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Tucker Carlson out at Fox News

Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN April 24, 2023

CNN– Fox News and Tucker Carlson, the right-wing extremist who hosted the network’s highly rated 8pm hour, have severed ties, the network said in a stunning announcement Monday. The announcement came...

Dominion’s history-making defamation trial against Fox News over 2020 election lies kicks off in Delaware

Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen, CNN April 18, 2023

Wilmington, Delaware CNN -- The high-stakes showdown between Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News finally commences in earnest Tuesday when the $1.6 billion defamation trial begins, shining a spotlight...

Fox News stars and executives privately trashed Trump’s election fraud claims, court document reveals

Oliver Darcy, CNN February 17, 2023

New York (CNN)--The most prominent stars and highest-ranking executives at Fox News privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite the right-wing channel allowing lies about...

OPINION: In search for the left

After four days of uncertainty, there was very little doubt that Joe Biden would be the forty-sixth president-elect of the United States as the counts in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada were...

Rep. Tim Ryan and members of the Kent State College Democrats greet one another during their meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 6. 

Rep. Tim Ryan meets virtually with College Democrats

Bronwyn Wain Reporter October 9, 2020

Rep. Tim Ryan believes Americans currently have the power to shift the trajectory of this country with the 2020 presidential election. Ryan, who represents the 13th district of Ohio, participated in a...

Anna Huntsman

INSIGHTS: When sensationalism takes center stage

Anna Huntsman October 6, 2018

In September, I was asked to cover the cancellation of Kent State’s fall musical “West Side Story” for KentWired and TV2. I later did a radio version of the piece for WKSU, Kent’s member NPR station,...

Drew Taylor

Opinion: Without Democrats, the right has no scapegoat

Drew Taylor October 29, 2017

Recently, Fox News hosted Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, to speak on the network.Lewandowski was invited to defend Trump from recent criticism. and in particular,...

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Opinion: The breaking point of the digital age news cycle

Nicholas Hunter May 22, 2017

For as long as I can remember, breaking news has been constant. CNN, MSNBC and Fox News never stop airing, and whether actual news is breaking at 1:30 a.m. or not, major cable news networks will tell you...

Guest Column: The difference between Quds and Kurds: Who cares?

Graham Smith (student guest column) September 8, 2015

In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Donald Trump blatantly said he does not know the leaders of Hezbollah, al-Qaida, Jabhat al-Nusra, the Quds Force and the Islamic State. Later in...

Opinion: The deluded conversation on violence against women

Ryan McCarthy September 18, 2014

Last week, Fox News was yet again in the spotlight for controversial statements made by its news team. Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade made the latest statement regarding the footage of Ray Rice...

Rachel Godin is a junior magazine journalism major and columnist for The Daily Kent Stater.  Contact her at rgodin1@kent.edu.  

Opinion: Infotainment – Entertainment becomes news

Rachel Godin February 18, 2014

Are borders making what is considered news and what is considered entertainment a thing of mass media past? Sandwiched between crisis and catastrophe, blips of unnecessary pop culture content are becoming...