Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship ended
The former US ambassador to Greece contacted Pete Hegseth and Rupert Murdoch as damaging stories emerged.
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Before she was ousted as US ambassador to Greece, Guilfoyle reportedly sought help shoring up her position from three powerful men (AFP/Getty)
Photograph: The Independent (US) (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Kimberly Guilfoyle asked Pete Hegseth and Rupert Murdoch for help to keep her job as US ambassador to Greece.
- She was asked to resign on October 13 after damaging stories about her conduct were published.
- Guilfoyle's representatives denied or downplayed the allegations against her.
- The Wall Street Journal published reports about her promoting a Greek construction firm and asking a donor to pay her American Express bill.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 9 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 15 of the 24 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
41/100
24 sources · methodology
Thin on the right so far
None of the 9 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated right.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Kimberly Guilfoyle sought assistance from several influential figures in an effort to retain her position as US ambassador to Greece. These efforts came as a series of reports detailing her conduct in the role were published. Guilfoyle was ultimately asked to resign on October 13.
Disagreements in reporting
The Wall Street Journal published reports alleging Guilfoyle promoted a Greek construction firm and asked a Trump donor to pay a $100,000 American Express bill ahead of her Senate confirmation in September 2025. The Independent reported these allegations, while other outlets did not specify the amount of the bill or the year of the confirmation.
What the coverage left out
None of the left- or centre-rated reports or digests mention the specific allegations that Kimberly Guilfoyle asked a Trump donor to pay her American Express bill, or that she promoted a Greek construction firm.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 19 Oct 2026, 18:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
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Sources say that Guilfoyle put out calls to Barrack, Hegseth and Murdoch before her resignation
dailymail.com — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
7 rated outlets
- Left-rated reports focused on Kimberly Guilfoyle's pleas to allies, including Pete Hegseth and Rupert Murdoch, to save her job as US ambassador to Greece. These reports highlighted that she was asked to resign on October 13 following damaging stories. The Independent, which published a full report, detailed Guilfoyle's calls to Hegseth, Murdoch, and Tom Barrack, noting Murdoch declined her request to remove Wall Street Journal articles. The outlet also mentioned Guilfoyle's claims that her text messages obtained by the Journal were AI-generated and her statement promising to fight "false" allegations. OK! Magazine and Joe My God. reported on her "frenzied calls" for help. Raw Story noted that allies began deleting photos linking them to her. Crooks and Liars described her calls as "pathetic" and "frenzied" in a "desperate bid to save her job."
Centre
2 rated outlets
- Centre-rated reports highlighted Kimberly Guilfoyle's efforts to save her ambassadorship. Dailymail.com's report, which was not a digest, focused on her "Greek tragedy" and claims of being alone and "screaming about leakers." Political Wire stated that Guilfoyle "scrambled to save her ambassadorship," quoting the Daily Mail that she "breathlessly sought a lifeline" and contacted three powerful men. The outlet also noted that Trump did not return her calls.
Right
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated right has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship…?
- Of the 9 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 78% are rated left, 22% are rated centre, 0% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 24. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship… left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 9 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship… biased?
- Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship ended is one event reported by 24 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship…?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated right had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Kimberly Guilfoyle sought help from allies before Greece ambassadorship…?
- 24 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why was Kimberly Guilfoyle asked to resign as US ambassador to Greece?
- Kimberly Guilfoyle was asked to resign on October 13 following a series of damaging stories about her conduct. These reports, published by The Wall Street Journal, included allegations of promoting a Greek construction firm and asking a Trump donor to pay her American Express bill. Her representatives denied or downplayed these claims.
- Who did Kimberly Guilfoyle contact for help before her resignation?
- Before being asked to resign, Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly contacted influential figures including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch, and US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack. She pleaded with them to help save her job as US ambassador to Greece.
- Did Rupert Murdoch try to help Kimberly Guilfoyle?
- According to The Independent, Kimberly Guilfoyle asked Rupert Murdoch, chairman emeritus of The Wall Street Journal's parent company, to take down articles about her. Murdoch declined her request.
Read it at the source
24 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
7- Kimberly Guilfoyle Made 'Frenzied Calls' to Pete Hegseth for Help Before Being Asked to Resign by White House Amid Credit Card Scandal: Report (opens OK! Magazine in a new tab)
OK! Magazine — is OK! Magazine biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle pleaded with Hegseth and Rupert Murdoch to save her job: report (opens The Independent (US) in a new tab)
The Independent (US) — is The Independent (US) biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle pleaded with Hegseth and Rupert Murdoch to save her job: report (opens The Independent in a new tab)
The Independent — is The Independent biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle Begged MAGA Allies to Save Her Job—to No Avail (opens The New Republic in a new tab)
The New Republic — is The New Republic biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Ousted Trump official's allies answered her SOS by deleting their photos together: report (opens Raw Story in a new tab)
- REPORT: Guilfoyle Begged Hegseth To Save Her Job (opens Joe.My.God. in a new tab)
Joe.My.God. — is Joe.My.God. biased? Our profile of this outlet
- 'Frenzied' Guilfoyle Made Pathetic Call To Whiskey Pete As Everything Went To Hell (opens Crooks and Liars in a new tab)
Crooks and Liars — is Crooks and Liars biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Centre
2- Guilfoyle Scrambled to Save Her Ambassadorship (opens Political Wire in a new tab)
Political Wire — is Political Wire biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle's Greek tragedy: Alone and screaming about leakers (opens dailymail.com in a new tab)
dailymail.com — is dailymail.com biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
Right
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Not rated
15- Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Greek ordeal: Alone amid leaker claims (opens NewsFinale in a new tab)
NewsFinale — is NewsFinale biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Begs Trump Allies for Help as Embassy Investigation Threatens Her Political Future (opens TDPel Media in a new tab)
TDPel Media — is TDPel Media biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberly Guilfoyle: Background and Tensions Shortly Before Leaving the Ambassadorial Residence - What the Daily Mail Reports (opens TLIFE in a new tab)
- Daily Mail: Furious Guilfoyle Calls Embassy Staff Scumbags - The 3 People She Turned to to Stay in Her Position | Pandora's Box (opens koutipandoras.gr in a new tab)
koutipandoras.gr — is koutipandoras.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Kimberley: At the Exit From the Embassy, Shouts, Complaints and Desperate Phone Calls – "He Must Leave by the End of the Month" (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Daily Mail: Kimberly Gilfoyle Locked up in Embassy Ranting and Shouting at Staff - She Has Until the End of the Month to Leave (opens Newsit.gr in a new tab)
- Daily Mail: Guilfoyle Is Isolated in Her Home and Yells at Her Former Colleagues – Desperate Contacts in Times of Crisis (opens seleo.gr in a new tab)
- Kimberly "Got Kicked Out" by Rupert Murdoch Too (opens zougla.gr in a new tab)
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- Kimberly Guilfoyle: Revelations About Her Contacts with Trump (opens Libre in a new tab)
- Everyone “Closed the Line” at Kimberly Guilfoyle... (opens Unknown in a new tab)
UnknownOpinion
- Guilfoyle: "Anxious Phone Calls to Hegseth, Murdoch and Barack" - Daily Mail Returns (opens Documento in a new tab)
- Kimberly Guilfoyle Made Desperate Efforts to Remain an Ambassador. He Contacted Three Influential Friends After Trump Ignored Her. (opens Ziare in a new tab)
- Kimberly Guilfoyle: Dieters' Revenge and Threats of New Revelations (opens Unknown in a new tab)
Unknown
- Daily Mail on Kimberly Guilfoyle: Phone Calls to Murdoch and Trump Allies, Isolation in Athens (opens dnews.gr in a new tab)
- Guilfoyle: The "F..." at the Athenian Club, the Unpaid Champagne and the $3 Million for Vodka – New Revelations About the Former Ambassador (opens Periodista.gr in a new tab)
Periodista.gr — is Periodista.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
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