Zachary Pleat

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Researcher at Media Matters for America

Research at Media Matters for America. All tweets are my own views but are backed by the Commissariat. he/him. https://t.co/wVrTbr12Ud

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Fox ramps up Trump’s pressure campaign against the Federal Reserve

2 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

Following a better-than-expected consumer price index report from May, which showed prices increasing by 0.1% last month for an annualized rate of 2.4%, President Donald Trump is redoubling his pressure campaign to get Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome (“Jay”) Powell to cut interest rates.
Fox’s Lara Trump credits the president for “miraculous” drop in prices - but prices are actually higher

3 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

Unfortunately for both Trump apologists and American consumers, the prices of those commodities are not lower now than when President Donald Trump came into office for his second term, with the exception of airline fares.
MAGA Media Parrot Republican Lies About Medicaid Cuts

3 weeks ago | nationalmemo.com | Zachary Pleat

Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers are getting help from their MAGA media allies to deny the effects of their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which passed the GOP-controlled House last month and is expected to kick millions of Americans off their Medicaid coverage while cutting taxes for the rich. Journalists and experts are calling out these Republicans for their lies that their bill won’t cut Medicaid.
MAGA media parrot GOP lie about looming Medicaid cuts

3 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

Trump administration officials and Republican lawmakers are getting help from their MAGA media allies to deny the effects of their “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which passed the GOP-controlled House last month and is expected to kick millions of Americans off their Medicaid coverage while cutting taxes for the rich. Journalists and experts are calling out these Republicans for their lies that their bill won’t cut Medicaid.
Fox discussions of court ruling on Trump's unlawful tariffs go off the deep end: “The global deep state is real”

4 weeks ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

The U.S. Court of International Trade ruled on May 28 that all of President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal” and supposedly fentanyl-related global tariffs are illegal and “exceed any authority granted” by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that he cited to impose them.
Fox echoes Trump's flip-flop on sale of US Steel

1 month ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

From President Donald Trump’s initial opposition to the sale of Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel to Tokyo-based Nippon Steel during the 2024 presidential campaign through his approval of the sale this month with conditions for some sort of nationalization, several Fox News hosts were following his lead every step of the way — with some Fox personalities even crediting Trump for then-President Joe Biden’s decision to block the sale.
Fox contributor Newt Gingrich organizes MAGA attacks against Congressional Budget Office

1 month ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

Congressional reporter Mychael Schnell from The Hill revealed on May 19 that House Republicans were sharing talking points drafted by Fox News contributor Newt Gingrich in anticipation of the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” tax cut extension promoted by President Donald Trump.
Fox’s Maria Bartiromo whips Republican support for devastating Medicaid cuts

1 month ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

House Republicans are working on legislation dubbed “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” to finance a permanent extension of President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax giveaway to the rich by slashing Medicaid, which will result in millions of Americans losing their health insurance. Supporters of the legislation have also singled out Medicare and the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program for additional cuts.
MAGA media celebrated Trump caving on “reciprocal” US-China tariffs

1 month ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat |Craig Harrington

MAGA media personalities were quick to celebrate the White House’s announcement that American and Chinese trade negotiators had agreed to a 90-day reduction in retaliatory import taxes. The deal, which was struck after just one weekend of bilateral meetings in Switzerland, saw the U.S. reduce import taxes on Chinese goods from 145% to 30% as China simultaneously reduced its own retaliatory tariff rate from 125% to 10% on American goods.
Fox celebrates “amazing” April jobs report despite downward revisions

1 month ago | mediamatters.org | Zachary Pleat

Fox News and Fox Business personalities gushed over the April jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which beat expectations by showing an increase of 177,000 jobs last month while the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent. However, the jobs estimates for both February and March were revised down by a total of 58,000 jobs, and economists explained that the April report does not yet reflect the economic damage of President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.