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<p>Questions continue to swirl about the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiyZ92_JZxA">credibility of the sourcing</a> for <strong>Michael Wolff</strong>’s latest book, Confider has learned. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-called-hannity-retarded-and-desantis-kicked-tuckers-dog-wild-new-book-claims"><em>The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire</em></a> will be released tomorrow but was never fact-checked with Fox News or Fox Corp—and despite Wolff’s claim that he reached out to all principals in the book, neither <strong>Sean Hannity</strong> nor <strong>Laura Ingraham</strong> were contacted for comment—according to two people familiar with the matter.</p>
<p>The book contains no footnotes or citations, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/19/media/michael-wolff-fox-news-book-reliable-sources/index.html">raising concerns</a> about the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/25/the-fall-the-end-of-the-murdoch-empire-by-michael-wolff-review-a-succession-of-absurdities">validity of several</a> of its key claims. Chief among them is the assertion that <strong>Tucker Carlson</strong> was <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlson-is-gone-from-fox-news">fired by Fox</a> as part of the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-settles-with-dominion-just-hours-into-blockbuster-trial">Dominion settlement</a>—a claim strenuously denied by both Dominion and Fox. </p>
<p>Another controversial passage in the book has also been called into question, with both Carlson and <strong>Ron DeSantis</strong> denying a claim that DeSantis shoved and possibly <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-called-hannity-retarded-and-desantis-kicked-tuckers-dog-wild-new-book-claims">kicked the TV host’s dog</a>. (Wolff, showing how easily he will <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/michael-wolff-reveals-tucker-carlson-was-source-of-desantis-dog-kick-story-he-publicly-denied/">throw his sources under the bus</a>, outed Carlson on Monday as the alleged source of the incident.)</p>
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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Getty
Questions continue to swirl about the credibility of the sourcing for Michael Wolff’s latest book, Confider has learned. The Fall: The End of Fox News and the Murdoch Empire will be released tomorrow but was never fact-checked with Fox News or Fox Corp—and despite Wolff’s claim that he reached out to all principals in the book, neither Sean Hannity nor Laura Ingraham were contacted for comment—according to two people familiar with the matter.
The book contains no footnotes or citations, raising concerns about the validity of several of its key claims. Chief among them is the assertion that Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox as part of the Dominion settlement—a claim strenuously denied by both Dominion and Fox.
Another controversial passage in the book has also been called into question, with both Carlson and Ron DeSantis denying a claim that DeSantis shoved and possibly kicked the TV host’s dog. (Wolff, showing how easily he will throw his sources under the bus, outed Carlson on Monday as the alleged source of the incident.)
