Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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New Yorker Archive Editor Calls Out Magazine for ‘Embarrassing’ Lack of Diversity in Bylines and Editors
“There were actually more critical reviews (overall) published by women in the magazine in the 1980s than there are now,” Erin Overbey writes in epic Twitter takedown
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Tucker Carlson Admits ‘I Lie if I’m Really Cornered’ – but Tries Not to on TV
Fox News primetime host says he’ll “lie” if “cornered,” but not to protect the powerful
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Joe Scarborough Hits GOP, Larry Elder for Preemptively Claiming Voter Fraud: ‘What Losers’ (Video)
“They understand — especially in places like California — that their policies are just extraordinarily unpopular,” says MSNBC host
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Nicki Minaj Takes on Meghan McCain, MSNBC’s Joy Reid Over Vaccines
Minaj shared that she was unvaccinated, earning rebukes from media commentators
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Melania Trump Fires Back at ‘Unprofessional’ Stephanie Grisham Over Book Revelations
Grisham’s new book says the former first lady declined to call for peace during Jan. 6 riot
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NY Daily News’ Hedge Fund Owner Cancels Plan to End Print Edition
Paper has also hired ex-Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson
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Veronica Wolski, Chicago Anti-Vax Activist and QAnon Supporter, Dies of COVID at 64
Wolski’s supporters demanded the Chicago-area hospital treating her give her Ivermectin
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Steve Bannon Coached Jeffrey Epstein to Appear ‘Friendly’ and ‘Sympathetic’ on TV
Bannon says he prepped the convicted sex offender in hopes of him appearing on “60 Minutes”
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Former Vice News Editor in Chief Ryan McCarthy Joins Vox as Editorial Director of Politics, Policy and Society
McCarthy has worked for ProPublica and edited for the New York Times and Washington Post
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‘Cops’ Reboot to Air on Fox Nation Beginning Oct 1
Paramount Network canceled long-running reality show last year after George Floyd murder
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John Oliver Calls Out HBO’s ‘Business Daddy’ AT&T Over Silence on Texas Abortion Ban
“Not taking a stance on this issue right now is taking a stance,” late-night host says in first COVID-era show back in studio
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Rose McGowan Slammed for Backing Anti-Abortion GOP Governor Candidate Larry Elder
“Is this an SNL bit?” wonders one critic while conservatives cheer the endorsement
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CNN’s Jake Tapper Hits Biden for ‘Scolding’ Americans on Vaccine Misinformation (Video)
“He’s scolding the people that are being lied to, as opposed to the liars,” anchor says
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60% of ‘Hannity’ Guests Since Biden Took Office Are Former Trump Officials, Study Finds
Of Sean Hannity’s guests since Biden’s inauguration, 30% were Trump family members
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Conservative Outlet Daily Wire Vows to Defy Biden Vaccine Order
“We’ll use every tool at our disposal, including legal action, to resist,” says CEO
