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Mr. Clooney, who owns a farmhouse in France, has said that living there enabled him and his wife, a human rights lawyer, to pursue a quieter existence with their children. France has granted citizenship to Hollywood star George Clooney and his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, according to government decrees issued over the …
The FCC chief sent shockwaves through the media after warning that ABC, Jimmy Kimmel, and The View are not immune from investigation, triggering a full-blown meltdown across liberal media.
Scott Bessent DROPS THE HAMMER on the NY Times: “You just had what could be the greatest scandal of all time, the cover-up of Joe Biden’s diminished capacity. We just had a 3 hour cabinet meeting. For 10 months Biden did not have a cabinet meeting. Where was the NYT?” The Times doesn’t have journalists. …
The license requirements for air broadcast require the content to be in the public interest. The FCC should be constantly working to determine compliance and immediately revoke any license that fails to meet the standard. — Christopher Fishell (@chieffishell) October 6, 2025
https://lite.cnn.com/2025/09/22/media/jimmy-kimmel-show-sal-iacono Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin and a long-time writer and performer on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” suggested Sunday that the show may not be coming back on the air after ABC indefinitely suspended the program last week. On an episode of “The Bill Simmons Podcast” late Sunday night, Iacono said he was reluctant to talk …
@BrendanCarrFCC : “The agenda that I’m trying to run at the FCC is to empower those actual local television stations to serve the public interest because what we’ve seen is we’ve got national news media — ABC, NBC, CBS — they’re exercising more control over those local TV stations. I don’t think that’s a good …
Health officials are warning pet owners not to give their cats raw food after a house cat in Oregon died of bird flu. h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s (UNH.N), insurance unit, was killed on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what police described as a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait for him. Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. ET outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue, just before the company’s annual investor conference. …
!!! The shooter of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson wrote “deny” “defend” “depose” on the shell casings left at the scene, ABC News reports. The words echo the name of a book about how insurers won’t pay claims. This is an EARTHQUAKE for corporate America. pic.twitter.com/iBI255WPOl — Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 5, 2024 UnitedHealthcare has …
“Good Morning America” has lost its heat figuratively and literally. The morning show has reportedly seen a significant dip in the ratings as Disney and ABC migrate from its former NYC headquarters to a new building downtown. Some staffers, however, are still forced to work in chilly conditions at its HQ on the Upper West …
🚨Tucker’s new company, ‘Tucker Carlson Network’, is running MASSIVE ads showing his Red Pill logo DESTROYING The Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC and ABC saying ‘Your Great Replacement’ 🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/Q9lk6F2Yv3 — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) January 3, 2024
Disney reportedly held talks about selling ABC. “Sources tell Bloomberg that the talks between Nexstar and Disney are still early and that a price hasn’t yet been named. Another source tells the outlet that Disney is also considering selling ABC to Byron Allen, the CEO of Entertainment Studios, which owns several stations, such as The Weather …
