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Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg is alleging the network's attorneys pressured her to portray the network in a favorable light in testimony about what happened after the 2020 election. Here, a display outside the Fox News headquarters in New York in July 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Ilya Ponomarev is the founder of February Morning, an opposition Russian-language online newscast aimed at viewers in Russia. Behind him is a flag symbolizing the "free Russia of the future," created following Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Ponomarev calls it the "Russian tricolor without the blood." Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption

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A scrappy newscast in Kyiv aimed at Russians counters Putin's propaganda machine

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The headquarters for National Public Radio in Washington on April 15, 2013. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption

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NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs

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Ari Shapiro became a host on NPR's All Things Considered in 2015. In addition to working as a journalist, he sings with the band Pink Martini and performs in a cabaret act with actor Alan Cumming. Victor Jeffreys hide caption

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It's impossible to fit 'All Things' Ari Shapiro does into this headline

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Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman (left) omitted a key fact from an October story about an FBI raid on the home of national security journalist James Gordon Meek (right). Riccardo Savi/Getty Images for Concordia Summit; Michael Le Brecht/ABC via Getty Images hide caption

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The logos for Fox programs are displayed on the News Corp. building on Jan. 25 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Producer sues Fox News, alleging she's being set up for blame in $1.6 billion suit

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The email account that journalists used to use to correspond with Twitter's communications team is now automatically responding to messages with a poop emoji. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption

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Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption

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The truth is there's little the government can do about lies on cable

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Michelle Yeoh, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, attends the Governors Ball during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on Sunday in Hollywood, Calif. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images hide caption

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Demonstrators rallied outside Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's residence in New Delhi, June 14, 1975. Less than two weeks later, her government imposed a period of authoritarian rule called the "Emergency." It lasted for nearly two years. Anonymous/AP hide caption

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Casey Bloys, President of Programming of HBO, speaks onstage at HBO Max WarnerMedia Investor Day Presentation at Warner Bros. Studios on October 29, 2019 in Burbank, California. Presley Ann/Getty Images for WarnerMedia hide caption

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Why platforms like HBO Max are removing streaming TV shows

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Communications between Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox Corp. head Lachlan Murdoch following the 2020 presidential election are being scrutinized in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit. Murdoch praised Scott's performance in an appearance on Thursday. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption

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Fox News host Laura Ingraham said the head of the network's political Decision Desk "always made my skin crawl," in messages to stars Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity following the 2020 election. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he agrees with a letter by the Capitol Police chief as he speaks to reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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The logos for Fox programs are displayed on the News Corp. building on Jan. 25, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Q: Who's unsurprised by shocking Fox News revelations? A: Ex-Fox journalists

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Posters bearing the images of Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity, from left, adorn the front of Fox Corp.'s headquarters in New York City. The stars' panic as viewers fled after the 2020 elections has become a core element of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Exploring Seinfeld through the lens of economics

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Rupert Murdoch in 2011. His media empire spans five continents and includes the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, and Fox News. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The Dominion Lawsuit Pulls Back The Curtain On Fox News. It's Not Pretty.

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