Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes stepped down from his position on Thursday, roughly two weeks after former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment. Ailes was also the Chairman of Fox Television Stations, a position he also resigned from. Rupert Murdoch, who brought on Ailes to […]
With the Republican National Convention days away, CNN has announced its plans for covering the conventions. The network is largely shifting its operations to Cleveland and Philadelphia for the each of the respective conventions with anchors and correspondents on location and shows airing from the convention centers. There will also be […]
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has sued Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment and retaliation. The lawsuit alleges that Carlson was fired after refusing to sleep with Ailes. According to the lawsuit, Carlson was sexually harassed by Steve Doocy, her co-host on Fox & Friends. Carlson reported […]
The Toast, a popular blog run by Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg, officially shut down on Friday, even though the owners say that the website will stay up “basically eternally.” Cliffe and Ortberg announced the decision back in May explaining that revenue has been down and that Cliffe had to use […]
On Wednesday, House Democrats, led by civil rights leader Representative John Lewis, took to the House floor quite literally to call for action on gun violence prevention measures. However, the American people’s ability to watch their sit-in on the well of the House chamber was limited as the House Republicans […]
