After a Feb. segment, Los Angeles Times columnist Virginia Heffernan called local police after receiving a text message indicating knowledge of her address. She also filed a report with the FBI over the harassment, mentioning Carlson by name, she told me: washingtonpost.com/media/2021/04/…
Taylor Lorenz also faced harassment after 2 segments in March.
"It’s not just mean tweets," @skenigsberg said. "It’s death threats. It’s people trying to dox her, or figuring out where she lives, or contacting and harassing her family. It’s very scary”
Asked for comment on this story, Fox News pointed to the network's statement about Lorenz, which said that "no public figure or journalist is immune from legitimate criticism of their reporting, claims or journalistic tactics," but did not comment further. washingtonpost.com/media/2021/04/…
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Maria Bartiromo incorrectly says that the Post corrected the story about Trump's call with the Secretary of State (Brad Raffensberger). It was the call with the investigator.
Maybe people have already moved on from this story, but Lou Dobbs is out there just retweeting supporters who say that viewers should "ditch Fox for OANN." And he is reportedly still on the Fox payroll...
The closest parallel to what happened to Lou Dobbs is Fox's abrupt decision to "part ways" with Trish Regan in March. In her case, they also did not say what she did wrong.
But, Regan never turned against and never really criticized Fox. Dobbs is clearly taking a different path.
I wrote about the anti-Fox message Lou Dobbs is sending on Twitter since his abrupt cancelation. And he's doing this even as he remains an employee. A Fox spokesperson confirmed on Monday that "he has not been terminated." washingtonpost.com/media/2021/02/…
Talking to Fox employees, there’s still a ton of uncertainty about why Lou Dobbs was canceled and what, if anything, will happen next. One said that Fox is a “land of confusion” right now.
There was speculation that Jeanine Pirro could be in trouble, but her show aired as normal
Dobbs is clearly unhappy about the cancellation, hence all the retweets supporting him, including some that criticized Fox by name. But with him still reportedly under contract, I wouldn’t expect to get his full take on what happened for a little while...
I think only the Murdochs and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott know why Dobbs was canceled but others mentioned in the Smartmatic lawsuit were not.
CNN’s John King: “When that plane leaves Joint Base Andrews, it takes four years of grievance politics away from Washington.”
Fox's Ainsley Earhardt: "I guarantee there will be a lot of Trump supporters down there in florida welcoming home after being president of the United States."
CNN's Jake Tapper: "This is a textbook case of how not to leave the presidency: whine and cry, pretend that you didn't lose, incite your supporters, stage an insurrection ... You think that he couldn't get any more disgraceful. Just give him a few more hours."
Fox News seems to be hoping that the fact-check clip that ran on Lou Dobbs last night and will run on Judge Jeanine tonight and Maria Bartiromo tomorrow will satisfy @smartmatic's demand for a retraction of misinfo. No response from Smartmatic yet, though: washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/…
UPDATE: OSET's co-founder says his group had no idea what the segment would be used for. “In fact, it was a bit sketchy in terms of Fox disclosures about purpose,” he said. "We were all surprised when it ran, how it was framed, and what it ended up being.” washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/…
The identical segment featuring Eddie Perez aired as scheduled during the last segment of Jeanine Pirro's show, which was hosted by Lisa Boothe.
Boothe said: "We asked him what he knew about Smartmatic and the claims some have made about that company.”