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The Gray Area: Risa Heller, Liz Gough and Ginger Chan attend Air Mail Celebrates Jay McInerney's New Book, See You On The Other Side at The Odeon on April 13, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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In tonight’s edition, when the Elizabeth Holmes documentary hits theaters next week, it will reignite a beef between the Theranos founder and The New York Times over a printed quote that neither can agree on. Tonight we reveal a bigger issue at The Gray Lady as a potential conflict of interest connected to the Holmes doc bubbles away under the surface.
Also, we examine the ratings data that has led to Fox News’ “reverse ferret” on Donald Trump and have details about an editor exodus at The Wall Street Journal.
Plus, Journo Jobs is back with gigs at NYT, CBS, NYPR, Reuters, WaPo, and internship opportunities at CNBC, MS Now, WSJ, The Information, Dow Jones, ABC News, and Politico.
Finally, Breaker was a guest on The Press Box, chinwagging with Bryan Curtis about the Murdoch brothers, with James taking over Vox and Lachlan recently snapping up Roku. We also discussed the future of CNN under David Ellison’s ownership. You can listen here.
Mentioned tonight: Meredith Kopit Levien, A.G. Sulzberger, Sam Dolnick, Alex Levy, Jodi Kantor, Carolyn Ryan, Joe Kahn, Katie Kingsbury, Patrick Healy, Stella Bugbee, Jim Stewart, Paul Goldberger, Lisa Tobin, Carl Swanson, Jacob Bernstein, Jeremy Peters, Suzanne Scott, Jay Wallace, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Bill Hemmer, Ainsley Earhardt, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Martha MacCallum, Will Cain, Jessica Tarlov, Sean Hannity, Nitasha Tiku, Kevin Roose, Josh Tyrangiel, Ellen Pollock, Anne Steele, Joe Rogan, Michael Savage, Joe Flint, Horacio Gutiérrez, Sarah Scribe, Rob Waugh, Liz Skala, Evan Newton, David Attenborough, Jake Kanter, Matt Brittin, Natalie Jarvey, Debra Kamin, Ynon Kreiz, Ari Emanuel, Andy Lewis, Timothy Kelly, Joe Marchese, Adam Lynn, Max Tcheyan, Nayeema Raza, Andrew Freston, Calvin Yee, Jonathan Bing, Amy Odell, Jason Del Rey, Brian Sozzi, Vinita Nair, Tyler Denk, Lance Frank, Anthony Mason, Dylan Wells, Isabel Togoh, Alyssa Mercante, Patrick Riley, Lydia Randall, Chase McCleary, Ken Li, Aditya Son, Taylor Lorenz, Erin Geismar, Divya Yeleswarapu, Bradford William Davis, Mark Mwachiro, Aidan Blevins, Tricia Carroll, Alex Miller, Caragh O'Connor, Vittoria Elliott, Aaron Kuriloff, Jacob Bunge, Bradley Olson, Peter Stiff, Erik Holm, Brian Stelter, Rachel Maddow, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, Elizabeth Holmes, William ‘Billy’ Evans, Amy Chozick, Amanda Seyfried, Ray Dalio, Bobby Kotick, Win Butler, Alice Sebold, Jeff Shell, Hasan Minhaj, Mario Batali, Anthony Weiner, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Clash, Jon Kelly, Gerry Cardinale, and more.
Heller Or High Water
(Exclusive.) When the fall’s hottest documentary “You Can See Everything” hits theatres next week, audiences will be enthralled by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s eye-popping film about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
Holmes and her partner William “Billy” Evans gave Fielder and Oppenheim unprecedented access to their lives leading up to Holmes’ incarceration in May 2023. Holmes was convicted of one count of conspiracy and three wire fraud counts in November of the previous year.
One of the many grievances the pair air in the A24 doc is their treatment by …
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Fox at 30: Trump Blows Out The Ratings
On Wednesday night, Fox News execs and talent gathered at Midtown bar Langan's to celebrate the channel's 30th anniversary. CEO Suzanne Scott and President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace made the rounds while staffers enjoyed specialty cocktails including the "FOX X-press-o” (get it?), “The Outnumbered Spice,” and the “Foxmopolitan.”
Langan’s is a regular hangout for New York Post and Fox employees, just feet from their HQ. Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, Bill Hemmer, Ainsley Earhardt, Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Martha MacCallum, Will Cain, Jessica Tarlov, and Sean Hannity were among Fox's top talent present.
But Hannity was licking his wounds, having been trounced by MS NOW and Rachel Maddow Monday night, beaten in total viewers and in the key demographic – an event that should ring alarm bells at 1211 Avenue of the Avenue.
For Scott and Wallace, the anniversary comes as they navigate this new frontier for the network: a space where its once loyal audience is now fed up with Donald Trump…
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