Russell Simmons’ Lawyer Disputes Rape Accusation, Blasts ‘Disappointing’ THR Story
Music mogul’s attorney says The Hollywood Reporter published accuser’s account despite receiving contradictory evidence
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Gizmodo Media Downsizes as More Than 40 Staffers Take Buyouts
“The response to the voluntary package was significant enough for us to avoid any newsroom layoffs,” says editorial director Susie Banikarim
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Milo Yiannopoulos Banned From Venmo and PayPal for Anti-Semitic Stunt Targeting Jewish Writer
“We ensure that people do not use our platform and services to promote hate, violence or discriminatory intolerance,” said Paypal in a statement
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Barstool Sports Chief Tells 20-Year-Old Female Staffer She Will Look Too ‘Gross’ for On-Camera Work in 5 Years
“There is no apology coming for that,” Dave Portnoy adds on Barstool Radio
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Sean Hannity Blames Maxine Waters, Obama for Newspaper Shooting
“I’ve been saying now for days something horrible will happen because of the rhetoric. Really Maxine,” says Fox News host
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5 People Killed in Shooting at Maryland’s Capital Gazette Newspaper
“Gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees,” Gazette reporter tweets of the shooting
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Telemundo Suspends Hosts Over Making Racist Gestures (Video)
“We are extremely disappointed with our morning show contributors,” says the channel in a statement
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Marco Rubio: Anti-Trump Republicans Would Rather Side With POTUS Than ‘Media That Never Cuts Him a Break’
Florida senator gets real about relationship between GOP voters and media
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NBC News Under Fire for Spiking Another #MeToo Story About Showbiz Mogul
“What the hell is going on at NBC News,” reads one angry comment on Twitter
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Ex-NY Times Chief Slams Paper for Failure to Cover Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Pisses Me Off’
“Missing her rise akin to not seeing Trump’s win coming in 2016,” says Jill Abramson
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CNN’s John Berman Name-Checks Thucydides to Explain GOP’s Supreme Court Strategy: ‘The Strong Do as They Will’
“A glaring political lesson as true today as it was 2,500 years ago,” says Berman
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Joe Scarborough Slams Hillary Clinton After Kennedy Retirement: ‘She Ran a Horrible Campaign’
“Hillary never had a message,” says the “Morning Joe” host
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Washington Post Fires Reporter Over Failure to Properly Attribute Aggregated Content
Paper specifies it was not plagiarism
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CNN Legal Analyst Predicts ‘Abortion Will Be Illegal in 20 States in 18 Months’ With Kennedy’s Retirement
Jeffrey Toobin suggests Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade after Anthony Kennedy leaves the bench
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Justice Anthony Kennedy to Retire From the Supreme Court – What It Means for Hollywood
Kennedy is a crucial vote on abortion and LGBT rights
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Ex-Fox News Chief Bill Shine in Contention for White House Communications Director Role
Shine ran Fox News as co-president along with Jack Abernethy in the days following Roger Ailes ouster from the network
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Judge Suspends Closure of BuzzFeed France
“A judge has suspended the closing process at BuzzFeed France, until the management explains its decision further,” tweets reporter Jules Darmanin
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MSNBC Anchor Dragged for Comparing Trump to King George III: ‘Get Thee to a History Class’
“The last person to rule America who didn’t believe in the First Amendment was King George III, ” says MSNBC anchor Kasie Hunt on Twitter
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Protestors Boo CNN’s Jim Acosta, Then Ask for a Selfie
Pleasant moments came after the camera was turned off
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Mike Huckabee Defends Tweet Linking Nancy Pelosi and MS-13 Gang: ‘It Was Satire’ (Video)
“If you don’t have a sense of humor, if you cannot handle satire, please don’t follow me,” the former Arkansas governor tells Fox News’ Shannon Bream
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MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Applauds Red Hen’s Ejection of Sarah Sanders: ‘What Politics Looks Like’
Hayes says living in a “free society” includes being able to tell powerful people to “get out of my restaurant”
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CNN Panel Condemns Maxine Waters’ ‘Mob Rule’ Calls to Disrupt Trump Administration (Video)
Contributor John Avlon warns of creating a “veneer of moral equivalence” that will help Republican in the mid-terms
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Trump Super-Fans Diamond and Silk Announce Michael Moore-Style ‘Dummycrats’ Movie
The documentary is aiming for a September premiere in — where else — Palm Beach, Florida
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Fox News Contributor Apologizes for ‘Offensive’ On-Air Comment to Black Panelist
“I should have chosen my words more carefully and never used the offensive phrase that I did,” says David Bossie in a tweet
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Joe Scarborough Slams ‘Racist’ Mike Huckabee Tweet: ‘Parallels to the 1930s in Germany’
The tweet from Huckabee showed MS-13 gang members and said they were working with Nancy Pelosi to take back the House
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Trump Slams ‘Dirty’ ‘Filthy’ Red Hen Restaurant for Refusing Service to Sarah Sanders
“I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!” says President Trump on Monday
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Here’s What Happened to Two Terrified Children at the Border
New details emerge on two girls who attempted to find a new life in the United States
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Time Magazine Corrects Story on Crying Migrant Girl, Admits Family Was Never Separated
“The girl was not carried away screaming by U.S. Border Patrol agents; her mother picked her up and the two were taken away together,” says magazine
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National Enquirer Publisher Rips Washington Post, Denies Michael Cohen Saw Stories in Advance
“It is unfortunate and disconcerting that disgruntled and terminated ex-employees… have been given a platform,” company says in a statement
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Barstool Sports Defends Corey Lewandowski’s ‘Womp Womp’ Comments
“It’s laugh-out-loud funny when he does it,” says Barstool chief Dave Portnoy
