János Balázs

Nov 5, 2024 | mediamatters.org | G. Capuano |János Balázs

RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST):  Last week, the Supreme Court gave Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin, a victory by temporarily stopping a decision from a federal judge that ordered reinstating 1,600 possible non-citizens to the state’s voter roll. [...]CAMPOS-DUFFY: Here to react is the conservative activist and former director of the Office of Citizenship of the United States, Alfonso Aguilar. Alfonso, it’s good to meet you. ALFONSO AGUILAR (GUEST): Rachel, it's a pleasure to be here with you.

Nov 1, 2024 | mediamatters.org | G. Capuano |János Balázs |Monica Rodriguez

Just two weeks after its launch on Fox Deportes, Fox Noticias — a daily Spanish-language news show hosted by longtime network fixture Rachel Campos-Duffy — has shown it will feature more of the same false, propagandist bigotry that appears on Fox’s broader programming. Campos-Duffy has previously both been a Fox News host and contributor. She has spent years spreading anti-immigrant rhetoric and misinformation about abortion and COVID-19.

Oct 29, 2024 | mediamatters.org | G. Capuano |János Balázs

The Monday edition of Fox’s new Spanish-language show Fox Noticias failed to mention racist comments made during a rally for Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden calling Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”On October 15, Fox News launched Fox Noticias, a new daily Spanish-language news show airing on Fox’s Spanish-language sports network, Fox Deportes.

Oct 18, 2024 | mediamatters.org | G. Capuano |János Balázs

During a segment analyzing Vice President Kamala Harris’ and former President Donald Trump’s Univision town halls, host Elián Zidán failed to contextualize Trump’s connections to Project 2025, citing the network’s fact-checking division elDetector to misleadingly say it is false that Project 2025 is “Donald Trump’s plan if he is elected president.” Project 2025 — a comprehensive transition plan organized by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to guide the next GOP presidential...

Aug 27, 2024 | mediamatters.org | G. Capuano |Monica Rodriguez |János Balázs

​​​​​In a video shared on YouTube, John Acquaviva claimed Biden’s decision to step down and endorse Kamala Harris “reminds” him “a lot of what happens in countries like mine, like Venezuela.” Acquaviva, a conservative YouTube personality with over 335,000 subscribers, argued that leaders in the Democratic Party “intentionally” pushed Biden’s June debate against Trump so they could use it “as an argument to get Joe Biden out of the way.” He added that this was “an internal hit called by the...