To These Two Duds | Defector

CBS News heavily promoted and aired an hour-long town hall with Erika Kirk, prompting concern over platforming a controversial right-wing widow and low advertiser interest.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Life According to Sylvia Snowden and Joan Semmel

Sylvia Snowden's vibrant paintings center color, community, and representation, contrasted with criticism of TIME's 'Architects of AI' Person of the Year cover.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Almost Certain Defeat': Report On RNC Chair's Unearthed 2026 Comments Sparks Firestorm of Attacks and Counterattacks

Republicans face steep 2026 midterm challenges; the RNC defended Chairman Joe Gruters and dismissed reports as fake news while asserting confidence in victory.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

White House Spox Confirms Trump Wants CNN Sold Moments After Fight With Kaitlan Collins: Their Ratings Have Declined'

Karoline Leavitt defended the president's view that CNN would benefit from new ownership while clashing with CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins over inflation coverage.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Time Magazine Deploys AI "Ask Me Anything" Box That Covers Up Its Actual Journalism and Can't Be Closed

Time Magazine added a persistent, unclosable AI chatbot on its homepage that blocks content and claims to be an autonomous agent trained on its 102-year archive.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Rigged World': Tucker Carlson Says CBS Chief Bari Weiss Should Be a Secretary' in Bitter Rant

It's fine. I don't care if Bill Ackmanwhatever Bill Ackman doesbut I know Bill Ackman. He's kind of dumb. He's not ever created anything. He's totally non-creative. How do these people wind up running our biggest institutions? Carlson fumed, adding: And the reason that's significant is because if you pay close enough attention and you realize that the people running everything are stupid, then you think, Well, actually, the system is truly rigged on behalf of people who do not deserve these positions at all.
US politics
fromBuzzFeed
2 weeks ago

Jimmy Fallon Lost It After The CEO Of OpenAI Said He Can't Imagine Raising A Newborn Without ChatGPT

It's disappointing (but unsurprising) that Fallon didn't push back on that,
Television
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Do You Want to Answer My Question?' Pro-MAGA and Anti-MAGA CNN Panelists Spar Over Whether Dems Have Hegseth Derangement Syndrome'

Look, we're taking out drug boats, right? They've done I think they've killed 87 people doing this, Lambert said. Obama did hundreds, if not thousands of bomb attacks all around the world in different countries on land, killing civilians at the at the time. Now, again, he was going after terrorists, which is what we're doing there. It's Tren de Aragua is who we're going after.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Racist Piece of Sh*t!' Don Lemon Goes Off On Trump Over Stunning Rants

Don Lemon condemned President Trump's racist attacks on Somali migrants and criticized media and corporate pressures for failing to forcefully challenge his rhetoric.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Trump Attacks CNN's Kaitlan Collins In Vicious Name-Calling Rant

President Trump launched a morning attack on CNN's Kaitlan Collins, calling her 'stupid' and 'nasty' while defending the expanded, privately funded White House ballroom's cost.
#white-house
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago
US politics

Karoline Leavitt skewered for saying she's "overwhelmed" by all the fake news from the White House - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago
US politics

Karoline Leavitt skewered for saying she's "overwhelmed" by all the fake news from the White House - LGBTQ Nation

US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

You All Thought He Was White Too!' Erick Erickson Defends Jake Tapper's Mistake on Alleged Pipe Bomber

A conservative podcaster defended a CNN anchor's race misidentification of an accused bomber, mocked public reaction, and blamed progressive norms for discouraging stereotyping.
#drake-maye
#new-york-times
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Media industry

Annoyed by a 'New York Times' headline? It seems like that's increasingly the Gray Lady's goal

fromFast Company
1 month ago
Media industry

Annoyed by a 'New York Times' headline? It seems like that's increasingly the Gray Lady's goal

Books
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

Olivia Nuzzi's New Book Gets Absolutely Pummeled by The New York Times and Other Critics: Aggressively Awful'

Olivia Nuzzi's memoir American Canto receives harsh criticism as melodramatic, boring, stylistically affected, and lacking substantive revelations about her RFK Jr. affair.
New England Patriots
fromBoston.com
3 weeks ago

Bill Belichick has a trademark terse press conference after UNC ends year with a loss

Bill Belichick finished his first UNC season 4-8, refused an immediate season recap after a 42-19 loss, and faced criticism for a dismissive postgame presser.
#michael-fanone
#new-england-patriots
FC Barcelona
fromBarca Blaugranes
4 weeks ago

FC Barcelona News: 27 November 2025

FC Barcelona's 53-game goalscoring streak ended as Chelsea dominated tactically at Stamford Bridge, exposing defensive vulnerabilities and prompting strong media criticism.
Media industry
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

Laura Poitras Chased Investigative Journalist Seymour Hersh for 20 Years - and Finally Bagged Him for One of the Year's Best Docs

Laura Poitras made a documentary profiling Seymour Hersh that highlights his 50-year investigative career and exposes U.S. government and media failures.
#bbc
fromIndependent
1 month ago
Television

Eilis O'Hanlon: Where the BBC has fallen down most dramatically and why RTE's Prime Time segment on homelessness made us all sit up

fromIndependent
1 month ago
Television

Eilis O'Hanlon: Where the BBC has fallen down most dramatically and why RTE's Prime Time segment on homelessness made us all sit up

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1 month ago

Joe Scarborough Slams Dopes' on Rival Cable Networks' Pushing Trump's Sedition' Claim: Acting Like Their Viewers Are Idiots'

The attack on coverage and commentary on unnamed networks by the MS NOW host comes amid continued fallout after the president raged a video made by six Democratic lawmakers urging military and intelligence service members to refuse illegal orders was SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH. Since the outburst, some conservative pundits and hosts have defended Trump's response. On Fox News, Hugh Hewitt dismissed the outburst as classic Donald Trump, while another network contributor, Trey Gowdy, called the Democrats' video dumb and downplayed the president's outburst.
US politics
UK politics
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
1 month ago

Reeves accused of 'playing the sexist card' to distract from her 'appalling record' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Rachel Reeves vows to remain Chancellor for the next two years, rejects media attacks, and attributes some criticism to misogyny while defending Budget choices.
#kevin-spacey
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Marjorie Taylor Green Shoots Down Chatter of Presidential Run: Complete Lie'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) shot down rumors that she is resigning from Congress to clear the way for a 2028 presidential run. In a lengthy post on X Sunday, Greene said that she had never ever considered a presidential run. I'm not running for President and never said I wanted to and have only laughed about it when anyone would mention it, she wrote.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Alastair Cook and Becky Ives make best of TNT Sports' shonky Ashes production | Barney Ronay

You know what they say. Never judge a pitch until both teams have batted really badly on it. You know what they say. Over here you bat long, bat hard, bat short, bat soft. You know what they say, the Ashes in Australia is all about a hybrid maverick production with a fan-first identity. Given the brilliance of the basic entertainment on day one in Perth,
Television
#jude-bellingham
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.fourfourtwo.com
1 month ago

England are uncomfortable with Jude Bellingham: and Thomas Tuchel will never win anything while that's the case

Football's 'big characters' have been softened into minor public rebellions, while bold, eccentric behaviour has become increasingly rare.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

New LAFD chief slams media 'smear' of firefighters who battled Palisades fire

On his second day as LAFD chief, Jaime Moore defended firefighters and criticized media 'smear' claims about handling of the Lachman and Palisades fires.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Tories and Reform spout imaginary numbers as they fight for attention | John Crace

Political leaders stage frequent, attention-seeking press conferences far from election time, creating performative, self-referential Westminster theatrics that fatigue the public and media.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Pete Buttigieg Predicts JD Vance Could Go Back To Democrats

If it's convenient for him to be a fascist, he'll be a fascist. Maybe later on, he'll go back to being a Silicon Valley Democrat. He'll be whatever he needs to be, Buttigieg said.
US politics
US politics
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1 month ago

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Roasts Fox News Host Over Trump-Epstein-Free Interviews

Lawrence O'Donnell criticized Sean Hannity for interviewing JD Vance and Pam Bondi without asking about the Jeffrey Epstein emails that directly cite Donald Trump.
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1 month ago

He should be ashamed - Portuguese columnist savages Cristiano Ronaldo after red card that could jeopardise his World Cup hopes

The most serious thing yesterday was Cristiano Ronaldo doing his own thing. What the captain of Portugal did was unfortunate. And I don't just mean aggression, because losing your head in a moment of frustration can, although it shouldn't, happen. Ronaldo is 40 years old. At Wednesday's press conference, he made a point of provoking opponents, the Irish coach and the public. He was the one who created the climate that he couldn't handle.
Soccer (FIFA)
#trump-interview
fromPoynter
1 month ago
US politics

What Trump said in the part of his '60 Minutes' interview that didn't air - Poynter

fromPoynter
1 month ago
US politics

What Trump said in the part of his '60 Minutes' interview that didn't air - Poynter

US politics
fromHarper's Magazine
1 month ago

On Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and Unanswered Letters, by Jeff Kisseloff

Whittaker Chambers lied in accusing Alger Hiss of espionage; Hiss was convicted of perjury, and critics later accused defenders of dishonesty without specifying evidence.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Bill Maher Hungry to 'Have Dinner Again' With Trump Despite Being 'Hated' By the Media For Their First Meal

Bill Maher welcomed another dinner with Donald Trump, saying Trump listens, is curious, receptive to pushback, and benefits from more engaging company.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Everybody panic the workplace has become too feminized'! | Arwa Mahdawi

Gender grifting lets women monetize anti-feminist messages, promoting traditionalist, misogynistic ideas while profiting from hypocrisy and media amplification.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

That Is a Lie!' MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Torches Trump Answer on Bombshell Supreme Court Case

O'DONNELL: Mr. Oblivious opened the floor to questions from the White House press corps and he finally got a good question from the White House press corps about tariffs because yesterday the Supreme Court handed White House reporters' questions that even they could understand. And the reporter who asked the question that I'm about to present to you is one of the best, S.V. Date, who actually understood tariffs before the Supreme Court explained them to the White House press corps yesterday.
US politics
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one-star shockers I'd downgrade | Peter Bradshaw

Zero-star reviews are becoming more common and threaten to collapse the star-rating system, necessitating a reset or new rating scale.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Blasts Trump Pardon Gaffes as Immediately' Impeachable if Biden Did It

Donald Trump claimed ignorance of pardoning crypto magnate Changpeng Zhao, prompting criticism that similar gaffes by Democrats would trigger calls for impeachment.
US politics
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1 month ago

Terry Moran Slams '60 Minutes' Treatment of 'Authoritarian' Trump: 'An Interview Without a Lot of Pushback'

60 Minutes failed to sufficiently challenge President Trump during his interview, allowing false claims to go unchallenged and empowering authoritarian tactics.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Mike Johnson Accuses Media of Allowing Dems to Get Away With Most Extreme Example of Gaslighting' in US History Over Gov Shutdown

House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats and parts of the media of falsely blaming Republicans for the government shutdown and called it extreme gaslighting.
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1 month ago

Jon Stewart Defends Joe Rogan for Platforming 'Nazi Curious' Guests

Stewart, when asked about going on Rogan's show, said he enjoyed his time on The Joe Rogan Experience and found Rogan to be a curious comic and interesting interviewer. In fairness, he's had people on who are kind of Nazi curious. That's not good, Remnick said. Stewart immediately rejected the idea Rogan or anyone else should avoid talking to someone because of their political or social views.
Media industry
Media industry
fromDefector
1 month ago

Good Thing Nobody In Charge Of A Newspaper Wanted To Make Olivia Reingold A Video Star | Defector

Olivia Reingold posted a deleted Instagram parody of John Oliver that was poorly received; Washington Post executives reportedly sought to hire her for opinion content.
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1 month ago

BULLSH*T': Liberals Melt Down After CBS's Margaret Brennan Asks Hakeem Jeffries Questions Like a Newsmax Host'

Progressives on social media have spent the hours since CBS News anchor Margaret Brennan interviewed House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Sunday morning's edition of Face the Nation in a state of mass agitation. During their conversation, Brennan grilled Jeffries over his claim that President Donald Trump is attempting to rig the 2026 midterms, making note of Democrats' own efforts to draw favorable congressional district maps when Jeffries stood by his past remarks on the topic.
US politics
US politics
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1 month ago

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Slams Degraded' CNN for Paying Rabid' Scott Jennings to Lie' About Trump

Lawrence O'Donnell accused CNN of being compromised for paying conservative pundit Scott Jennings to lie about Donald Trump under CEO Mark Thompson's leadership.
#hunter-biden
Television
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Who's Afraid of a Bawdy Pop Star?

Sabrina Carpenter used an SNL QVC sketch to rebut sexualized criticism by playfully asserting agency, comedic skill, and normalizing her sexual expression.
fromESPN.com
2 months ago

Bears' Williams: 'Could care less' about criticism

We win, we lose; people have stuff to say. It was lucky, it was not lucky; people have stuff to say. Have a bad game; have a good game; people have stuff to say. It doesn't matter. We're only worried about what's going on here within this building and with these guys. That's all I can say about that.
Chicago Bears
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Megyn Kelly Torches Trevor Noah For Joking About How Charlie Kirk Killing Was Funny'

Trevor Noah framed Charlie Kirk's shooting as darkly ironic because Kirk defended guns; Megyn Kelly condemned Noah's joke as dreadful and focused on transgender angle.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell Flays CNN's Jake Tapper Over Trump Texts Suggests They're Not Really From Trump

CNN and Jake Tapper aired a text-format interview with Donald Trump alleged to be possibly faked, raising claims of inconsistent treatment compared with Joe Biden.
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2 months ago

What the F*** Are You Doing?!' Jon Stewart Tears Into Human Flat Tire' Chuck Schumer

Schumer continued, New data came out today from KFF, and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries. KFF. The Senate minority leader then turned to Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and said, That'd be Kentucky Fried French Fries, hm? before giggling at his own joke. Who is that joke even for? Six-year-olds who watch C-SPAN? responded Stewart, unimpressed.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Who is Bari Weiss? CBS News' new editor-in-chief is a vocal critic of legacy media

"As of today, I am editor-in-chief of CBS News, working with new colleagues on the programs that have impacted American culture for generations shows like 60 Minutes and Sunday Morning and shaping how millions of Americans read, listen, watch, and, most importantly, understand the news in the 21st century," Weiss wrote in a Monday letter to readers. It's a significant step in the meteoric rise of the 41-year-old journalist and entrepreneur, who spent years as an op-ed editor at the Wall Street Journal and New York Times before her emphatic disavowal of traditional media organizations.
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