After declaring last week he’d swoop the blue states if Jesus himself “came down,” Donald Trump returned to Iowa for a town hall in Davenport hosted by Fox News’ Sean Hannity. During the sit-down, the former president evaded Hannity’s questions on whether he would abuse power if he were to be elected president for asecond term.
“Do you in any way, have any plans whatsoever if re-elected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people?” asked the host.
“In the history of our country,...
“Do you in any way, have any plans whatsoever if re-elected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people?” asked the host.
“In the history of our country,...
- 12/6/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
CNN’s Anderson Cooper devoted a portion of his primetime program to address the backlash against the network for its town hall with Donald Trump, in which the Republican spewed lies and misinformation before a friendly, cheering audience.
“You have every right to be outraged and angry and never watch this network again,” Cooper told viewers. “But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?”
Cooper’s comments were a defense of the network’s decision to go forward with the town hall, plans that drew criticism for the past week as many predicted that moderator Kaitlan Collins would be able to fully fact-check Trump in real time. While she did try to call out some of his misinformation, Trump seemed emboldened by the friendly audience, and at times veered from one topic to the next,...
“You have every right to be outraged and angry and never watch this network again,” Cooper told viewers. “But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?”
Cooper’s comments were a defense of the network’s decision to go forward with the town hall, plans that drew criticism for the past week as many predicted that moderator Kaitlan Collins would be able to fully fact-check Trump in real time. While she did try to call out some of his misinformation, Trump seemed emboldened by the friendly audience, and at times veered from one topic to the next,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN and CEO Chris Licht came in for ferocious criticism over the chaotic town hall the cable news network held with former president Donald Trump on Wednesday.
Amid his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump sat down with CNN This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins at the event held in New Hampshire. The 70-minute town hall was populated by mostly Trump supporters and likely Republican voters, and the former president was able to dominate proceedings, overwhelming Collins who tried in vain to correct Trump’s statements and falsehoods about issues including the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a federal abortion ban, immigration and the war in Ukraine.
A particularly shocking exchange occurred over E. Jean Carroll, who had this week been awarded $5 million in damages after a New York jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against the writer. Among other things, Trump once again claimed he did not know who Carroll...
Amid his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump sat down with CNN This Morning anchor Kaitlan Collins at the event held in New Hampshire. The 70-minute town hall was populated by mostly Trump supporters and likely Republican voters, and the former president was able to dominate proceedings, overwhelming Collins who tried in vain to correct Trump’s statements and falsehoods about issues including the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a federal abortion ban, immigration and the war in Ukraine.
A particularly shocking exchange occurred over E. Jean Carroll, who had this week been awarded $5 million in damages after a New York jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against the writer. Among other things, Trump once again claimed he did not know who Carroll...
- 5/11/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
President Joe Biden will deliver the annual State of the Union address tonight from the Capitol.
It will be Biden’s first major national address under a divided Congress, with newly empowered House Republicans working to paint the president and his family as weak, corrupt, and anti-American ahead of a potential 2024 showdown with Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, or whomever else the party may nominate to retake the White House.
Biden is expected to tout his accomplishments over the past two years and lay out how his administration’s agenda benefits everyday Americans.
It will be Biden’s first major national address under a divided Congress, with newly empowered House Republicans working to paint the president and his family as weak, corrupt, and anti-American ahead of a potential 2024 showdown with Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, or whomever else the party may nominate to retake the White House.
Biden is expected to tout his accomplishments over the past two years and lay out how his administration’s agenda benefits everyday Americans.
- 2/7/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump is fueled by grievances. He has demonstrated time and time again that he holds grudges, and that he’ll use whatever power he has — legal, political, or *gulp* executive — to punish the people he feels have wronged him. It’s shaping up to be a bloodbath if he wins his third bid for the White House in 2024.
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The New York Times has hired top Axios national political reporter Jonathan Swan, who won an Emmy for his 2020 interview with then-President Donald Trump.
Swan will start out covering Capitol Hill, “where he will focus on the Republican party and its fragile coalition in Congress,” according to a memo from politics editor David Halbfinger and Washington Bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller. Swan then will join the politics team next summer.
Halbfinger and Bumiller called Swan “one of the biggest news breakers and best-sourced reporters in Washington.” During the Trump administration, when many reporters landed non-stop scoops from the leaky administration, Swan’s exclusives stood out for their accuracy. His interview with Trump aired on Axios on HBO.
“Even if you have never met Jonathan, you know his stories. He first reported that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal,...
Swan will start out covering Capitol Hill, “where he will focus on the Republican party and its fragile coalition in Congress,” according to a memo from politics editor David Halbfinger and Washington Bureau chief Elisabeth Bumiller. Swan then will join the politics team next summer.
Halbfinger and Bumiller called Swan “one of the biggest news breakers and best-sourced reporters in Washington.” During the Trump administration, when many reporters landed non-stop scoops from the leaky administration, Swan’s exclusives stood out for their accuracy. His interview with Trump aired on Axios on HBO.
“Even if you have never met Jonathan, you know his stories. He first reported that Trump would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate deal,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
After having a post-results meltdown and starting a war with Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump’s next stage of post electoral grief is … a bizarre (and racist) attack on Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
In a Friday morning Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Youngkin’s name “sounds Chinese” (reader, it does not) and that Youngkin “couldn’t have won” his 2021 election without his help.
Trump now attacking Glenn Youngkin .. pic.twitter.com/eEEPcAMplX
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 11, 2022
Youngkin won in Virginia in 2021 in part by distancing himself from Trump, eschewing...
In a Friday morning Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Youngkin’s name “sounds Chinese” (reader, it does not) and that Youngkin “couldn’t have won” his 2021 election without his help.
Trump now attacking Glenn Youngkin .. pic.twitter.com/eEEPcAMplX
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 11, 2022
Youngkin won in Virginia in 2021 in part by distancing himself from Trump, eschewing...
- 11/11/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump’s rally in Iowa on Thursday night was filled with the usual bluster about immigrants, his enemies, and imagined 2020 election fraud. The former president did, however, give a particularly pointed tease about whether he intends to run for president in 2024. “In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious I will very, very, very probably do it again,” he said.
He might be doing it particularly soon, according to Axios. Jonathan Swan reported on Friday that Trump and his team are discussing the launch of 2024 presidential campaign on Nov.
He might be doing it particularly soon, according to Axios. Jonathan Swan reported on Friday that Trump and his team are discussing the launch of 2024 presidential campaign on Nov.
- 11/4/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
David Perdue, former President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Brian Kemp as governor of Georgia, got trounced in last week’s Republican primary, only receiving about 22 percent of the vote compared to Kemp’s 74 percent. Trump is now pushing the false idea that the 50-point defeat was the result of “obvious” voter fraud.
An email sent out Tuesday by Save America Pac, Trump’s political action committee, links to an article from last Thursday by Emerald Robinson, a former Oann and Newsmax correspondent, titled “Something Stinks In Georgia.”
“Nobody...
An email sent out Tuesday by Save America Pac, Trump’s political action committee, links to an article from last Thursday by Emerald Robinson, a former Oann and Newsmax correspondent, titled “Something Stinks In Georgia.”
“Nobody...
- 5/31/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
When United Talent Agency revives its annual party this evening around the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., expected guests will hail from the worlds of journalism, politics, entertainment and sports. The tableau might just contain members of the next big set of TV anchors, too.
UTA has in recent months been working to convince some of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets to consider correspondents and contributors to whom they might not have given a serious look in the past. In a different era, former Ohio Governor John Kasich, a UTA client with a dry demeanor, might not seem like someone destined to get frequent airtime after leaving office. And yet in recent months, he’s been a regular presence on CNN. Symone Sanders, the UTA client who is a former Democratic strategist and counselor to Vice President Kamala Harris, might not seem like a candidate to be an anchor,...
UTA has in recent months been working to convince some of the nation’s biggest TV-news outlets to consider correspondents and contributors to whom they might not have given a serious look in the past. In a different era, former Ohio Governor John Kasich, a UTA client with a dry demeanor, might not seem like someone destined to get frequent airtime after leaving office. And yet in recent months, he’s been a regular presence on CNN. Symone Sanders, the UTA client who is a former Democratic strategist and counselor to Vice President Kamala Harris, might not seem like a candidate to be an anchor,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A New York Times report published Thursday offers new details of a familiar storyline: Republicans who privately criticized Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection ultimately shying away from a public confrontation for fear of riling up or alienating his supporters.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who reportedly pushed Trump to call off the attack on the Capitol as it was happening, told Republicans in the days following the attack that he planned to tell Trump to resign, according to the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who reportedly pushed Trump to call off the attack on the Capitol as it was happening, told Republicans in the days following the attack that he planned to tell Trump to resign, according to the new book This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and...
- 4/21/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
CNN led winners on Night 1 of The News and Documentary Emmy Awards, as it did last year—nabbing seven statuettes, as Vice News Tonight claimed a new award for outstanding newscast. See the full list of winners here.
The virtual ceremony also saw print and digital outlets win Emmys, including The New York Times, which won four—two of which were for video feature “How The Police Killed Breonna Taylor.” The list of Night 1 winners broken down by network or platform is at right.
CNN’s awards included two for the “CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny,” which was shown on AC360. Its coverage of the death of George Floyd won for breaking news coverage. In accepting the award, senior national correspondent Sara Sidner talked of the emotional impact of the story. CNN also won another award via CNN en Espanol.
PBS won four awards,...
The virtual ceremony also saw print and digital outlets win Emmys, including The New York Times, which won four—two of which were for video feature “How The Police Killed Breonna Taylor.” The list of Night 1 winners broken down by network or platform is at right.
CNN’s awards included two for the “CNN/Bellingcat Investigation into the Poisoning of Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny,” which was shown on AC360. Its coverage of the death of George Floyd won for breaking news coverage. In accepting the award, senior national correspondent Sara Sidner talked of the emotional impact of the story. CNN also won another award via CNN en Espanol.
PBS won four awards,...
- 9/29/2021
- by Matt Grobar and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Dick Cheney, starter of Forever Wars under false pretenses and former vice president, is “deeply troubled” by the state of the country and the Republican Party, according to his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
“My dad is deeply troubled about where our party is, deeply troubled about where the country is,” Cheney said at an Aspen Institute event on Wednesday, although she did not elaborate about what exactly is troubling to him. She went on to say that her father has been a “tremendous source of advice and guidance and wisdom for me.
“My dad is deeply troubled about where our party is, deeply troubled about where the country is,” Cheney said at an Aspen Institute event on Wednesday, although she did not elaborate about what exactly is troubling to him. She went on to say that her father has been a “tremendous source of advice and guidance and wisdom for me.
- 8/5/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Liz Cheney caught Republican hell for doing one good thing.
The Wyoming representative earlier this month was ousted from her perch in the party’s leadership for daring to suggest the election was not rigged against former President Trump. In the weeks leading up to the vote to strip her of her standing as the third-most-powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, Cheney was attacked by her former allies, from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) saying he’d “lost confidence” in her during a hot-mic moment on Fox News,...
The Wyoming representative earlier this month was ousted from her perch in the party’s leadership for daring to suggest the election was not rigged against former President Trump. In the weeks leading up to the vote to strip her of her standing as the third-most-powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, Cheney was attacked by her former allies, from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) saying he’d “lost confidence” in her during a hot-mic moment on Fox News,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
According to several reports, outgoing President Trump has stepped up the insanity at the White House — so much so that he has even discussed declaring martial law in order to steal the election.
The New York Times reported Saturday that Trump has entertained the idea previously suggested by his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who suggested that the president could deploy the military to swing states he lost to President-elect Joe Biden in order to “rerun” the presidential election.
“Within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could...
The New York Times reported Saturday that Trump has entertained the idea previously suggested by his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who suggested that the president could deploy the military to swing states he lost to President-elect Joe Biden in order to “rerun” the presidential election.
“Within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could...
- 12/20/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Executives at NBCUniversal, NBC News and the NBC broadcast network are not-so-quietly thanking an employee who has only limited command over the Comcast-owned company’s corporate direction: Savannah Guthrie.
Guthrie’s handling of President Donald Trump during a town-hall broadcast organized in last-minute fashion by NBC News helped blunt waves of criticism of the media conglomerate, which scheduled the event directly opposite one with Joe Biden, Trump’s Democratic challenger, on ABC News. “Perhaps the execs at NBC — or Guthrie herself — realized how disciplined they would need to be to justify giving airtime to Trump after he violated even more democratic norms by rejecting the rules of the Commission on Presidential Debates,” says Dannagal Young, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who studies political media.
Guthrie’s mode of questioning kept Trump pinned. “You’re the president. You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who just retweets whatever,...
Guthrie’s handling of President Donald Trump during a town-hall broadcast organized in last-minute fashion by NBC News helped blunt waves of criticism of the media conglomerate, which scheduled the event directly opposite one with Joe Biden, Trump’s Democratic challenger, on ABC News. “Perhaps the execs at NBC — or Guthrie herself — realized how disciplined they would need to be to justify giving airtime to Trump after he violated even more democratic norms by rejecting the rules of the Commission on Presidential Debates,” says Dannagal Young, an associate professor at the University of Delaware who studies political media.
Guthrie’s mode of questioning kept Trump pinned. “You’re the president. You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who just retweets whatever,...
- 10/16/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday lit into Donald Trump over the president's recent shockingly dismal interview with Axios that aired Monday night on HBO.
One of the larger takeaways from the interview was Trump's apparent lack of care that more than 150,000 people have died thus far from the pandemic in the U.S.; with the president telling interviewer Jonathan Swan, "It is what it is."
The Tonight Show host — taking a sharp turn from his days of wearing kid gloves with Trump, even infamously playing with the then-presidential candidate's hair on the show ...
One of the larger takeaways from the interview was Trump's apparent lack of care that more than 150,000 people have died thus far from the pandemic in the U.S.; with the president telling interviewer Jonathan Swan, "It is what it is."
The Tonight Show host — taking a sharp turn from his days of wearing kid gloves with Trump, even infamously playing with the then-presidential candidate's hair on the show ...
Last night’s wild Axios interview with President Trump scored the HBO program a 33% total viewership bump from its average so far this year.
A total of 136,000 viewers tuned in to see Trump make an utter fool of himself with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, according to Nielsen Media Research. That may not seem like a large number, especially compared with the millions of viewers who have since watched the interview online, but it is still a decent amount above the show’s usual audience of just over 100,000 total viewers.
The interview currently has almost 3.5 million viewers on HBO’s YouTube channel, and is the number one trending video on the platform. All told, it has been viewed over 40 million times across all platforms, including social media. A clip of the interview on Axios’ Twitter account alone currently has around 36 million viewers.
Returning to the HBO numbers, around 46,000 of those viewers...
A total of 136,000 viewers tuned in to see Trump make an utter fool of himself with Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, according to Nielsen Media Research. That may not seem like a large number, especially compared with the millions of viewers who have since watched the interview online, but it is still a decent amount above the show’s usual audience of just over 100,000 total viewers.
The interview currently has almost 3.5 million viewers on HBO’s YouTube channel, and is the number one trending video on the platform. All told, it has been viewed over 40 million times across all platforms, including social media. A clip of the interview on Axios’ Twitter account alone currently has around 36 million viewers.
Returning to the HBO numbers, around 46,000 of those viewers...
- 8/4/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Jonathan Swan’s interview with Donald Trump for Axios on HBO is getting a lot of attention for what the president says about the rising number of coronavirus cases, claims of Russia funding of the Taliban and what he thinks of the late John Lewis, among other things.
What also stands out, though, is Swan’s willingness to challenge Trump on some of his most common pronouncements. Watch the interview below.
The president has a gift for repeating exaggerated, misleading and false claims, to the point where they have become just a routine part of discourse. He often answers questions with a fusillade of assertions, making it difficult for any reporter to know how and when to interrupt and when to just let him speak.
Swan, though, countered Trump on some of his oft-repeated lines at some key moments. Example: Trump’s frequent attacks on mail-in voting as fraudulent.
Trump:...
What also stands out, though, is Swan’s willingness to challenge Trump on some of his most common pronouncements. Watch the interview below.
The president has a gift for repeating exaggerated, misleading and false claims, to the point where they have become just a routine part of discourse. He often answers questions with a fusillade of assertions, making it difficult for any reporter to know how and when to interrupt and when to just let him speak.
Swan, though, countered Trump on some of his oft-repeated lines at some key moments. Example: Trump’s frequent attacks on mail-in voting as fraudulent.
Trump:...
- 8/4/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump has largely avoided subjecting himself to the scrutiny of a one-on-one interviews with actual journalists. There’s a good reason for this. We caught a glimpse of it last month when Chris Wallace of Fox News dismantled Trump’s argument that Joe Biden wants to defund the police. But we saw the complete picture on Monday night when with the help of a few color-coordinated charts the president hopelessly stumbled and bumbled his way through a train wreck of an interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios, which aired on HBO.
- 8/4/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump was roundly mocked and criticized for a dismal interview with Axios that aired Monday night on HBO.
Among the more baffling moments, Trump said of the more than 150,000 U.S. novel coronavirus death toll: "It is what it is."
In another bizarre instance, Trump told interviewer Jonathan Swan that the journalist could only talk about pandemic stats and comparisons that made the president look good rather than the actual facts and figures that Swan presented.
At another point in the interview, Trump complained that the late congressman and civil rights activist John ...
Among the more baffling moments, Trump said of the more than 150,000 U.S. novel coronavirus death toll: "It is what it is."
In another bizarre instance, Trump told interviewer Jonathan Swan that the journalist could only talk about pandemic stats and comparisons that made the president look good rather than the actual facts and figures that Swan presented.
At another point in the interview, Trump complained that the late congressman and civil rights activist John ...
An interview between Axios reporter Jonathan Swan and President Donald Trump that aired Monday on HBO has drawn the kind of social-media huzzahs accorded to a heartwarming meme or the drop of a Taylor Swift album.
In a conversation taped Tuesday, July 28, Swan questions Trump’s use of statistics to describe how the nation is grappling with coronavirus, suggesting U.S. efforts are working better than those of other countries. “You can’t do that,” Trump says after Swan cited pointed the number of US Covid-19 deaths as a percentage of the U.S. population. In the interview, Swan also queries Trump on Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader, who recently died, and finds Trump would not attend the funeral, seemingly in part because Lewis did not attend his inauguration.
Media outlets seized upon the interview as a sign of presidential incompetence. The Daily Beast said that the president...
In a conversation taped Tuesday, July 28, Swan questions Trump’s use of statistics to describe how the nation is grappling with coronavirus, suggesting U.S. efforts are working better than those of other countries. “You can’t do that,” Trump says after Swan cited pointed the number of US Covid-19 deaths as a percentage of the U.S. population. In the interview, Swan also queries Trump on Rep. John Lewis, the civil rights leader, who recently died, and finds Trump would not attend the funeral, seemingly in part because Lewis did not attend his inauguration.
Media outlets seized upon the interview as a sign of presidential incompetence. The Daily Beast said that the president...
- 8/4/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Chris Wallace’s “Fox News Sunday” interview with President Donald Trump generated buzz over the weekend, with some of the praise coming from unexpected sources.
Across the political and media spectrums, Wallace was roundly cheered for his grilling of Trump on the coronavirus response and Joe Biden, as well as his willingness to correct the president’s untrue statements.
Watch the interview in the video above.
Axios’ Jonathan Swan wrote on Twitter, “I think I’ve watched every television interview Donald Trump has done since announcing his candidacy in 2015. Chris Wallace just did the best one, and by some distance.
Also Read: Chris Wallace vs Donald Trump: Fox News Anchor's Toughest Questions
Legendary broadcaster Dan Rather weighed in, too: “A tip of the Stetson to Chris Wallace. A consummate pro. Tough. Prepared. Fair. Always ready with a fact check and a follow-up question. I imagine there is quite a scene...
Across the political and media spectrums, Wallace was roundly cheered for his grilling of Trump on the coronavirus response and Joe Biden, as well as his willingness to correct the president’s untrue statements.
Watch the interview in the video above.
Axios’ Jonathan Swan wrote on Twitter, “I think I’ve watched every television interview Donald Trump has done since announcing his candidacy in 2015. Chris Wallace just did the best one, and by some distance.
Also Read: Chris Wallace vs Donald Trump: Fox News Anchor's Toughest Questions
Legendary broadcaster Dan Rather weighed in, too: “A tip of the Stetson to Chris Wallace. A consummate pro. Tough. Prepared. Fair. Always ready with a fact check and a follow-up question. I imagine there is quite a scene...
- 7/20/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
The March 15 episode of documentary-news series “Axios” on HBO featured an interview with congressman James Clyburn that was notable not just for its newsiness — the South Carolina Democrat likened Republicans’ relationship with President Trump to that of Germans with Adolf Hitler — but also for its intimacy. Clyburn and Axios CEO Jim VandeHei demonstrated a rapport as they sat on the same side of a conference table in the news organization’s office, facing one another, discussing the Democratic primary and political landscape. When the interview ended, they shook hands.
It was a stark contrast to the lead interview on “Axios” a week later. Sunday night’s episode kicked off with reporter Jonathan Swan interviewing China’s ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai about the novel coronavirus. The occasionally combative exchange took place via Zoom, the videoconference software that has become a sudden staple of many U.S. businesses that...
It was a stark contrast to the lead interview on “Axios” a week later. Sunday night’s episode kicked off with reporter Jonathan Swan interviewing China’s ambassador to the United States, Cui Tiankai about the novel coronavirus. The occasionally combative exchange took place via Zoom, the videoconference software that has become a sudden staple of many U.S. businesses that...
- 3/23/2020
- by Daniel Holloway
- Variety Film + TV
CNN’s Manu Raju seems to have triggered Arizona’s Republican Sen. Martha McSally on Thursday with talk of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, earning a Trumpian insult in the halls of Capitol Hill.
“Manu, you’re a liberal hack,” McSally said, clearly peeved and with undisguised disdain. “I’m not talking to you.”
Watch the video encounter above.
Raju’s alleged hackery? He asked whether the Senate should “consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?”.
Apparently that was a touchy subject for McSally, who responded with the brickbat. The full exchange:
Raju: Senator McSally, should the Senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?
McSally: Manu, you’re a liberal hack. I’m not...
“Manu, you’re a liberal hack,” McSally said, clearly peeved and with undisguised disdain. “I’m not talking to you.”
Watch the video encounter above.
Raju’s alleged hackery? He asked whether the Senate should “consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?”.
Apparently that was a touchy subject for McSally, who responded with the brickbat. The full exchange:
Raju: Senator McSally, should the Senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?
McSally: Manu, you’re a liberal hack. I’m not...
- 1/16/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Jared Kushner was named a White House adviser solely by the grace of his marriage to the president’s daughter. Given his lack of experience, he has largely — and wisely — opted to avoid the media and work behind the scenes. This changed recently when Kushner decided to sit down for a rare one-on-one interview with Jonathan Swan of Axios, which HBO aired on Sunday. The sit-down didn’t go very well for the real estate developer-turned-Middle East peace broker, as Swan pretty easily was able to talk Kushner into a...
- 6/3/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The namesake host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has some rules for the Democratic Party to memorize as they ramp up for a 2020 rematch with President Donald J. Trump. “I want all Democrats to memorize these two words: Message Discipline,” Maher said with the tones of a weary teacher addressing a remedial class. “Republicans win for two reasons: teamwork and cheating. And they’re really good at both.”
The 2020 presidential race, the Mueller Report, and the ongoing Trumpifcation of the national conversation were meaty topics for the night’s episode although the most memorable gag was directed at Roy Moore of Alabama and the legal limits that affect his viability as a elected public servant. “It looks like even if Roy Moore won, he would not be able to serve his term,” Maher said, “because the Senate is within one mile of a school.”
Maher’s description...
The 2020 presidential race, the Mueller Report, and the ongoing Trumpifcation of the national conversation were meaty topics for the night’s episode although the most memorable gag was directed at Roy Moore of Alabama and the legal limits that affect his viability as a elected public servant. “It looks like even if Roy Moore won, he would not be able to serve his term,” Maher said, “because the Senate is within one mile of a school.”
Maher’s description...
- 6/1/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Nov. 4 saw the debut of HBO’s four-part series of specials “Axios,” which takes its name from the access-driven website that thrives on scoops delivered with limited adornment. Indeed, the website prides itself on drilling down stories to, effectively, headlines.
This all makes for unfortunate timing, as Nov. 6 marks the midterms, a story encompassing 435 House elections and many contested Senate and statehouse races, all occurring against the backdrop of ongoing anger and roiling contempt against the president from the left. But the website on a mission to boil the world down into its grabbiest iteration is obliged to tell the story with the biggest names possible; the “Axios” episode before an election that has made various candidates into national names focused relentlessly on the president.
As became widely known even before the episode aired, the episode concluded with an interview of Donald Trump. A clip of Axios reporter Jonathan Swan...
This all makes for unfortunate timing, as Nov. 6 marks the midterms, a story encompassing 435 House elections and many contested Senate and statehouse races, all occurring against the backdrop of ongoing anger and roiling contempt against the president from the left. But the website on a mission to boil the world down into its grabbiest iteration is obliged to tell the story with the biggest names possible; the “Axios” episode before an election that has made various candidates into national names focused relentlessly on the president.
As became widely known even before the episode aired, the episode concluded with an interview of Donald Trump. A clip of Axios reporter Jonathan Swan...
- 11/5/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
President Trump wants you to be terrified. Particularly of people of color, or anyone who might dare try to immigrate to the United States from anywhere outside of Scandinavia. It’s why with a week until the midterms he is sending thousands of troops to the border to thwart a rapidly dwindling migrant caravan that isn’t even going to make its way through Mexico for months. It’s a transparent ploy, but it’s all Trump has left. Stoking fear over immigration is the bedrock of his presidency. It got him elected,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Twitter has hit back against accusations of shadow banning prominent Republicans on Wednesday, with founder and CEO Jack Dorsey insisting that the company does not engage in the practice. He did, however, concede in a tweet that his company needed to do more to build public trust.
“A short thread addressing some issues folks are encountering as a result of our conversational health work, specifically the perception of ‘shadow banning’ based on content or ideology,” he said, while quoting a prior lengthy explanation from Twitter product lead, Kayvon Beykpour.
“It suffices to say we have a lot more work to do to earn people’s trust on how we work,” Dorsey added.
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A short thread addressing some issues folks are encountering as a result of our conversational health work, specifically the perception of “shadowbanning” based on content or ideology.
“A short thread addressing some issues folks are encountering as a result of our conversational health work, specifically the perception of ‘shadow banning’ based on content or ideology,” he said, while quoting a prior lengthy explanation from Twitter product lead, Kayvon Beykpour.
“It suffices to say we have a lot more work to do to earn people’s trust on how we work,” Dorsey added.
Also Read: After James Gunn Ouster, Mike Cernovich Turns Toward Comedians Patton Oswalt, Michael Ian Black
A short thread addressing some issues folks are encountering as a result of our conversational health work, specifically the perception of “shadowbanning” based on content or ideology.
- 7/25/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Alex Jones offered his theory as to why the Trump White House is beset with leakers.
On Tuesday, the “InfoWars” host told listeners that a plot between the deep state and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos existed and spied on Trump using cell phones, lasers and light bulbs.
“If you don’t think Bezos is spying on you, sir, you’re crazy. He’s the richest man in the world. He hates your guts,” said Jones, while addressing Trump directly. “The head of the CIA said six years ago, ‘we’re going to listen to you over your appliances.’ They can listen over light bulbs. Yes, through the new light bulbs. They can listen through anything. It’s all resonance. And it’s all with sensors bouncing back up — these light bulbs have special sensors in them,” said Jones.
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On Tuesday, the “InfoWars” host told listeners that a plot between the deep state and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos existed and spied on Trump using cell phones, lasers and light bulbs.
“If you don’t think Bezos is spying on you, sir, you’re crazy. He’s the richest man in the world. He hates your guts,” said Jones, while addressing Trump directly. “The head of the CIA said six years ago, ‘we’re going to listen to you over your appliances.’ They can listen over light bulbs. Yes, through the new light bulbs. They can listen through anything. It’s all resonance. And it’s all with sensors bouncing back up — these light bulbs have special sensors in them,” said Jones.
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- 5/16/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Axios's Jonathan Swan appeared on MSNBC to discuss President Donald Trump's ominous remark from the White House Thursday night referencing a "calm before the storm" — and made an interesting revelation.
- 10/6/2017
- by Aidan McLaughlin
- Mediaite - TV
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