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Yahoo
6 days ago
- Business
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New York Post Warns Donald Trump How He's Burning Out Even His Biggest Fans
The conservative New York Post broke ranks with MAGA world once again to issue a blunt 'warning to President Donald Trump' about one of his signature economic policies. 'Everyone, including your friends, is starting to get a brutal case of tariff burnout,' the tabloid's editorial board wrote this weekend. The newspaper said it didn't disagree with Trump's penchant for slapping duties on imported products, but argued the 'whiplash' of his on-off-on-off implementation of them is hiking uncertainty and angst among import-export businesses 'that builds with every surprise twist.' And 'even fans of the president's theater can get sick of endless drama,' it cautioned. Earlier this month, the usually Trump-boosting Post slammed as 'beyond awful' the optics of Trump's willingness to accept a Boeing 747-8 from Qatar, to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to Trump's post-presidential library. Read the Post's full editorial here. 'Beyond Disgraceful': Kristi Noem's Gloat Over Dismissed Migrants Lawsuit Sparks Outrage Karoline Leavitt Stuns Critics With 'Hatred' Claim Impressionist Roasts Jesse Watters To His Face Live On Fox News
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Health
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Fox News' Brian Kilmeade gripes that Laura Loomer shouldn't have ‘credibility to pick' who serves in Trump admin
Fox & Friends co-anchor Brian Kilmeade appeared uneasy with the prospect that far-right extremist Laura Loomer has the ear of Donald Trump these days, explicitly saying on Friday that he doesn't feel that Loomer should have 'the credibility to pick who is on' the president's staff. Kilmeade's concern with the level of influence Loomer holds over the White House comes as the 'proud Islamophobe' appears to be taking credit for the president pulling the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat as surgeon general, which she described as another 'scalp' she had claimed. Nesheiwat, a former Fox News pundit, had recently seen her nomination as surgeon general come under scrutiny over reports that she embellished her medical credentials. At the same time, though, Nesheiwat had also been targeted by Loomer – a virulent anti-vaxxer and conspiracy theorist – for promoting the Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic. Just a day before Nesheiwat was scheduled to appear before a Senate confirmation hearing, Trump announced that he was withdrawing her nomination and replacing her with 'wellness influencer' Casey Means, a close ally of HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump boasted has 'impeccable 'MAHA' credentials.' Means, who claims she now practices 'functional medicine,' currently doesn't have an active medical license. During Friday's broadcast of the president's favorite morning talk show, Kilmeade appeared to be sending Trump a message that he shouldn't be relying on Loomer to make decisions on who should or shouldn't be serving in the administration. Discussing Fox News anchor Bret Baier's interview with Kennedy and other HHS officials, which featured the HHS secretary dodging a question on his former running mate's claims that someone is 'controlling his decisions,' Kilmeade then brought up Trump switching up his pick for the nation's top doctor. 'I guess the surgeon general is not there yet,' he declared. 'Casey Means, she's gonna get the job, she's gonna fit right in. Dr. Nesheiwat is gonna be joining that team, and I think she is, I don't know, for some reason she was pulled from surgeon general.' Adding that he's glad his former Fox News colleague is still 'gonna be involved,' Kilmeade then said he hoped Nesheiwat's nomination 'wasn't pulled because of Laura Loomer' as she 'seems to be taking a bow of getting a scalp and pushing somebody away from the Trump administration.' In the end, the Trump-boosting Fox host wanted it known that he didn't believe that Loomer should be someone the administration, or the president himself, takes seriously. 'I just don't think she should be having the credibility to pick who's on staff,' he concluded. Besides Nesheiwat, whom Loomer had targeted for urging people to get vaccinated during the coronavirus pandemic, the self-described 'investigative journalist' had also recently pushed the White House to clear house at the National Security Council following the Signalgate scandal. Shortly after she visited the Oval Office, in which she presented her research showing several staffers were 'disloyal' to Trump, a 'bloodbath' took place on the council and multiple members were fired. While national security adviser Mike Waltz and his deputy Alex Wong were initially spared, Loomer took credit for their 'scalps' after the president removed both from their roles earlier this month. Waltz, who created the infamous Signal chat that mistakenly added The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg and included sensitive war plans being shared, has since been nominated to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. Though Loomer crowed about Nesheiwat being withdrawn as the surgeon general nominee, she has also loudly complained about Means being named in her place. 'How is the top doctor in the U.S. supposed to give medical guidance and advice to the nation when she doesn't even have an active medical license in the state where she allegedly practiced medicine?' Loomer griped on X. 'Does Casey Means even have an active medical license in any state?? This is so embarrassing for the Trump administration.' She added: 'It is worth noting that Casey Means doesn't have a surgical residency, and isn't a surgeon. The term Surgeon General is interesting given the fact that there is no requirement to be a Surgeon to be Surgeon General. Turns out you can be a social media influencer and become Surgeon General.'
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Americans still have an insane amount of trust in Joe Rogan and Megyn Kelly, poll finds
More people hold a favorable view of podcasters Joe Rogan and Megyn Kelly than those that see them unfavorably, while the leading news source for those surveyed is social media and YouTube, a new poll has found. According to the survey conducted by Emerson College Polling, which was conducted last month and consisted of 1000 adults, Rogan received the highest favorability rating among the media personalities presented to the respondents. According to the poll, 16 percent of Americans have a very favorable view of the conspiracy-peddling podcaster, while an additional 16 percent see him in a somewhat favorable light. 27 percent, meanwhile, have a neutral opinion on him. On the flip side, 23 percent see him in a very or somewhat negative light. Kelly, the former Fox News star who has refashioned herself into a MAGA provocateur, also received fairly high marks in the survey. 24 percent of respondents said that they had either very or somewhat favorable views of the right-wing podcast host, compared to 21 percent who hold an unfavorable position on her. 24 percent have a neutral opinion on Kelly, and 32 percent said they never heard of her or hold no opinion of the conservative commentator. Among the other media personalities that respondents were asked about, only ABC News anchor David Muir and Fox News host Jesse Watters were above water in terms of favorability. According to the survey, Muir has a net favorability of seven percent while Watters was close behind at six percent. Though the survey suggested that Americans tend to have more positive views of conservative pundits than liberal commentators, Tucker Carlson received the worst net approval score in the poll. Carlson, who was fired from Fox News in 2023 and has since launched his own pro-Trump media company, received a net unfavorability of eight points. The perceived amount of trust that many respondents place in both Kelly and Rogan comes as the uber-popular Trump-boosting hosts have recently been directly challenged on the way they conduct their shows. During a recent sit-down with British neoconservative author Douglas Murray, Rogan was taken to task for his 'just asking questions' philosophy and reliance on non-experts to weigh in on complex issues. 'If you throw a lot of s*** out there, there's some point at which 'I'm just raising questions' is not a valid thing,' Murray declared. 'You're not raising questions, you're not asking questions, you're telling people something.' Kelly, meanwhile, repeatedly told The New York Times in a recent interview that she still considered herself a journalist despite taking the stage at a Donald Trump rally on the eve of the 2024 election and embracing him. She also said she backed the president's war against the media, despite admitting that she needs the legacy press to do the reporting that she comments on. 'I'm in favor of it. I share his feelings. Just like most people on the right, I have a healthy amount of loathing for a large portion of the media, and they are fake news,' she told the Times this spring. 'I think it's important to have news gatherers out there getting news, and people like me cannot exist without that. I need content, I need news to talk about and report on,' Kelly added. Still, while Americans appear to disproportionately get their news from social media and YouTube, they also said that they have more trust in the information presented by local and national media organizations. According to Emerson's survey, 72 percent of respondents had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the information they get from local news outlets, while 61 percent said the same about national press organizations. In contrast, 54 percent of those surveyed said they had little or no trust in what they saw on social media, compared to 46 percent who trusted the information they got online. As for the Trump administration, 47 percent said they trusted the information they got from the White House, while 48 percent said they did not. 'The main sources of news for Americans include social media or YouTube (37%), ABC, CBS, or NBC (17%), FOX News (8%), local news (8%), CNN or MSNBC (6%), newspapers like New York Times/Wall Street Journal (2%), and public television (2%),' the survey noted. 'YouTube is the most used social media platform among respondents with 70% currently using it, followed by Facebook (68%), Instagram (45%), TikTok (39%), X/Twitter (29%), Pinterest (22%), Snapchat (19%), and Reddit (17%),' the poll added.
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Americans still have an insane amount of trust in Joe Rogan and Megyn Kelly, poll finds
More people hold a favorable view of podcasters Joe Rogan and Megyn Kelly than those that see them unfavorably, while the leading news source for those surveyed is social media and YouTube, a new poll has found. According to the survey conducted by Emerson College Polling, which was conducted last month and consisted of 1000 adults, Rogan received the highest favorability rating among the media personalities presented to the respondents. According to the poll, 16 percent of Americans have a very favorable view of the conspiracy-peddling podcaster, while an additional 16 percent see him in a somewhat favorable light. 27 percent, meanwhile, have a neutral opinion on him. On the flip side, 23 percent see him in a very or somewhat negative light. Kelly, the former Fox News star who has refashioned herself into a MAGA provocateur, also received fairly high marks in the survey. 24 percent of respondents said that they had either very or somewhat favorable views of the right-wing podcast host, compared to 21 percent who hold an unfavorable position on her. 24 percent have a neutral opinion on Kelly, and 32 percent said they never heard of her or hold no opinion of the conservative commentator. Among the other media personalities that respondents were asked about, only ABC News anchor David Muir and Fox News host Jesse Watters were above water in terms of favorability. According to the survey, Muir has a net favorability of seven percent while Watters was close behind at six percent. Though the survey suggested that Americans tend to have more positive views of conservative pundits than liberal commentators, Tucker Carlson received the worst net approval score in the poll. Carlson, who was fired from Fox News in 2023 and has since launched his own pro-Trump media company, received a net unfavorability of eight points. The perceived amount of trust that many respondents place in both Kelly and Rogan comes as the uber-popular Trump-boosting hosts have recently been directly challenged on the way they conduct their shows. During a recent sit-down with British neoconservative author Douglas Murray, Rogan was taken to task for his 'just asking questions' philosophy and reliance on non-experts to weigh in on complex issues. 'If you throw a lot of s*** out there, there's some point at which 'I'm just raising questions' is not a valid thing,' Murray declared. 'You're not raising questions, you're not asking questions, you're telling people something.' Kelly, meanwhile, repeatedly told The New York Times in a recent interview that she still considered herself a journalist despite taking the stage at a Donald Trump rally on the eve of the 2024 election and embracing him. She also said she backed the president's war against the media, despite admitting that she needs the legacy press to do the reporting that she comments on. 'I'm in favor of it. I share his feelings. Just like most people on the right, I have a healthy amount of loathing for a large portion of the media, and they are fake news,' she told the Times this spring. 'I think it's important to have news gatherers out there getting news, and people like me cannot exist without that. I need content, I need news to talk about and report on,' Kelly added. Still, while Americans appear to disproportionately get their news from social media and YouTube, they also said that they have more trust in the information presented by local and national media organizations. According to Emerson's survey, 72 percent of respondents had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the information they get from local news outlets, while 61 percent said the same about national press organizations. In contrast, 54 percent of those surveyed said they had little or no trust in what they saw on social media, compared to 46 percent who trusted the information they got online. As for the Trump administration, 47 percent said they trusted the information they got from the White House, while 48 percent said they did not. 'The main sources of news for Americans include social media or YouTube (37%), ABC, CBS, or NBC (17%), FOX News (8%), local news (8%), CNN or MSNBC (6%), newspapers like New York Times/Wall Street Journal (2%), and public television (2%),' the survey noted. 'YouTube is the most used social media platform among respondents with 70% currently using it, followed by Facebook (68%), Instagram (45%), TikTok (39%), X/Twitter (29%), Pinterest (22%), Snapchat (19%), and Reddit (17%),' the poll added.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Former OAN anchor settles complaint alleging co-worker accused her of being a Hitler supporter
A former anchor for One America News has settled a complaint with the far-right network that alleges she was subjected to a hostile work environment, discrimination, harassment, and wrongful termination. In her complaint, Jessamyn Dodd also claims that another co-worker 'falsely reported' to the network's human resources director that Dodd was 'essentially a Neo-Nazi and Adolph Hitler supporter,' an allegation she said was 'patently false and especially offensive' considering her Jewish heritage. Dodd, who worked as a weekend anchor for the Trump-boosting channel from August 2022 until she was fired in the fall of 2023, claimed in her suit that after she complained to the network about her colleague's 'discriminatory conduct' and the hostility it created in the workplace, OAN eventually terminated her in retaliation rather than remedy the situation. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, and Dodd declined to comment other than to say that the case had been resolved and she was satisfied. Filed earlier this year in San Diego County Superior Court, near One America News' headquarters, Dodd named OAN writer Katie Smith and Herring Network — the corporate parent of the channel – as defendants in the complaint. 'After becoming one of Defendants' most reliable anchors, DODD was subjected to workplace racism and discriminatory treatment by her coworker KATIE SMITH, including false accusations that DODD was a Neo-Nazi supporter — claims that were especially offensive given DODD's Jewish heritage,' the complaint stated. 'When DODD complained about the hostile work environment, DEFENDANT HERRING NETWORKS, INC. failed to take any remedial action and instead terminated her employment in retaliation.' In addition to her allegations of workplace harassment and discrimination, Dodd also accused the network of wage theft and unlawful employment practices under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, claiming that the company failed to provide proper meal and rest periods and furnish compliant wage statements. 'DODD was regularly forced to work through breaks due to understaffing and a demanding schedule that required her to prepare and anchor multiple shows per day without adequate support staff,' the complaint asserted. 'When DODD requested accommodations and complained about these violations, DEFENDANT HERRING NETWORKS, INC. responded dismissively and failed to take any corrective action.' Noting that she is 'a multi-racial woman of African American, Caucasian, and Jewish descent,' Dodd said in her complaint that throughout her employment, she was 'subjected to a hostile work environment, including workplace racism and snide comments from Defendant Smith, a Caucasian woman who worked alongside' Dodd. At one point, according to the complaint, Dodd alleged that Smith told the network's human resources accounting and payroll director and other co-workers that Dodd was 'essentially a Neo-Nazi and Adolph Hitler supporter — claims that were patently false and especially offensive given PLAINTIFF's Jewish heritage' Claiming that the 'false statements severely damaged' her professional and personal reputation 'by knowingly and maliciously disseminating and/or publishing false statements' that disparaged her character, Dodd accused the network of brushing off her complaints about Smith's behavior. 'Instead, shortly after PLAINTIFF's complaints, DEFENDANT HERRING terminated her employment in retaliation, in explicit violation of California law and public policy,' the complaint stated. Prior to her termination, Dodd claimed she was continually overworked and the network refused to allow her to take 'proper rest breaks' throughout her employment at OAN. She also said in the complaint that she was forced to take on additional roles due to the network's inability to retain staff. 'The lack of breaks stemmed from DEFENDANT HERRING's continuous understaffing and high turnover rate, which forced PLAINTIFF to perform numerous tasks outside her job description without additional compensation,' the complaint alleged. 'PLAINTIFF requested more coverage and accommodations on numerous occasions, such as co-hosts for her shows or longer break periods between shows, but these requests were never granted.' The suit continued: 'When PLAINTIFF addressed the lack of breaks and the resulting mental and physical fatigue, her supervisors and coworkers responded disparagingly, claiming she should not worry since 'no one even watches the news on weekends.'' Representatives for One America News and Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment. OAN, which now has an almost non-existent footprint on television after losing all its major cable carriers, is no stranger to settling lawsuits. Last year, the network settled the defamation case brought by voting software firm Smartmatic, which accused the hard-right channel of trumpeting baseless conspiracy theories that voting machines rigged the 2020 election against Donald Trump. The network also reached a settlement in September 2023 with a former Dominion Voting Machines executive over false claims that he and Dominion had engaged in a massive election fraud scheme. Additionally, as part of a 2022 settlement agreement with two Georgia election workers caught up in vote-rigging conspiracy theories, OAN ran a segment acknowledging there was 'no widespread voter fraud' in the 2020 election.
