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A team of economists has published a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper that accuses Fox News host Sean Hannity of killing thousands of people through “misinformation” about the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Fox News Channel anchor Shepard Smith will host a one-hour evening news program for CNBC, the business television network announced Wednesday afternoon. 

Fox News on Wednesday fired daytime news anchor Ed Henry after an investigation of sexual misconduct in the workplace.

“Whenever he does talk, he can’t put two sentences together,” Trump said. “I don’t want to be nice or un-nice. The man can’t speak and he is going to be president, because some people don’t love me, maybe.”

Former President Barack Obama said he was “wildly optimistic” about America’s future given what he described as an ongoing “great awakening” related to “how we think about race in this country.”

During an appearance on Fox News Wednesday night, President Trump blasted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for the statement of support he delivered for Black Lives Matter last week.

President Donald Trump Friday explained circumstances in which police officers may need to use chokeholds but suggested, in general, the practice “should be ended.”

Walt Disney Co. and other companies, including Papa John’s International Inc. and T-Mobile US Inc., have pulled ads from Tucker Carlson’s primetime show on Fox News Channel following his remarks on the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests — some of which have descended into violent riots.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox News apologized Saturday for how it displayed a chart correlating the stock market’s performance with the aftermath of the deaths of George Floyd, Martin Luther King Jr., and Michael Brown.

While Drew Brees was facing an avalanche of criticism for saying that NFL anthem protests were a sign of “disrespect” for the flag, Fox News host Laura Ingraham defended Brees and his right to free speech.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison once tweeted support for Antifa — the so-called “anti-fascist” group that many blame for the ongoing riots in Minneapolis and elsewhere following the killing of George Floyd last week.

Karl Rove, the political architect of President George W. Bush’s successful 2000 and 2004 White House campaigns, has again been spotted at the White House after reports circulated that he is advising President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign. 

Appearing Wednesday on the Fox News Channel, network senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said he will “defend to the death” Twitter’s right to fact check President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump on Thursday listed a number of hosts he did not like on Fox News, saying that the network was not helping him get re-elected.

I mean, honestly, all Trump did was get a prescription for a drug taken safely by millions for decades.   That’s all the guy did.

President Trump revealed that he’s been taking a hydroxychloroquine pill daily for roughly a week and a half, along with a dose of zinc.

Fox News network medical contributor Dr. Manny Alvarez ripped Trump’s announcement that he’s taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventative treatment against the Chinese coronavirus, calling it “highly irresponsible.” 

Neil Cavuto criticized the president, but seemed taken aback moments later when he interviewed a doctor who said while the drug might not be good for some, “it may be beneficial and potentially life-saving for others,” and that people should consult their doctors.

Fox News’ Ed Henry reported Tuesday evening that Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell has declassified information calling into question the conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump.

Appearing Thursday on Fox News Channel’s Outnumbered Overtime, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway dismissed her husband’s Never Trump PAC, The Lincoln Project, stating that the political consultants in it “all failed” to get their preferred candidates into the White House in 2016.

President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his hostile tone with the press during a Fox News town hall at the Lincoln Memorial.

Revelations the past few days and weeks about the FBI’s so-called Russia collusion probe raise more than enough questions to warrant a renewed government investigation into actions taken at the agency during James Comey’s tenure there.

Fox News late-night and primetime host Greg Gutfeld has topped all broadcast and cable comedy programs in the ratings race, including CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) does not think it is wise for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to keep Congress away from Washington, D.C. as the country is in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fox News has “cut ties” with pro-Trump personalities Diamond & Silk, who up until recently appeared on the network’s online streaming network, Fox Nation, according to the Daily Beast.

“They put RINO Paul Ryan on their Board. They hire “debate questions to Crooked Hillary fraud Donna Brazile (and others who are even worse).”

The New York Times suggested Saturday that statements by Sean Hannity of Fox News helped encourage a Brooklyn bar owner to take a cruise regardless of the risk of coronavirus, which killed him. The headline of the article, as it appeared

News media cutting away from President Donald Trump’s daily coronavirus briefings denied viewers “criticial information,” said Mark Cuban.

Wednesday on MSNBC, “All In,” host Chris Hayes said the commentary on Fox News is a “genuine public health threat” amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston has launched a coronavirus hotline to help people understand the viral outbreak befalling the nation.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has been donating meals to hospitals across the country to feed doctors, nurses, first responders, and other health workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Fox News.

Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Axios CEO Jim VandeHei reacted to Southern states like Florida, Mississippi and Georgia, all led by GOP governors, issuing stay at home orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus later than the majority of other states around the country.

Trump sparred with Fox News reporter John Roberts on Wednesday. “That turned out to be a false story … what are you working for, CNN?” Trump asked Roberts.

Twitter has forced Fox News host Laura Ingraham to take down a tweet reporting on news that the malaria drug Hydroxychloroquine has been used to successfully treat sufferers of the Chinese virus in New York City hospitals.

A new poll from Gallup shows that President Donald Trump’s approval rating for his handling of the coronavirus is now at 60 percent.

“I don’t know if he knows what that means but that’s okay,” Trump said.