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2 weeks ago | 
mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Jack Wheatley |Chloe Simon |Courtney Hagle |Shelby Jamerson
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) was forcibly removed from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s June 12 press conference in Los Angeles amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests. Right-wing media immediately began to justify the incident, falsely claiming that the senator had not identified himself, misrepresenting Padilla’s behavior, and defending the actions of law enforcement. In a video of the incident, Padilla is clearly heard identifying himself as “Sen.
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2 months ago | 
mediamatters.org | Kayla R Gogarty |Courtney Hagle |John Whitehouse |Payton Armstrong |Jack Wheatley |Jack Winstanley | +6 more
In a new study of top pro-Trump online shows in the days after President Donald Trump launched his formal tariff plan, Media Matters has found some dissension as his economic policy disrupts the global economy — even as this ecosystem still overwhelmingly supports him.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Isabella Corrao |Courtney Hagle |Helena Hind |Jane Lee |Alicia Sadowski |Chloe Simon
On February 18, President Donald Trump pushed multiple false claims about the war in Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelensky’s involvement in it, falsely suggesting that Ukraine started the war and that Zelensky is a “dictator without elections.” Both claims echo Russian propaganda about the war. Many right-wing media figures praised Trump's comments, with some commentators even following in his footsteps to target Zelensky.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Lis Power |Courtney Hagle
President Donald Trump formally announced tariffs on Canada and Mexico, a move that was met with retaliatory tariffs from the United States’ neighbors.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle |Bushra Sultana
President-elect Donald Trump announced Fox News contributor Leo Terrell will join the Justice Department as senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle
According to a January 8 report by CNN, Isenstadt writes that Bartiromo was a “Trump favorite” for her fervent defenses and softball interviews of the president-elect.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle
On November 8, a Fox News “straight news” program interviewed content creator Dom Lucre, referring to him as a “journalist.” Lucre has a history of pushing QAnon-related conspiracy theories, spreading outlandish claims about high-level Democrats, and pushing 2020 election denial. Dominick McGee, known online as Dom Lucre, has a history of pushing baseless conspiracy theories as a right-wing internet personality.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle
This week, The New York Times reported that former President Donald Trump’s former chief-of-staff John Kelly said Trump is a fascist, that he has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, and that he repeatedly denigrated soldiers and the military. The Los Angeles Times was the only one of five top U.S. newspapers to focus a front-page article on Kelly’s comments, while the Times continued to bury its own scoop.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle
On October 23, NBC published an article with the sensationalized headline: “DHS has identified more than 600 migrants with possible ties to Venezuelan gang.” But, as the article goes on to note, “over 100 were deemed confirmed gang members whom DHS recommended be placed on an FBI watchlist. The others could be victims, witnesses or members of the gang.”Journalists quickly pointed out that the headline was misleading, as demonstrated by the actual reporting from NBC.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Courtney Hagle
The New York Times reported from multiple interviews with Kelly: “He said that, in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law." Kelly told the Times that Trump “prefers the dictator approach to government” and wanted the power “to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted.” The Times wrote that Kelly “said Trump wanted personal loyalty to outweigh loyalty to the...
