Trump’s Attorney Appeared on 5 Networks
Trump attorney John Lauro did the “full Ginsburg” yesterday, the New York Times reports.
“With his client facing charges carrying decades in prison after a federal grand jury indicted Mr. Trump for his role in trying to overturn the election, his third criminal case this year, Mr. Lauro appeared in interviews on CNN, ABC, Fox, NBC and CBS. He endeavored to defend Mr. Trump, including against evidence that, as president, he pressured his vice president, Mike Pence, to reject legitimate votes for Joseph R. Biden Jr. in favor of false electors pledged to Mr. Trump.”
The Story Is the Rule of Law
Jonathan Last: “I am not suggesting that Trump’s arraignment shouldn’t be covered. There is a school of thought that seeks to minimize this story in the hope that depriving Trump of oxygen will make him go away. This is foolishness masquerading as prayer.”
“Here is my simple ask of our broadcast media overlords: Trump’s criminal trials should not be covered as if Donald Trump is the star. The star of the story is the rule of law.”
“I know: ‘The rule of law’ doesn’t drive ratings. It doesn’t have influencers with hundreds of thousands of followers. People don’t wear rule-of-law regalia to massive rallies and fly rule-of-law flags in boat parades.”
“But if you don’t present the Trump trials as stories about the rule of law, then they become stories about Trump.”
The Alternate Reality of MAGA Media
Oliver Darcy: “Talk of imprisoning Democratic politicians — and even their families — in acts of revenge is par for the course. Even floating the outright execution of Biden, as Charlie Kirk recently did, is accepted in the warped world of MAGA Media, where the audience has been programmed through years of conditioning to welcome such vile rhetoric into their homes.”
“None of this is an exaggeration. It is the reality of what is being broadcast in millions of homes across the country.”
Fox Host Gives GOP Impeachment Scheduling Advice
Fox News host Jesse Watters urged House Republicans to not only impeach President Biden but also to schedule the hearings at the same time as Donald Trump’s trials.
Said Watters: “What the Republicans need to do is time the impeachment because that’s the main draw. And if you put up impeachment with the Trump trials, I don’t think the Democrats want to stomach that.”
Trump Dined with Fox News Executives Last Night
“Shortly after learning he was being indicted a third time, former President Donald Trump had a private dinner with the top leadership at Fox News as they lobbied him to attend the first Republican presidential primary debate this month,” the New York Times reports.
“The Fox executives made a soft appeal for Mr. Trump to attend the debate, telling the former president that he excels on the center stage and that it presents an opportunity for him to show off his debate skills.”
The Fragmentation Election
Semafor: “The campaign for the American presidency is playing out across an unprecedented, fragmented new media landscape and leaving campaigns, voters, and political observers alike struggling to figure out what exactly is going on.”
Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Case Against CNN
A federal judge in Florida dismissed a $475 million defamation lawsuit Donald Trump brought against CNN that accused the network of defaming him by using the phrase “the big lie” and allegedly comparing him to Adolf Hitler, CNN reports.
Tucker Carlson Says He Was Fired as Part of Settlement
Tucker Carlson says in a new book that he was fired by Fox News in April as a condition of the $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems regarding the broadcast of Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud, The Guardian reports.
Said Carlson: “They agreed to take me off the air, my show off the air, as a condition of the Dominion settlement. They had to settle this; Rupert couldn’t testify. I think that deal was made minutes before the trial started. I mean, I know it was.”
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Inside the Battle for CNN
Variety: “Zucker and Zaslav’s power struggles over the cable news network — one of the most prestigious assets in the WBD portfolio and also one of the biggest perennial headaches for the parent company — shed light on the chaotic and roiling environment Zucker left behind after his 2022 ouster.”
“The former network chief, who was forced out after failing to disclose a romantic relationship with a CNN subordinate and for committing ethical breaches in the newsgathering process, likely will fail in any bid to take back the network. But his battles with Zaslav and his behind-the-scenes attempts to undermine Licht (whom Zaslav fired last month) are more than just power plays from one of the media world’s most consequential egos. They suggest that Zucker sees an opening — however narrow — and isn’t worried about damaging CNN as he attempts to ram his way through it.”
“At stake is the future of CNN, arguably the most iconic and influential news brand in the world and one that can make or break a presidential candidate as a divided America heads into the 2024 election cycle.”
Fox Insiders Shudder at Gutfeld’s Latest Controversy
Fox News star Greg Gutfeld is currently under fire over his recent observation that Jewish people “had to be useful” in order to survive concentration camps, the Daily Beast reports.
Right Wing News Powers the ‘Gold IRA’ Industry
Washington Post: “While the legitimacy of the gold retirement investment industry is the subject of numerous lawsuits — including allegations of fraud by federal and state regulators against Lear and other companies — its advertising has become a mainstay of right-wing media. The industry spends millions of dollars a year to reach viewers of Fox, Newsmax and other conservative outlets.”
“Pitches to invest in gold coins are a daily presence in media that caters to a right-wing audience and often echo conservative talking points about looming economic and societal collapse.”
Tucker Carlson’s Exit from Fox Boosts Newsmax
“Conservative news channel Newsmax saw its prime-time viewership more than double in the second quarter, as it held on to a good chunk of the gains it made following the departure of Tucker Carlson from rival Fox News,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“What we’re seeing from Fox is industrialized devil worship. We have an obligation to call them out. Christianity is under attack.”
— Beth Ailes, the widow of Roger Ailes, telling Newsmax that Fox News is helping satanic organizations.
The Washington Post Is Bleeding Money
The Washington Post is on a pace to lose about $100 million in 2023, the New York Times reports.
“The Post has struggled to increase the number of its paying customers since the 2020 election, when its digital subscriptions peaked at three million. It now has around 2.5 million.”
Child Sex Trafficking Movie Surges at Box Office
“Sound of Freedom” — a movie about child sex trafficking, which has been hailed by Republicans and QAnon believers — was the second most-watched film in North America last weekend, behind “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning,” and has made $90.7 million as of Monday, the New York Times reports.
One of the movie’s stars has promoted baseless QAnon theories and Donald Trump has hosted a private screening of the movie at his golf club.
RNC Plans Debate Pre-Game Programming
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel “has invited the popular Ruthless Podcast to host a ‘College GameDay’-style show ahead of the first GOP presidential debate in August,” Axios reports.
“The three-year-old podcast — which mixes politics and games, with Comfortably Smug, Josh Holmes, Michael Duncan and John Ashbrook as ringmasters — is one of the right’s most influential outlets, with more than 3 million unique listeners.”
Exchange of the Day
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) was interviewed on Fox Business by Maria Bartiromo, where he accused President Biden of taking massive bribes with no evidence.
BIGGS: Maria, we’re talking literally, it’s not $10 million. It’s it’s well over 20, $30 million. And some estimates as high as $100 million flowing through these accounts.
BARTIROMO: Holy moly!
BIGGS: And so, we have to get to the bottom of it. But we’re getting slow-walked ourselves from the administration, obviously, and their partisans and their supporters but this looks more and more sinister every time we look at it…
BARTIROMO: Unbelievable. As much as $100 million taken in by the Biden family is what you just said.
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