Joe Pags Questions Motive of Abby Grossberg Lawsuit | Barrett Media (2024)

Recent reports indicate that Abby Grossberg, who previously worked as a producer for Maria Bartiromo and then worked for Tucker Carlson, has raised concerns about the workplace environment. Grossberg has cited misogynistic behavior, bullying, and safety concerns. Prompted by her superiors at the network, Grossberg began secretly recording conversations in the office. However, last Friday, Joe Pags, a radio host with nationwide syndication, characterized the story as “strange” and raised doubts about Grossberg’s motives for speaking out.

“I can’t imagine the few occasions that she had to talk to Tucker [Carlson] on the phone; this is very interesting to me. I wonder what people think about this situation almost a week into it. The ratings on Fox News are horrible at eight o’clock now; what Tucker did the other night [on Twitter] has 20 or 30 million views now.”

As reported by The Spectator, Grossberg’s lawyers have stated that she regularly communicated with Carlson through email, text messaging, and phone calls until she left the company. They claim that the discriminatory environment was created by other employees who acted as Carlson’s “eyes” and “ears” due to his absence from the New York office.

“The other late-night hosts have one-third the viewership that Tucker had when he was on, and they are the ones out there criticizing him right now when he was dominating them in the ratings,” Pags said. “So, I’m not sure where we are with this. Other than that, Tucker, very clearly, is going to be part of the fray.”

According to Pags, if Carlson stays with Fox News and the network still owes him money, he may encounter a difficult situation.

Earlier this week, Newsmax host Greg Kelly alleged there is an audio recording of President Joe Biden that will do irreparable harm to him. Grace Curley believes the claim.

During his cable program, Kelly — who also hosts a radio show on 77 WABC — said “There is an audio tape — I am told by people in the know, not necessarily in government, not necessarily out of government, I can’t say too much, but there is incontrovertible evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption that is about to be made public. It’s not going to happen tomorrow. It’s not going to happen before Labor Day, but it will happen sometime between Labor Day and Halloween. This tape will be made public.”

He continued by stating that the tape is “incriminating” enough for the President to not seek re-election and that the White House is “worried” about it being published.

During The Grace Curley Show Thursday, the Boston-based host shared her belief that Kelly’s reputation should give him the benefit of the doubt in the situation.

“My question for you is: Do you believe Greg Kelly? My heart wants to, my brain is skeptical though. Because we’ve been told things before,” Curley said. “We’ve been told that you know, ‘Oh, I have the magic key that’s gonna unlock the puzzle or unlock the door to this and it’s gonna break the whole thing open. We’re gonna release the Kraken’. And a lot of times people come up empty.

“But here’s what I will say about Greg Kelly. He makes waves because he has great monologues and he’s not afraid to say what he thinks. But he’s never really said anything like this, as far as making claims that don’t come true. That’s not really his brand, to throw out bombshells that he can’t back up. This is the first time I’ve ever heard him break a story like this and say ‘Just wait, there’s more coming’. So I kind of tend to believe him.”

770 KTTH host Jason Rantz is making preparations to debut a new book and has shared his belief that as a conservative radio host, it’s more difficult for him to make a bestseller list.

What’s Killing America is slated to release on Tuesday, September 26th. In a post to his Substack, Rantz shared that he set an internal goal for pre-sales of the book, and is close to reaching the undisclosed milestone.

“Preorders are integral to a book’s success and can help land me on a bestseller list. Conservatives have to work extra hard and I hope you’re able to help me out,” the Seattle-based host said. “Plus, the more we sell, the more likely I’ll be able to do book signings.”

Earlier this month, Rantz shared that he was keeping a close eye on the situation with Mark Levin’s book. Levin has faced pushback from Target and now Facebook for the title — The Democrat Party Hates America. The conservative radio host alleged Target initially declined to carry his book in stores before reversing course. He later claimed his publisher was unable to purchase advertising with Facebook and Instagram due to the title.

“I’m paying such close attention to this. And well, I’m not sure I would say I’m anxious at this point — mostly because I generally don’t feel anxiety like that — but I’m hyper-aware,” Rantz said at the time. “And I’m certainly trying to think about ways that I can get around that. And the truth is they could easily destroy the success of this book.”

To say former President Donald Trump’s relationship with the media is rocky would be a gross understatement. However, Bill O’Reilly believes former Fox News host Megyn Kelly changed the media narrative around the 45th President during the first Republican debate in 2016.

During his O’Reilly Morning Update Thursday, the former Fox News host shared that Kelly’s questioning of Trump and his disparaging statements about various women throughout the years altered the thinking of media members and executives.

“Just about eight years ago, Megyn Kelly launched a verbal rocket at Donald Trump during the first Republican campaign debate of the 2016 cycle. The subject was Mr. Trump’s disparaging comments about selected women. That confrontation changed the dynamic between the media and Donald Trump,” O’Reilly posited. “Up until then, the press actively pursued the businessman because he was good for business, but any media honeymoon quickly disappeared. It was inevitable as the American press corps is overwhelmingly liberal and his belief system. It has been that way since the Vietnam War.

“Donald Trump has never run as a standard conservative, but he was aggressively going after Hillary Clinton. So the press threw in with the Clinton campaign and created Russian collusion.”

O’Reilly then argued that Trump’s larger-than-life persona doesn’t require media attention or coverage.

“Today, the former president has few media allies as you know, but it really doesn’t matter. His presence is so overwhelming. Almost all negative information about him is rejected by his supporters, even as it is embraced by his detractors,” concluded O’Reilly. “Very few Americans are agnostic on Trump. So we might want to change media tactics a bit.”