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1 week 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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1 month ago | 
mediamatters.org | Chloe Simon |Sage Hodil
In the first 30 days of his second administration, President Donald Trump signed more than 70 executive orders.
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2 months ago | 
mediamatters.org | Alicia Sadowski |Jane Lee |Isabella Corrao |Helena Hind |Chloe Simon |Sage Hodil
LAURA INGRAHAM (HOST): Imagine if that's just what we started to do. What do you think the Democrats would do? Well, let's — let's — let's expand it out to social issues. Oh, well, we have a lot of people who believe that their First Amendment rights have been violated in protesting near abortion clinics, prayerful protests. You know something? I know the Supreme Court has said this, that, or the other thing.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Sage Hodil
Zuckerberg began to cozy up to Trump following the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, despite Trump’s previous calls for the Meta CEO to be imprisoned. Speaking to Bloomberg in July 2024, Zuckerberg praised Trump’s response to the shooting as “one of the most badass things” he had ever seen but did not explicitly endorse the campaign. [NBC News, 7/19/24] Zuckerberg had dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago after the election, and Meta donated $1 million to his inauguration fund.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Chloe Simon |Sage Hodil
In a discussion about President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportation of migrants, Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Bill Hemmer repeatedly downplayed the impact of the policy by claiming Trump is “going after the criminals” and “suspected terrorists” first, with noncriminals addressed later as part of a “tiered approach.” Hemmer said: “It may be some time, if at all, before they deport families, etc.” Baier agreed, saying that he doesn’t think the administration will go “from zero to...
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Casey Wexler |Sage Hodil
Since 2023, Aurora has reportedly been trying to force CBZ Management to fix multiple derelict apartment complexes which the company has claimed that it could not repair due to activity by Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. CBZ Management’s claims of gang violence gained traction in right-wing media after a video went viral showing a group of armed men in one of the buildings.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | John Whitehouse |Sage Hodil
MARIA BARTIROMO (ANCHOR): Imagine if Trump said that, right? She said to Oprah: Anybody comes in my house they're getting shot. And then she starts cracking up about it, oh I shouldn't have said that, my staff is going to have to deal with it. Imagine if Trump said that, Liz. LIZ PEEK (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): Actually, it turns out now she's actually confessed that she doesn't have a gun so that's —BARTIROMO: Are you serious? PEEK: -- that entire conversation is off the table.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Alicia Sadowski |Isabella Corrao |Jane Lee |Pete Tsipis |Sage Hodil |Casey Wexler
The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections. Violators of the law face possible fines and imprisonment for up to a year, as well as deportation. While some districts allow noncitizens to vote in local elections, no state allows noncitizens to vote in statewide elections.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Matt Gertz |Sage Hodil |Casey Wexler
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s impending move to crash out of the presidential race and endorse Donald Trump is fitting given that his bid was a cynical and transparent right-wing media operation intended to help return the former president to the White House. Kennedy, a notorious anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist, plans to end his independent presidential campaign and throw his support to Trump, perhaps at a planned event on Friday, NBC News first reported.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
mediamatters.org | Gideon Taaffe |Sage Hodil |Rob Savillo
Fox News has undercovered reporting about then-President Donald Trump’s praising Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for his response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the state. The network briefly referred to the story 5 times for a total of just over 3 minutes. Fox has highlighted attacks against Walz over the same issue, and Trump’s own vice presidential pick, JD Vance, recently attacked Walz over his response to the protests.
