Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
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Federal Appellate Court Revives Defamation Case Against MSNBC Host Joy Reid
Reid’s new show debuts next Monday in Chris Matthews’ former time slot
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‘Vice’ Producers on Future of News: ‘Nobody Knows What the World Is Gonna Look Like’
The new season of “Vice” on Showtime was totally overhauled when coronavirus hit, but the effects will be even more long-lasting, showrunners say
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Gayle King Signs Permanent Deal for Weekly SiriusXM Show
“In the House With Gayle King” was originally a six-episode series that debuted in April
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Kanye West Ends 2020 Presidential Run (Report)
The news was met with jokes on Twitter just days after the rapper first announced his plan to run for the presidency
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Trump Administration Distances Itself From Peter Navarro’s Anti-Fauci Op-Ed
The piece, which appeared in USA Today, “is the opinion of Peter alone,” says statement from White House communications team
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Fox News’ Jedediah Bila Condemns Ivanka Trump’s Goya Promotion: ‘It’s Unethical’
Trump tweeted a photo of herself holding a can of beans Tuesday night to support the food company after its CEO praised her father
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Mika Brzezinski Explains Joe Scarborough’s Break From ‘Morning Joe’ This Week: ‘I Told Him To’
Scarborough has been absent from the MSNBC show for a few days, which Brzezinski says creates a “void” and proves “nobody comes close” to what he does
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‘Brave New World’: How Peacock Brings Aldous Huxley’s 88-Year Old Sci-Fi Classic Into the Present
“The book is challenging and it’s problematic,” showrunner David Wiener tells TheWrap
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Trump on Police Brutality Against Black Americans: ‘More White People’ Are Killed by Cops (Video)
The president was asked to respond to the killing of Black people by police officers in an interview with CBS News
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NY Magazine Columnist Andrew Sullivan to Exit
Top editor David Haskell says conservative contributor is no longer “the right match”
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Ghislaine Maxwell Denied Bail After Pleading Not Guilty in Epstein Sex Trafficking Case
Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante appeared in a Manhattan federal court via video conference on Tuesday
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NY Times Opinion Editor Bari Weiss Resigns, Accuses Staffers of ‘Constant Bullying’
Weiss cited a “hostile work environment” and blamed the Times’ publisher for allowing it
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Judge Rejects ‘Obnoxious’ $19 Million-Plus Harvey Weinstein Settlement With Accusers
“The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious,” U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein says Tuesday
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Head of Coronavirus Testing Rebuffs Trump: ‘None of Us Lie’ (Video)
The president retweeted a post on Monday that said Democrats, the media and the CDC were lying about the coronavirus
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Roger Stone Tells Fox News’ Sean Hannity Prison Would Have Been a ‘Near-Death Sentence’ (Video)
In his first interview since Trump commuted his sentence, Stone called prosecutors on his trial “sadistic, arrogant, politically-motivated”
