John Knefel
Senior Writer at Media Matters for America
senior writer @mmfa, jknefel at mediamatters dot org. Tweets are my own opinion, favs are bookmarks
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1 week ago |
mediamatters.org | John Knefel
Some right-wing media figures have acknowledged the importance of Meals on Wheels, which receives some from the federal government, as a key program to deliver food to the elderly and people with disabilities. Now, President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services — which helps administer Meals on Wheels — are putting the program’s future at risk. The Trump administration has thrown the Department of Health and Human Services into uncertainty and chaos.
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2 weeks ago |
mediamatters.org | John Knefel
Fox News personalities have continued to mislead their audience into thinking that President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans aren't considering massive cuts to Medicaid, even as both chambers have advanced budget plans that would require billions in reductions to the program in order to offset tax cuts for the wealthy. As Fox’s coverage suggests, those budget plans are unpopular even among Trump supporters.
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4 weeks ago |
mediamatters.org | John Knefel
In August 2022, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade ominously warned his audience that “Joe Biden’s new army” of armed IRS agents was going to “hunt down and kill middle class taxpayers.” But after masked, plainclothes federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security abducted Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk off the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Kilmeade sang a different tune.
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4 weeks ago |
mediamatters.org | John Knefel
Right-wing media figures are escalating a long-running campaign to give the president vast powers to denaturalize and deport naturalized citizens, a generally rare occurrence that would represent a significant new front in President Donald Trump’s campaign to restrict immigration and limit citizenship in the United States.
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1 month ago |
nationalmemo.com | John Knefel
Right-wing media figures have spent years attacking the Internal Revenue Service, including spreading conspiracy theories about armed agents targeting conservatives. Now, President Donald Trump is gutting the agency in a move that experts say will benefit the richest of the rich in the United States.
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NEW: Fox News is misleading its viewers by telling them Trump and Congressional Republicans aren't considering massive cuts to Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the wealthy. Turns out cutting Medicaid is quite unpopular. Me at @mmfa https://t.co/EJmvgjzEoK
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