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MAXING THAT NEWS
The Trump-worshipping cable outlet is looking to take cues from Fox’s midday gabfest, “The Five,” and its ratings success, Confider has learned.
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KA-CHING
Meanwhile, one of the conservative cable giant’s thirstiest competitors has all but ignored the case as it moves to trial this week.
FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE
Trump claimed an online event last month was hacked by “the radical left.” Turns out the chaos may have been the result of a “dumb” mistake by MAGA ally Michael Flynn.
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‘NOT HAPPY’
“It’s just a really bad time to be working here,” one news producer told The Daily Beast in the wake of bombshell legal filings on the network’s inner machinations.
ANOTHER ONE
More than 200 staffers staged a walkout on Thursday morning in protest of recent job cuts and the network’s handling of contract bargaining.
OFFSCREEN DRAMA
GOP lawmakers are now pressuring the satellite TV provider to pay Newsmax “fair and equitable” fees to broadcast the right-wing channel to its millions of subscribers.
‘GOT THEIR HITS IN’
Fox News’ Adam Klotz revealed in a pair of Instagram videos that a group of teenagers violently attacked him on a New York City subway, leaving him bruised and bloodied.
‘A LITTLE TOO TOUCHY’
Women in the adult industry tell The Daily Beast how expos can be a source of lucrative gigs—but are rife with abusive behavior from fans who don’t seem to understand consent.
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NOT THIS AGAIN
Six years after the “Access Hollywood” tape derailed his career, leaked audio shows the star TV host making an off-color quip about Jenner during a taping of “Extra.”
LOSS OF A LEGEND
“We were all influenced by Barbara Walters,” ABC News’ David Muir said of the “extraordinary human being, journalist, pioneer, legend.”