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- Daniel Dale Hits CNN to Fact-Check Trump — Hours After Damning Report on His 3...
CNN senior reporter Daniel Dale hit the airwaves to fact-check President Donald Trump for the first time in over three months — less than 24 hours after a damning report on his absence. It was about 2 weeks ago when the observation that Dale hadn’t been on the air to fact-check Trump for 3 months surfaced, and CNN wouldn’t say why. Then on Wednesday night, Natalie Korach, media correspondent for Oliver Darcy’s Status newsletter, dropped some reporting that built on that story, entitled “The Curious Disappearance of Daniel Dale.” Korach noted speculation about the absence in the context of Paramount’s planned merger with Warner Bros. Discovery, CNN’s parent company. This time, CNN issued a statement that they also provided to Mediaite’s Sarah Rumpf: There is no truth to this. Daniel is a multiplatform reporter whose regular fact checks of the President are an important part of CNN’s political coverage. Like all CNN reporters, his on-air appearances are determined by the news of the day — any suggestion otherwise is false. Dale was back on the air the next afternoon — on Thursday’s edition of CNN’s The Lead — and anchor Jake Tapper even noted the long absence as he thanked Dale, telling him “Good to see you again”: TAPPER: CNN’s fact checker Daniel Dale joins us now. Daniel, how exactly is Trump trying to adjust his own conspiracy theory on election integrity to explain how Steve Hilton is on the ballot for the general election? DALE: So, Jake, President Trump is a seasoned veteran conspiracy theorist, and like many longtime conspiracy theorists, he doesn’t abandon the conspiracy theory when facts emerge to contradict it. What he does is what he’s doing here, and that is expand, modify, tweak the conspiracy theory so that it accommodates the new facts that were — that contradicted the original one. So, the original one, as he said is that this election in California was rigged against Republicans, it was being rigged against people like Steve Hilton. And then media outlets like CNN projected that Hilton had in fact advanced to the November runoffs. So, the new version of the conspiracy theory is that Trump’s public pressure, these claims that it was going to be rigged, was being rigged against Hilton, put so much, quote, heat on the would-be election riggers that these would-be riggers had to abandon their devious plan. So, listen to what the president said today. (BEGIN… [TheTopNews] Read More.54 mins ago - James Talarico Fires Back at Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton for Questioning His Masculinit...Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) pushed back against Republican attacks questioning his “masculinity” pushed by Trump-backed rival Ken Paxton and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) by arguing that neither is qualified to lecture others about what it means to be a “real man.” Talarico responded to the attacks during an appearance on MS NOW’s The Briefing after host Jen Psaki referenced comments from Cruz questioning whether masculinity was a word he would use to describe Talarico. Psaki suggested Republicans were attempting not only to target Talarico personally but also to attack groups he has publicly defended, including transgender Americans. Talarico responded by saying he welcomed the debate and reframing it around personal responsibility and character, with a nod to his father, rather than cultural identity. “Yeah, there’s been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man,” he began. He continued: “Recently on the campaign trail, I told the story of my adoptive dad, the man who gave me his last name, the man who raised me as his own. Every Saturday morning, Mark Talarico would mow our lawn, whether it was rain or shine, whether he wanted to or not. He insisted on mowing our lawn himself. And then, without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor’s lawn. Because our neighbor was elderly. She was a widow, and my dad never talked about it.” “He just did it because that’s what a man does. A man takes responsibility. A man upholds his commitments to his family and his neighbors. A man does what’s right even when no one is watching,” Talarico added. Talarico then turned his criticism directly toward Cruz and Paxton: “And here’s what real men don’t do. They don’t lie and cheat their way through life. They don’t sell their soul to the highest bidder. They don’t steal from other people in order to enrich themselves.” He continued: “And so I’ve said before, and I will keep saying that real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves.” “And so I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man,” he said. “And I don’t think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is.” Watch above via MS NOW.The post James Talarico Fires Back at Ted Cruz, Ken Paxton for Questioning His… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- WATCH: Soccer Panel’s Awkward Silence Goes Viral After Nightmare World Cup Ope...
(Screengrab via X) South Africa’s 2026 World Cup campaign got off to a nightmare start Thursday night, and the stunned reaction from a panel of former national team stars may have summed it up better than any post-match analysis could. After South Africa fell 2-0 to Mexico in the tournament opener at a packed Mexico City Stadium, coverage by the country’s national broadcaster returned to the studio to find former South Africa internationals Benny McCarthy, Quinton Fortune, and Aaron Mokoena sitting in near-total silence. With the reality of the defeat still sinking in, the trio appeared momentarily at a loss for words. Mood in South Africa right now pic.twitter.com/uTfpTeuEiI — SportyTV (@SportyTV) June 11, 2026 Even after the host tried to get the discussion underway with a straightforward question – “What went wrong this game?” – neither McCarthy nor Fortune immediately jumped in. Instead, viewers were treated to several uncomfortable seconds of television that may have captured the mood more accurately for fans back home. The moment immediately went viral across the internet. Unfortunately for South Africa, there was plenty to be speechless about. Mexico took a 1-0 lead within the first 10 minutes, but after halftime, things went from bad to worse for South Africa when midfielder Yaya Sithole was slapped with a red card and sent off And then, after Mexico scored a second time, Sithole’s teammate Themba Zwane was also ejected. The defeat leaves South Africa facing some early pressure in Group A and without key players for crucial upcoming fixtures. Judging by the reaction in the studio, however, those concerns can wait for a moment. Watch above via X.The post WATCH: Soccer Panel’s Awkward Silence Goes Viral After Nightmare World Cup Opener Leaves Pundits Speechless first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Kimmel Shows Everything ‘Trillionaire’ Elon Musk Could Buy When SpaceX Goes ...Jimmy Kimmel used a fantasy shopping spree of sports teams, restaurant chains, and a music catalog to demonstrate just how much financial clout a trillionaire Elon Musk could wield – before warning that SpaceX’s planned IPO could leave ordinary Americans footing some of the risk. During the opening monologue of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, the comedian reacted to reports that SpaceX is preparing what could become the largest initial public offering in history. “Once SpaceX does that, Elon Musk is expected to become the first-ever trillionaire in the history of the world. I’ll hold for applause,” Kimmel began, to booing from the audience. He continued: “OK. And what makes that even more unsettling is that this man, our first trillionaire, the richest man in the world, is also one of the weirdest people we’ve ever seen on this planet. This obscenely wealthy weirdo has the ability and means to blow up the moon if he chooses and also to put a lot of other people’s money in his pockets.” Kimmel then focused on what he claimed could be the impact on retirement accounts if SpaceX enters public markets at a massive valuation. According to the host, the company could be added to major stock indexes, prompting many retirement funds to buy shares automatically. “That’s how it works, which could be very risky for retirement accounts because SpaceX doesn’t make money. It lost $5 billion last year,” Kimmel explained. “Typically, public companies that don’t make a profit aren’t automatically added to your 401(k). But SpaceX would be so gigantic at the IPO, the index would just have to take it.” He quipped: “And the person who said, ‘You don’t need to save for retirement because in 10 to 20 years, the robots I sell you will provide everything you need’ will be rolling around like a pig in your retirement account.” “Basically, this maneuver could make Elon a trillionaire and your parents Walmart greeters. OK?” he joked. “Wasn’t he supposed to be going to Mars? Can’t we chip in to help speed that up?” The sheer volume of wealth that Musk would inherit, Kimmel argued, was “so large” it was difficult to “fathom.” “If you tried to count out loud to a trillion, you would be counting until the year 33,736 [AD]. A trillion dollars is 10 billion $100 bills. If you stack them up, the pile would be… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- ‘You Don’t Know Sports!’ Stephen A. Smith Brawls With Sean Hannity Over Wh...Stephen A. Smith and Sean Hannity had an animated exchange Thursday over Smith’s criticism of President Donald Trump for attending a Knicks game. The president went to Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden — the Knicks’ first home game in a championship series in 27 years. When Trump was shown on the big screen, he was greeted with heavy boos by the New York crowd. The Knicks went on to lose that game against the San Antonio Spurs, snapping a 13-game win streak in the playoffs. Prior to the game, Smith declared that he’d place the blame entirely on the president if the Knicks lost. His argument was that Trump’s presence disrupted the positive vibes surrounding the team. That has resulted in a war of words between the First Take pundit and the president over the last few days. During Smith’s appearance on Thursday’s episode of Hannity, the host said Smith “lost his mind” if he truly believed Trump was to blame for the team’s shortcomings. Smith, however, stood firm. “They got their mojo back, OK?” Smith said. “But before the game, I said that and I stood by it. He had no business at that game. See, people– this is a hard conversation to your listeners out there because like you tell me to stay in my lane when it comes to politics, you don’t know sports! You don’t understand. First of all, let me be very, very clear.” Hannity rejected the notion that he wasn’t a true sports fan, and attempted to prove himself by naming several Knicks legends, but Smith wasn’t buying it. “Oh, please!” Smith responded. “You Googled something over the night? Stop it! Stop it! Please!” Watch above via Fox News.The post ‘You Don’t Know Sports!’ Stephen A. Smith Brawls With Sean Hannity Over Whether Trump ‘Disrupted’ the Knicks’ Mojo first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
- CNN’s Scott Jennings Warns Trump That an Iran Deal Is Worth ‘Nothing’ With...CNN’s Scott Jennings warned on Thursday that a deal between President Donald Trump and Iran would be “worth nothing” without major safeguards in place. Trump canceled a planned third day of strikes against Iran on Thursday after two days of bombing against the country in retaliation for the downing of an Apache helicopter by an Iranian drone. He later told reporters that “We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,” though an Iranian spokesperson disputed the president’s claim, saying that no such agreement exists. Some were skeptical of the president’s claim that a deal was incoming, considering the 38 times the president has claimed that the two sides were close to reaching a deal. Jennings discussed this skepticism on Thursday’s edition of NewsNight, after host Abby Phillip asked if he would be satisfied with only “a concept of a plan” for Iran’s uranium possession. “I mean, the truth is, I don’t know, because there’s so much going on behind the scenes here that is opaque to everybody sitting out here, it’s hard for me to be definitive in a debating posture,” said Jennings. He continued: I’ve been very optimistic, as Bakari [Sellers] pointed out, because they’ve been optimistic. They’ve been optimistic for, you know, a number of weeks. Today’s announcement seemed a little different to me. It felt like a little more immediate than the previous, you know, pronouncements that something might be on the brink. But again, I don’t know if that’s true or not. This can only end, in my opinion, with him telling the American people definitively, “I went in to stop them from ever being able to get a nuclear weapon. And that’s how it ends.” That’s the only way it can end. But I also think that we have to internalize that even if they do sign a piece of paper, you know, what’s a piece of paper with an Iranian signature worth? Nothing. I mean, so I think an agreement with them is useless absent this: constant monitoring, being subdued militarily, being subdued economically, and being under constant surveillance from the partners in the region. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN’s Scott Jennings Warns Trump That an Iran Deal Is Worth ‘Nothing’ Without Major Safeguards first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.10 hours ago
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