THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2022

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Shannon Bream

Shannon Bream, the veteran journalist and legal correspondent, has been named the new host of Fox News Sunday, replacing longtime host Chris Wallace, who left Fox for CNN last December. Bream will will begin her hosting duties on Sept. 11, the network said in a statement.

Bream has been with Fox since 2007 and hosted Fox News @ Night. She signed a multi-year extension with Fox in Jan. 2020.

A “rotation of journalists” will take her position on Fox News @ Night until a replacement is found, the network said. Bream will continue in her role as Fox News chief legal correspondent.

“It has been an honor to cover major news throughout Washington over the last 15 years at FOX News,” Bream said in a statement. “I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to host a Sunday show and look forward to this new role.”

On Thursday during a segment with her colleague Sandra Smith, Bream reiterated how much she appreciated the opportunity to helm one of Fox News' marquee shows during "such a momentous time in Washington."

It's a big move to the big chair, and unquestionably an accomplishment as well as a challenge that Bream seems poised to meet.

MEDIA LOSER:
Oprahdemics Hosts

Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has filed a lawsuit against podcasters Kellie Carter Jackson andLeah Wright Riguer over their popular show based on her iconic TV talk show.

On Tuesday, Harpo Inc. filed suit against the two historians and hosts of the Oprahdemics podcast, which is promoted as an “unauthorized study of The Queen of Talk.”

The trademark suit names the two individually, along with their production company, Roulette Productions, alleging they breached trademark law by using Oprah’s name and likeness.

The podcasters are lucky Winfrey is not seeking to have the podcast stopped or receive damages; NBC News reported the lawsuit seeks to have the show change its name so as to not mislead fans that Winfrey is associated with the production.

Producer for Roulette Productions sent a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, calling the show nothing more than a fun, “journalistic exploration.”

Still, Jackson and Riguer will be out-of-pocket for attorney’s fees, and they’re vastly outmatched by Winfrey’s financial assets and influence in the industry. Launching this podcast without her blessing was a risk that now seems to have backfired.

The A-Block

'The highest levels of classification'

Monday’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s home in south Florida partially focused on documents related to “nuclear weapons,” according to a report from the Washington Post.

Citing sources familiar with the investigation, the Post reported that agents at Mar-a-Lago were seeking materials related to nuclear weapons, among other documents.

Post reporter Josh Dawsey joined CNN’s AC360 Thursday to discuss the report, saying, "We know that a lot of the things that was found there were top secret."

“The highest levels of classification you could find," he added.

Trump flipped out on the reporting on Friday, calling it a "hoax, just like Russia."

Then he flipped out some more, in a way that some said was tantamount to a confession. Although he wasn't the only person facing backlash for a reaction to the news.
 


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Drudge Glues FBI Shooter to Trump with Devastating MAGA Nickname

Steve Doocy Shuts Down Elise Stefanik Slamming FBI as ‘Un-American’ and ‘Blatantly Politicized’ in Three Seconds Flat

Colbert Gives Himself a Reality Check Over Mar-a-Lago Raid: Still Need to 'Remove My Robert Mueller Tramp Stamp'

RATINGS: Lawrence O’Donnell Leads MSNBC in Total Viewers, Ari Melber Tops the Demo

Must See Clip

'Are you out of your mind, sir?'

Newsmax host Eric Bolling and former National Security Advisor John Bolton had a blowout over Donald Trump’s foreign policy on Thursday.

The whole thing started when Bolling questioned why Bolton believes the nation is safer under President Joe Biden than under Donald Trump, noting, "You have a $300,000 bounty on your head."

The interview eventually went completely off the rails, with the two talking over each other about U.S. foreign policy under Trump. 

“Are you out of your mind, sir?” Bolling asked Bolton at one point.

Bolton, on the other hand, tried to exit the interview by saying, “I know you gotta go, before you’re embarrassed even further."

Watch the shouting match here.

Links We Like

- Grace Segers and Daniel Strauss, The New Republic
How Carbone became THE celeb spot for dinner
- Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair - AJ Dellinger, Mic
A rundown of Trump's increasing legal threats
- Betsy Woodruff Swan, Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Kelly Hooper, Politico
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