Less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle the Dominion lawsuit, the network has abruptly fired Tucker Carlson — an anchor at the center of the case.
Jeremy W. Peters, who covers media and politics for The Times, explains why the network decided to cut ties with one of its biggest stars.
Guest: Jeremy W. Peters, a media and poli ... Show More
Jun 12
1979: How the U.S. and Iran Went From Allies to Enemies
At the heart of the current U.S. war against Iran is an inconvenient truth: that the United States is, in many ways, responsible for creating the very regime it now seeks to topple. Today, Scott Anderson, a New York Times Magazine contributor, tells the story of America’s outsize ... Show More
49m 32s
Jun 11
The Young Economic Populists Reshaping the Left
College graduates used to lean right politically, but over the past few decades, they have increasingly moved to the left. Today, Noam Scheiber, the author of “Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class,” explains the economic forces that have left many col ... Show More
37m 25s
May 2022
Nick Confessore on Tucker Carlson's 'apocalyptic' rhetoric and remarkable reach
New York Times reporter Nick Confessore spent months interviewing Tucker Carlson's friends, studying Carlson's show, and checking the accuracy of the content. Confessore's resulting series, "American Nationalist," is about everything from Carlson's childhood to Fox's future as a ... Show More
37m 38s
Apr 2023
FOX GOES FOR THE KILL AGAINST TUCKER CARLSON - 4.27.23
<p>EPISODE 188: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN</p> <p>A-Block (1:43) SPECIAL COMMENT: All the details are leaked to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. Rupert Murdoch did TOO fire Tucker Carlson personally, just weeks after meeting with him. Murd ... Show More
40m 48s
Apr 2023
Ben Smith on the Bust of the Digital Media Age
The media world over the last few week has been rocked by major disruptions: Fox ousts Tucker Carlson, CNN fires Don Lemon, BuzzFeed News is shutting down, Twitter has become a less reliable resource, and Vice Media shutters its flagship program “Vice News Tonight.” Over the last ... Show More
35m 5s
Feb 2023
Fox News exposed, plus, ‘Overtime with Bill Maher’
Fox News stars privately trashed Trump’s election lies while promoting them on air, court documents from the defamation lawsuit brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems shows. Plus, ‘Overtime with Bill Maher’: the weekly segment in which Maher and guests answer topi ... Show More
1h 19m