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UPDATED, with additional comment: Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Fox News for plans to air a documentary on the January 6 insurrection, as she said that the network was giving its top rated host “a platform to spread the same type of lies that provoked violence” on that date. Carlson introduced the trailer on…

Geraldo Rivera said that he is considering running the open U.S. Senate in Ohio seat being vacated by Rob Portman. He wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, “Pondering running for retiring @senrobportman seat in United States Senate. #GoBuckeyes.” Of course, there is a big difference between saying you are considering running…

Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera says President Donald Trump was “brave” to offer well wishes to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. And Rivera didn’t stop there, saying the pre-trial detention of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged procurer of underage girls is just “woke politics.” In a soon-to-trend tweet this morning, Rivera…

In the flood of cable news reaction to President Donald Trump’s decision to order a strike that killed a top Iranian military commander, one instance stood out: an argument between Geraldo Rivera and Brian Kilmeade on Fox & Friends over whether the action was a wise one. The ramifications of the U.S. drone strike that…

Geraldo Rivera did not hold back when he was asked about media coverage of the migrant caravan being tear-gassed at the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday. When Rivera appeared on The Five on the Fox News Channel, Jesse Watters criticized news outlets for posting photos of women and children running away from tear gas being…

John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight with a fleeting image of former Fox News Channel star Megyn Kelly, who has just lost her NBC News morning show after defending blackface Halloween costumes, under the words “Trickus Treatem.” Then the HBO late-night host dove straight into discussion of Kelly’s former TV News…

Reelz announced its fall slate at TCA today, featuring a new true-crime series hosted by Geraldo Rivera, some Natalie Morales-hosted specials, and new series about mob killers and celebrity breakups. It also set premiere dates for those programs and others; read the details below. "Our new series and specials build on…

Refresh for updates… Waiting to Exhale author Terry McMillan was one of the first celebrities to respond to the news that Bill Cosby has been found guilty of sexual assault, and if her tweet is any indication, few will shed tears for the defeated comedian. “Hallelujah,” McMillan tweeted. “It’s about damn time…And I…

UPDATE with video Bill Maher is no fan of Geraldo Rivera, at least not anymore. That much he made clear when the Fox News correspondent appeared on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher tonight – an episode that also had Maher defending Laura Ingraham. "I want to defend Laura Ingraham," Maher said, decrying the ad boycott…

Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera says he remembers his encounter with Bette Midler “differently” than she does – Broadway’s Hello Dolly star tweeted yesterday that he groped her back in the 1970s – but is apologizing for “in the very least,” embarrassing her “all those years ago.” In two tweets today, Rivera calls his own…

The resurfacing of a 1991 video clip of Bette Midler telling Barbara Walters that she’d once been groped by Geraldo Rivera is like “a gift from the universe,” Midler tweeted today. “Tomorrow is my birthday,” said Broadway’s Hello, Dolly! star. “I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me. Geraldo may…

After Matt Lauer was fired from NBC after sexual harassment allegations, numerous figures in media reacted, but it was Geraldo Rivera’s tweets that raised some eyebrows. Fox News said they were “troubled” by his comments. In a series of tweets, Rivera referred to the news industry as a “flirty” business and appeared…