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It's a curious fact that some of the most notable documentaries of recent years have revolved, in one or another, around skateboarding. Minding the Gap, the 2018 documentary by Bing Liu, earned an Academy Award nomination for its story of Liu and two friends who gravitate towards skateboarding as an escape from…

Jeffrey Toobin returned to CNN on Thursday, his first appearance since the revelation in October that he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call meeting with other staffers of the New Yorker. Toobin said that his behavior was “deeply moronic and indefensible,” and that “I didn't think I was on the call. I didn't think…

The revered and famously reclusive Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder granted his first major interview after leaving the show almost twenty years ago. In an exclusive interview published today by the New Yorker, Swartzwelder gave an inside look into his early career and his time writing on the iconic animated Fox…

Jeffrey Toobin, staff writer for The New Yorker and chief legal analyst for CNN, was suspended by the publication after an incident in which he allegedly exposed himself during a staff Zoom call. “Jeffrey Toobin has been suspended while we investigate the matter,” said a spokesperson for the New Yorker. CNN also said…

The DNC said Wednesday afternoon it will not partner with Fox News for a Democratic candidate debate in the 2020 race, citing Jane Mayer’s New Yorker piece that cast Fox News as having a too cozy relationship with President Donald Trump, describing FNC’s primetime as a sort of Trump State TV. Fox News’s response…

As the New Yorker is unspooling its lengthy report codifying the close relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump’s presidency, it was maybe not the best morning for Trump to lift so much material from Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity’s FNC primetime shows. On his Monday FNC primetime program, Carlson said: We've…

Ronan Farrow defended his Sunday night New Yorker report of a second woman alleging sexual misconduct by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Grilled on Good Morning America by ABC News Chief Correspondent George Stephanopopulos, Farrow insisted Deborah Ramirez came forward only after Senate Democrats “began looking&#8221…

The White House Press Office has issued a memo attacking the so-called “second woman” accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in the 1980s. The unusual release by the office attacks certain aspects of the New Yorker story. Here is the memo: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS MADE IN…

CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King called on CBS to release the findings of its investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by former CEO Les Moonves, saying the media company must have “full transparency.” King notes that women have come forward “very credibly talking” about acts of sexual aggression by Moonves, who…

UPDATED with video: Stephen Colbert’s Late Show began with a cold open, in which Voiceover Guy told the audience: Tonight's episode of Undercover Boss starring Leslie Moonves, will not be shown. It was accidentally sealed into a stainless steel container which was then inadvertently fired into the heart of the sun. We…

Six additional women are accusing Leslie Moonves of sexual harassment or assault, writes The New Yorker‘s Ronan Farrow in an article posted today. The incidents allegedly took place between the 1980s and the early 2000s, according to Farrow, and include claims that Moonves forced the woman to perform oral sex, exposed…

In a second board meeting in three days, CBS’s directors hired a pair of high-powered law firms to investigate claims of sexual harassment against embattled Chairman and CEO Les Moonves but once again stopped short of putting him on leave while the probe takes place. According to an official statement, the…