Media reporter • lindsey.ellefson@thewrap.com • Twitter: @ellefs0n
Experience:
-
Some Public Figures Now Regret Signing Harper’s Open Letter Against ‘Cancel Culture’
Others explained on Twitter why they did not sign the letter when initially approached
-
Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Tells Trump Spokesperson ‘You Can’t Really Say’ Americans Are ‘Better Off’ Than 3 Years Ago (Video)
“You can’t really say you’re better off than you were three years ago because of, at the very least, the pandemic,” Fox News host responds
-
Tucker Carlson Doubles Down on Tammy Duckworth Attack, Calls Senator a ‘Coward’ (Video)
The Fox News host lambasted the wounded veteran for the second night in a row, labeling her “a fraud” who wouldn’t debate him
-
Kanye West Renounces Trump Support, Declares Own Political Party the ‘Birthday Party’
“I’m taking the red hat off,” rapper and just-announced presidential candidate tells Forbes in new interview
-
Kellyanne Conway Blames Media for Airing Out ‘Family Matters’ Detailed in Mary Trump’s New Book (Video)
The presidential counselor said the “mainstream media” is to blame for covering the details of the forthcoming book by the president’s niece
-
Don Lemon on His Journalistic Approach: My ‘Lens’ Is ‘Not Necessarily a Bias,’ but ‘Experience’
CNN’s primetime anchor Lemon spoke during the Promax conference on Tuesday, discussing his evolution as a journalist and the ways his identity shapes his coverage
-
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Who Repeatedly Downplayed COVID-19 Threat, Tests Positive For Virus
The president of Brazil made the announcement on television Tuesday
-
Mike Huckabee Says Trump Polls Badly Because People Are Scared to Admit Voting For Him (Video)
“They don’t want to be called a ‘xenophobe’ or any kind of ‘phobe,’ and they know that they will if their neighbors find out,” he says
-
Pence Spokeswoman Katie Miller Unmoved After Visiting Child Detention Facility, New Book Says
Department of Homeland Security “sent me to the border to see the separations for myself — to try to make me more compassionate — but it didn’t work,” Miller says in Jacob Soboroff’s “Separated”
-
Sen Tammy Duckworth Claps Back at Tucker Carlson for Suggesting She ‘Hates America’
Duckworth, who lost both legs serving the country, suggested the Fox News host “walk a mile” in her shoes, so to speak
-
ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ Wins Weekend Broadcast Ratings Across the Board for Q2
The broadcast beat CBS and NBC in every demographic for both Saturday and Sunday, according to Nielsen Media Research
-
Comedian Sarah Cooper Skewers Trump’s Fox Business Interview in ‘How to Mask’
Trump told Fox Business last Wednesday he’s “all for” masks and would wear them in a group — even though he hasn’t been seen doing it
-
Fox News Media Will Capitalize ‘Black’ When Referring to Race
Fox News joins MSNBC and CNN in making the decision to capitalize ‘Black’ after weeks of unrest over systemic racism in America
-
Fox News ‘Regrets’ Cropping Trump Out of Photo With Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
The group photo was taken in February 2000 at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort
-
Kanye West’s Presidential Bid Hurts Joe Biden’s Odds to Win, According to Betting Site
One online sportsbook now puts the rapper at 100-to-1 odds
