Author: Paul Farhi
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Los Angeles Times owner sells paper, ending a long-troubled relationship
The Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Times completed its sale of the newspaper on Wednesday in a surprise move that probably spells the end of its long-troubled relationship with Southern California’s leading news outlet. The buyer is Patrick Soon-Shiong, a Los Angeles-area physician and a major shareholder of the paper’s former parent company, Tronc.…
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A porn star had a racy tale about Trump. Why are we only learning about it now?
Several journalists surely knew who Stormy Daniels was in 2016, and it probably wasn’t because they’d seen her in one of the many porn films she’d made. The adult-film actress was on the radar of a number of mainstream news outlets in the waning days of the presidential campaign. Reporters from ABC, Fox News, the…
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Stephen K. Bannon leaves Breitbart after blowup over comments in Trump book
Stephen K. Bannon stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News Network on Tuesday, ending his relationship with the far-right website that he helped become widely influential and which in turn abetted his rise as a political adviser and would-be kingmaker. Bannon’s departure — just days after his public criticisms of former White House colleagues…
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Report: Bill O’Reilly settled sexual harassment claim from Fox News contributor for $32 million
Former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly secretly settled a sexual harassment allegation with a network contributor for $32 million — the largest, by far, of six such agreements that eventually toppled the outspoken commentator, according to a new report. The New York Times said Bill O’Reilly agreed to the settlement in January with Lis Wiehl, a…
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The mysterious group that’s picking Breitbart apart, one tweet at a time
Hardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. “Are you aware that you’re advertising on Breitbart, the alt-right’s biggest champion, today?” read the tweet, aimed at a consumer lending outfit called Social Finance. “Are you supporting them publicly?” Within 30 minutes, Social…
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Fox News quietly settled sexual-harassment claims against Bill O’Reilly
Fox News quietly settled sexual-harassment allegations lodged by a former network host against Bill O’Reilly and the network’s co-president, according to published reports. Juliet Huddy, who appeared on the network from 1998 to 2012, reportedly settled for an amount in the high six figures in September, the website LawNewz.com and the New York Times said.…
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Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and network in final talks on exit
Roger Ailes, the former GOP political operative who oversaw the creation of the Fox News Channel and turned it into the leading voice of American conservatism, is in final negotiations to leave as CEO of the network amid a budding sexual harassment scandal, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations. The agreement will…
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Megyn Kelly schools Trump on Trump U., and his flip-flops
Round Two of Donald Trump vs. Megyn Kelly turned out to be not much of a fight. During the prime-time debate Thursday night, Kelly landed a series of blows that seemed to leave the GOP’s front-runner reeling. The candidate and the cable news host he seems to love to hate mixed it up for a…
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Critics: NBC News just playing games with Olympics coverage
To cover this summer’s Olympic Games, NBC News will deploy a journalistic force of some 450 people, including 25 reporters and its lead anchorman, Brian Williams. The network has been featuring Olympic updates on the Williams-anchored “Nightly News” and softer stories every morning on the “Today” show for weeks. By contrast, ESPN, the 24-hour sports…
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PBS debates religious programming
WASHINGTON – PBS stations are amid debating the limits of one of public television’s basic commandments: Thou shalt not broadcast religious programming. The discussion, some station managers fear, could lead to a ban on broadcasts of local church services and other faith-oriented programs that have appeared on public stations for decades despite the prohibition. The…