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CONFIDER
In this week’s edition of Confider, we report how the CNN star ticked off some staffers when he tested positive but stuck around to record his show earlier this month.
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CONFIDER
In this week’s edition of Confider: Brian Williams was a pawn in CBS’ negotiations with its star anchor, Fox News appears to be embracing the Big Lie as a trial defense, and more.
ROUGH ’EM UP
There’s a new witness in a civil case against the Trump Organization. And this witness could help show that Trump was lying.
‘THEY WERE GOING TO DO FRUIT’
In new deposition transcripts, Trump defended encouraging rally attendees to beat up hypothetical protesters wielding tomatoes by claiming that projectile fruits can be lethal.
FRIED CALAMARI
Trump said in a just-released deposition that he personally oversaw the pay of the Trump Organization’s chief operating officer. That could be a problem for him.
CONFIDER
In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal the latest in a scandal involving the hit TV drama, among other media scooplets.
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GONE SO SOON
The star reporter was slated to launch a Sunday evening newsletter, but it never came to fruition. Now she’ll join Puck, a startup newsletter-centric outlet.
CONFIDER
In this week’s Confider, we report that the once-iconic Yahoo now resembles something more like a dumpster fire. “Morale is at an all-time low,” one insider said.
CONFIDER
In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal how Tucker told a megachurch he hasn’t gotten a single jab—but that he’s “obviously” not anti-vaccine, just anti-COVID vaccine.
‘BAYING MOB’
In a staff memo on Thursday, the Times brass called for a Twitter “reset” and warned against beefing with colleagues online.
