Media Matters for America

Angelo Carusone on the anger MAGA media are facing over Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump: "If you listen to The Megyn Kelly Show, people are calling in, complaining about the Trump sons..."

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Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo apologizes for guest Kevin O'Leary accusing opponents of his Utah data center of being paid by China: www.mediamatters.org/artificial-i...

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Despite some mainstream outlets making it seem like Carlson is moderating his politics, he isn’t interested in bringing Republicans to the light. His goal is to push them deeper into the darkness.

Tucker Carlson is not leaving the GOP. He wants to take it over

The podcast host envisions a more radical Republican Party

Right-wing pundits suggested refusing pregnant travelers visas, deporting “birthing-aged” women, and even sterilizing travelers entering the country.

Right-wing media target pregnant and female travelers following SCOTUS birthright citizenship ruling

After the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, right-wing media proposed draconian policies to prevent travelers potentially giving birth in the United States. The policies demanded by right-w...

MAHA figures are reacting to a “betrayal of the American people” after a Supreme Court ruling shielded the agrochemical giant Bayer from lawsuits over a lack of warnings to consumers about an active ingredient in their herbicide.

MAHA is outraged over Supreme Court ruling that shields Monsanto owner Bayer from cancer liability

After mocking Joe Biden’s health for years, conservative pundits have no answer for the Kentucky senator’s mysterious absence.

MAGA media consumed by Mitch McConnell health conspiracies

After mocking Joe Biden’s health for years, the GOP has no answer for the Kentucky senator’s mysterious absence

Fox host Emily Compagno says that officials who refused to take part in Trump’s state fair/vanity project should be disqualified from higher office.

Read more: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-emi...

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In nearly 90 minutes covering the administration’s announcements of health care fraud arrests, Fox didn’t mention Trump’s pardons of health care fraudsters a single time.

Fox News ignored Trump’s pardons of health care fraudsters while promoting his administration’s efforts to fight health care fraud

President Donald Trump has pardoned numerous people convicted of billions of dollars’ worth of health care fraud at the end of his first term and throughout his second term so far. Yet Fox News and Fo...

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner "have not been effective in Ukraine, not been effective in Gaza. They have not been effective in (Iran war negotiations).”

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Following her early release from prison last month, the former elections clerk embarked on a lengthy right-wing media tour emboldening the dangerous election denier movement - the same bogus cause that got her locked up in the first place.

Tina Peters' right-wing media tour: Endless conspiracy theories about voter fraud and boasts about advising Trump on how to fix it

Benny Johnson: “Ukraine isn't a real place. It's not a real place. It's not really a real people.”

Read more about how Johnson was previously duped into taking Kremlin money to push Russian propaganda: www.mediamatters.org/russias-inva...

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MAHA activist Zen Honeycutt: Trump “has not done a single thing to reduce our children's exposure to pesticides. In fact, he's made it worse.”

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It’s not just that MAGA has grifters. It is that the grifters now help define the terms of power.

MAGA's influencer class is breaking Trump's White House

Republicans are now paying the price for a government run by clout chasers

Trump has pardoned numerous people convicted of billions of dollars’ worth of health care fraud at the end of his first term and throughout his second term so far - but you wouldn't know from Fox.

Fox News ignored Trump’s pardons of health care fraudsters while promoting his administration’s efforts to fight health care fraud

President Donald Trump has pardoned numerous people convicted of billions of dollars’ worth of health care fraud at the end of his first term and throughout his second term so far. Yet Fox News and Fo...

Some right-wing media figures blast commonsense health advice that limits exposure to dangerous wildfire smoke: I'm “not going to wear one of those goofy masks”

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It’s not about “election security.”

More: www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

Theo Von and environmental activist Erin Brockovich express support for the growing backlash against data centers: “It doesn't feel like we need this much expansion... people do not want it.”

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Benny Johnson: “...high-level people inside of the government and inside of the Trump White House” are saying that “Mitch McConnell is brain dead”

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Regardless of intent, MAGA influencers seem to be driving their followers away from Trump’s Republican Party - the same one they once obsessively recruited for.

MAGA mouthpieces are taking issue with Trump’s self-dealing

“We may be at the point now where for a lot of these Trump-adjacent folks, Trump fatigue syndrome has set in — they’re done with him,” one GOP strategist said.

Right-wing media hawks are scrambling to salvage an unprovoked war with Iran that failed to halt its nuclear program and disrupted global trade.

As Trump declares Iran ceasefire “over,” right-wing media hawks push for ground troops, regime change — even nuclear strikes

As evidence has piled up, some in right-wing media are admitting Trump is engaging in “cut and dry fraud,” while others are downplaying concerns that he is abusing the presidency for blatant self-dealing.

Trump’s self-dealing as president is under the microscope. Some in right-wing media are speaking up about it — while others deflect or deny concerns.

President Donald Trump is facing scrutiny from some right-wing media figures over new reporting about how he is taking advantage of his position as president to enrich himself and his family. Trump’s ...

Creating “phantom scandals” has made John Solomon a key element of the right-wing media’s propaganda machine. He's reportedly helping orchestrate Trump's prime-time speech on election fraud: www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

What you need to know about John Solomon, the man driving Trump's latest election fraud nonsense

Fox Business guest on Trump's new tariffs: “With higher energy costs right now — and you drop tariffs in on top of that — you have some real inflationary concerns”

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A decade after his tragic death became a cause célèbre for the online right, ghouls are reviving the bogus Seth Rich conspiracy theory seemingly to distract from the very real Epstein files.

Right-wing ghouls revive the Seth Rich conspiracy theory 10 years after his murder