The Fox & Friends Crew Is Trying to Start Shit With Ryan Gosling for the Dumbest of Reasons

[Splinter]( August 31, 2018 [The Fox & Friends Crew Is Trying to Start Shit With Ryan Gosling for the Dumbest of Reasons]( [There have been some awful media spectacles this week, but Fox & Friends got in under the wire on Friday morning with a late entry for Fake Controversy That Makes My Brain Liquify by trying to beef with Ryan Gosling about his upcoming movie.]( [IMMIGRATION]( [Most Undocumented Parents Whose Kids Are Still Detained Were Already Deported]( [It’s a predictable but no less shameful part of the way the news media works that the urgency and quantity of human suffering in a news story isn’t proportionate to the amount of coverage it gets and that, over time, even stories that have been covered well will slip out...]( [WHITE HOUSE]( [Trump Says He Definitely Predicted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Huge Victory, Only 2 Months Late]( [No one in the political establishment, on either side of the aisle, believed in Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s longshot campaign to unseat longtime Democratic Congressman Joe Crowley ahead of her stunning victory in June. Except, apparently, President Trump, who said in a Thursday interview—almost exactly two months after Ocasio-Cortez’s victory—that he definitely...]( [ELECTIONS]( [One South Carolina Mayoral Race Has Two Different Hitler Fans]( [It must be tough being a voter in Hilton Head, SC, where not one but two different mayoral candidates have taken decidedly pro-Nazi stances in recent weeks, according to the Post and Courier.]( [MEDIA]( [Shameful Washington Post 'Fact Check' Rules Cops Aren't Really Killing That Many Black Kids]( [Fact checkers believe they’re God’s gift to journalism—our final line of defense against the Fake News Times—even when they’re objectively bad at their jobs. But the Washington Post’s Glenn “Fact Checker” Kessler really took the semantic exercise to a whole new plane today by fact-checking Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke’s...]( [SPONSORED]( [Save 50% On These Reflective, Polarized Floating Shades From WavesGear ($20)]( [Grab these polarized floating sunglasses from WavesGear at 50% off. They offer 100% UVA/UVB protection and the frames are constructed from proprietary unsinkable plastic, making them light-weight yet durable. Use promo code AUG50FS and get a pair for just $20. Full details here. Offer valid site-wide.]( [Judge Rules Sandy Hook Parents Can Sue Alex Jones]( [On Thursday, a Texas judge denied a motion by Infowars host Alex Jones to dismiss a lawsuit against him by Veronique De La Rosa and Leonard Pozner, the parents of Noah Pozner, who died at six years old in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. Since the shooting, Jones, a...]( [MEDIA]( [London Has Fallen, According to This Racist Wall Street Journal Op-Ed]( [I always love it when Americans learn about Britain, because the more of you who realize that London is not the name of the whole country and that we do not actually all live in hobbit holes, the better.]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [JALOPNIK]( [This Is A Sailboat And Those Are Sails]( [We are undeniably using up what little remains of Earth’s petroleum, and because of that, it’s getting expensive. To reduce fuel costs, shipping companies are turning back to sailboats. Yes, seriously. Sailboats. But they don’t look like any sails you’ve seen before.]( [NEWS]( [R.I.P. Vanessa Marquez, ER actress shot and killed by South Pasadena police]( [Vanessa Marquez, an actress best known for her recurring role as Nurse Wendy Goldman on the first three seasons of ER, has died. Marquez was shot and killed by South Pasadena police officers yesterday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 49.]( [PROMOTIONS]( [Save 25% On Your First Month Of Bespoke Post: Individually Curated Boxes For Summer Styling]( [Bespoke Post is a subscription club for men delivering goods from small-batch brands in categories like barware, apparel, travel gear, and more. Simply take the lifestyle quiz and Bespoke Post emails you on the 1st of each month with a full view of the box contents. Get 25% off your first month,...]( [DEADSPIN]( [Why Your Team Sucks 2018: Jacksonville Jaguars]( [Some people are fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Jacksonville Jaguars. This 2018 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here.]( [KOTAKU]( [Jacksonville Shooting Victim Sues EA And Venue]( [Jacob Mitich, a survivor of the deadly shooting at a Madden tournament last weekend that took two lives, is suing both the venue and Madden publisher Electronic Arts for negligence, according to a complaint filed last night.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Splinter]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011