Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
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MSNBC’s Howard Fineman Under Fire for Criticizing Obama’s ‘Ego’ Ahead of 700-Page Memoir Launch
The news analyst prefaced his comments by calling himself an Obama “fan,” but that didn’t stop him from facing Twitter wrath
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Israel Wants CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to Apologize for Trump-Holocaust Comparison
Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevitch says the anchor used “the memory of the Holocaust for cheap headlines or a political agenda”
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Candace Owens Dragged for Calling Harry Styles’ Vogue Cover ‘Attack’ on ‘Manly Men’
Olivia Wilde called Owens “pathetic”, while others defended Styles, who wore a Gucci dress on the cover of the magazine last week
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UTA Sues Insurance Companies for Withholding COVID-19 Coverage, Claims $150 Million in Losses
Talent agency names Federal and Vigilant insurance companies in breach of contract suit
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Twitter Slaps New Label on Trump’s False Victory Claim
The social media platform used a new label for the tweet, saying “official sources” have called the election for Biden
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Kellyanne Conway Electoral Vote Tweet From 2016 Comes Back to Haunt Her
Conway called Trump’s 306 tally — the same figure as president-elect Joe Biden — a landslide
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Geraldo Rivera: Trump Says He’s a ‘Realist’ Who Will Do the ‘Right Thing’
The president hasn’t been seen in public in days, leading Americans to get their news about his thinking from… Geraldo Rivera
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Vogue’s First Male Cover Star Harry Styles Proves Fashion Mag Can Go More Than One Direction
The musician appeared in a Gucci dress and promoted doing away with gendered clothing
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Fox News’ Steve Doocy Smacks Down Election Fraud Conspiracy Promoted by Trump (Video)
The “Fox & Friends” host fact-checked a guest about the Dominion voting software employed on Election Day
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Joe Scarborough Mocks Republicans Who Called Democrats ‘Crybabies’ After 2016 Election
The MSNBC morning show host couldn’t stop himself from laughing at Republicans accusing Democrats in 2016 of what the GOP is doing now
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Newsmax’s Election Week Ratings Skyrocket 183%, Still Lags Far Behind Major Cable News Networks
President Trump has encouraged viewers to defect from Fox News to Newsmax, but so far, the conservative channel’s audience remains small
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White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany Tells Fox News She Can’t Answer Questions About the White House
McEnany appeared on Fox News in her capacity as an adviser for Trump’s re-election campaign, not his White House, leading to some confusion
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Trump Plans to ‘Wreck Fox’ by Launching New Digital Media Channel (Report)
A new report from Axios says the president is going to begin attacking Fox News in his effort to undermine and defeat it
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‘Morning Joe’ Taunts Trump for ‘Sad, Pathetic Finale’ to His ‘Shock Opera’ (Video)
The MSNBC morning show reported Thursday that more foreign leaders than GOP senators have congratulated President-elect Joe Biden
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Nate Silver Dismisses ‘The Polls-Were-Wrong Storyline’ From 2020 Election
FiveThirtyEight’s Silver says the way the polls shook out in the 2020 election were “pretty normal by historical standards”