Newsmax brass issued the edict ahead of its rare interview with Jill Biden, pissing off the MAGA network’s most conservative figures.
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“We’ll tell you why we agree,” host Emily Compagno teased before the network ran a lengthy segment where the hosts backed Trump’s latest divisive rant.
Last spring, Newsmax was blatantly exploiting Fox’s firing of Carlson to draw disgruntled MAGA fans to the network. Those viewers have apparently returned home.
The governor’s puppy-killer book tour got more disastrous after Noem canceled an in-person Fox News appearance with Greg Gutfeld, citing bad weather in her home state.
“Enough, Stuart. This interview is ridiculous, what you are doing right now,” Noem fumed. “You need to stop.”
The announcement comes just days after it was reported that Godwin, the first Black president of a network news division, said that Black people don’t watch news.
Marciano was made to take anger management courses following the 2022 incident, sources revealed to The Daily Beast.
Scarborough exclaimed that anti-war demonstrations are hurting Joe Biden’s re-election prospects and the protesters are helping usher in a fascist era.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Marciano was fired after fellow ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee heard about his outburst with a producer and reported it to management.
The longtime TV meteorologist had previously been “banned” from the morning show’s studio after allegedly making a colleague uncomfortable.