The likes on X included a tweet calling for Israel to turn the Gaza Strip into a “slaughterhouse.”

In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal how the Associated Press axed the investigative reporter behind a now-retracted story that set off international alarm bells.

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Howard Kurtz said he disagreed with the network’s decision. “It's a major media story,” he said on his show Sunday.

The political reporter’s exit caps off nearly a full week of highly public drama at the paper.

Will Lewis has dragged The Washington Post into his alleged U.K. hacking scandal—and staffers who spoke with The Daily Beast are pissed.

The chance to report on Taylor Swift full-time just debuted.

After getting fired by CNN, Cuomo is coming back to cable news—this time as a primetime anchor for ratings-deficient NewsNation.

The former RNC chief and Trump toady lasted less than a week at the network thanks to an open revolt by NBC and MSNBC on-air hosts.

Rob Winnett, a veteran U.K. journo, is set to take over WaPo in the fall. Some of his reporting tactics may raise eyebrows among the newsroom he’s about to lead.

“You might not understand it or like it at all,” Licht told CNN staffers of future changes after acknowledging that Stelter’s exit may have been “unsettling” for some.

Previously unreported text messages show Carlson dropping the misogynist slur again, and elsewhere scheming with newsman Bret Baier on how to win MAGA viewers back.

As the protests inside and outside campus reach a boiling point, the school’s newspaper is on a quest to make sure the national media doesn’t get it wrong.

The Times’ recent staff mutiny was not the first time employees raised the alarm internally over the paper’s trans coverage—or the first time management shut them down.

“We have this thing called the Constitution,” was the conservative lawmaker’s reply.

The digital media company’s turmoil continues this week as staffers stage a major protest over management’s steep cuts.

After weeks of drama and turmoil, he is out after barely a year on the job.

The fired political reporter has raised the stakes in the battle to get her job back, filing a complaint with the federal labor board.

In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal how the MAGA congresswoman’s cozy relationship with right-wing media led to her bailing on a Parkland dad, per a new book.

A trio of progressive media outlets have joined The New York Times in suing the ChatGPT creator—the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between the media and artificial intelligence.

Former President Trump can’t stop talking about his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin, but at CPAC his biggest fans were more focused on blaming Biden for everything.

The reporter will be expected to cover the singer and her “Beyhive” fan base—all while the massive newspaper chain has depleted its local newsrooms.

The Tuesday memo promising to enforce social media and harassment policies came after a weekend’s worth of reporter infighting.

Churchill said much about success in life and politics, but he is frequently misquoted. But genuine expressions also exist. Here are some of the things that he actually said, confirmed in Churchill...

One journalist said while Biden press reps’ credibility had been “eroding” for a while, the lack of transparency over his health “has kind of been a bit of an iceberg falloff.”

The paper said last month it needed 240 employees to take a buyout.

“What was presented to me as the job and what the job was was two entirely different things,” said Bender, an editor who quit the much-hyped startup days before its launch.

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In private Q&A sessions this week, Lewis expressed regret for his public outbursts last week. But staffers say he provided few answers on his plans for the newspaper.

Lawyers repping Harry and Hugh Grant allege Murdoch, WaPo publisher Will Lewis, and News U.K. boss Rebekah Brooks were all personally part of the phone-hacking scandal.

Two members of Jeff German’s five-member team told The Daily Beast how they found out about their colleague’s death—along with how they knew to look at Robert Telles.

An anti-abortion law made Florida’s largest college paper go independent 50 years ago. And now that law is back to haunt the paper with serious free-speech restrictions.

The phony reports and columns called for the slaying of top political figures or faked vulgar and racist quotes from others.

The layoffs, which came after months of cuts, impacted the social media and video desks.

Confider reveals some more previously unreported text exchanges in which Tucker gripes about being stuck at Fox and Jesse Watters demands a few hard-news heads roll.

Public radio’s listenership is decidedly liberal. A new weekly radio show from a former NPR producer seeks to change that.

The famed tech journo dishes to The Daily Beast about CEOs like Elon Musk and Larry Page, and what’s next for digital media after several of its giants have collapsed.

Judith Regan wrote a tell-all column about the time she got O.J. to sorta confess. It has mysteriously disappeared—supposedly at her request.

Mark Warner, the Democratic Senator from Virginia, is getting pushed by some the party's biggest financiers to run for president in 2020, according to sources.

“There’s a reason why there’s a lot of journalists at NBC News uncomfortable with this,” Todd said on “Meet the Press.”

As speculation over Tucker’s exit continues, media observers wonder whether the days of other Fox stars central to the network’s woes are also numbered.

In an explosive interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, Trump—challenged over his racist rhetoric—claimed the line of questioning was “disgraceful.”

In this week’s edition of Confider, we reveal how new ownership at Los Angeles has been accused of neutering the punchy mag and stiffing writers.

Times staffers in the guild demonstrated outside HQ on a rainy Monday, railing against the paper ditching its sports desk in favor of non-unionized writers at The Athletic.

A Times HR exec was the subject of a staff pile-on after encouraging LGBTQ staffers to raise workplace concerns only via HR-approved outlets.

The host was candid when describing what the interview sounded like: “A lot of what he said in the interview was not factual.”

Back in 2020, Insider hyped a brand-new Beltway team aiming for impactful scoops. Three years later, that team has all but collapsed. This is the inside story on what went wrong.

Pedro L. Gonzalez, a prominent Ron DeSantis supporter, claims the exposure of his hateful comments was a smear by Trump supporters.

Felicia Sonmez and Jose Del Real traded bitter barbs on Twitter about a third reporter, Dave Weigel.

The contentious 20-minute chat was part of an event on “polarization and trust in news.” Polarizing, it was.

The province’s Premier François Legault said Tuesday the tax would be steep.

“Money is accountability, and we got that today from Fox, but we’re not done yet,” Dominion attorney Steven Shackleford said.

Kara Swisher’s front-row seat to a slow-moving catastrophe.

The media company has faced months of turmoil.

Investigative reporter Phil Williams has broken story after story about an extremely nutty mayoral race. He’s been delivering big scoops for 25 years.

The harrowing legal saga—the type of story that could’ve appeared on Meek’s former network— has reached its conclusion.

Steube falsely claimed Pelosi gave the “Communist News Network” permission to set up on the floor of the Capitol. He must not be familiar with how green screens work.

The slot had been without a host since Chris Cuomo’s firing in 2021.