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More detail from @mmfa.bsky.social on just how insane Fauci coverage is on the right. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...
Right-wing media's unhinged response to Fauci's diary and congressional testimonyRight-wing media have gone into overdrive to denigrate Dr. Anthony Fauci following the release of his private diary by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), accusing him of being a “mass murderer” whose "body count ...www.mediamatters.orgSome data points on the right-wing obsession with Fauci. He was: *mentioned 687 on Fox News and 740 times on Newsmax in a four day period. *compared to Hitler and Epstein, and declared a mass murderer by multiple prominent right wing media stars who called for his imprisonment.
Don MoynihanNew, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
SCOOP: A group of election deniers claim they met with CISA & said they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan." The group includes Tina Peters; Clay Parikh, who's served as a “special government employee” for the Trump administration; & two podcast hosts.
Tina Peters and other election deniers claim they've pitched the Trump administration on a midterm “election-security plan”www.mediamatters.org
Bannon predicted that Trump will declare a national emergency on elections the last week of August. "It's coming," he said last night. Guest Wayne Allyn Root had previously said that Trump's declaration would come in Aug or Sept and claims to have been in direct contact with the president about it
Steve Bannon predicts Trump will issue national security declaration on elections in late Augustwww.mediamatters.org
I just want to flash back to last year when Fox News spent several months castigating Democrats for "embracing profanity," how it was "unpersuasive and undignified," and that it made them appear less intelligent and uneducated. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
The ‘f*** your feelings’ crowd is suddenly getting really upset over Dems cussing‘Democrats are embracing profanity,’ Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner exclaimed this week. ‘This is next level!’www.the-independent.comAaron RuparMoreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Some MAGA pundits have scaled back their maximalist goals from the start of the Iran war, revealing a growing despondency among that cohort. EG, Benny Johnson has gone from wanting to rebrand the Strait of Hormuz in America's image to acquiescing to Iranian control if it brings gas prices down
The growing MAGA media despondency over the Iran war quagmirewww.mediamatters.orgFox News' Trace Gallagher, who has repeatedly gotten over his skis on stuff like this, back on July 15: “We now know that they found... three bags of methamphetamine in this car. There probably is a reason that they were trying to get away from ICE agents.” www.mediamatters.org/trace-gallag...
DA confirms no drugs were found after Fox News anchor previously claimed Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his carwww.mediamatters.org
How Rupert Murdoch TV smeared and libeled the victim of an ICE homicide, coordinating every step with DHS. bsky.app/profile/mmfa...
Media Matters for AmericaA Fox News anchor claimed that a Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his car. The DA now confirms no drugs were found in the vehicle.
Fox anchor Trace Gallagher should issue a correction after he falsely smeared Lorenzo Salgado Araujo Gallagher claimed "we now know that they found three bags of methamphetamine in this car," That has proven to be false -- will Trace correct the record?
Fox & Friends' Brian Kilmeade: "This isn't a war of choice. This is a president that chose to fight back against a country that declared war on us almost 50 years ago..." www.mediamatters.org/jack-keane/f...
Fox's Jack Keane on the Iran war: "People are not going to remember five years from now that we had to pay higher gas prices"www.mediamatters.org
Tucker Carlson takes his white nationalism to a new level: "Jim Crow is happening again at a larger scale ... we have more racial quotas now against whites than we ever had against Blacks in the south"
I spoke with @wajali.bsky.social about the Trump admin's plot to subvert the midterms, & how it is inseparable from the anti-immigrant bigotry that animates MAGA media. The racist "great replacement" theory braids election denialism and nativism together and they need to be understood as one issue
This is the GOP's Plan to Steal the ElectionLike helpful Bond supervillains, Trump and Republicans have already shared and begun their plans to try to steal or subvert the upcoming elections. How come nobody is stopping them?thelefthook.substack.comFollowing Trump's elections speech, election deniers on social media & podcasts have claimed vindication & called for voting restrictions & arrests next. Said one prominent election denier: "It was nice to see the commander-in-chief on TV saying out loud what many of us already know." My latest:
After Trump's address, election deniers claim vindication and say that voting restrictions and arrests are nextRight-wing media personalities, including election deniers with a history of spreading claims of widespread voter fraud, claimed they “feel vindicated” and called for new voting restrictions after Pre...www.mediamatters.org
What would it take for the White House Correspondents’ Association to withdraw its invitation to President Donald Trump to attend and speak at its annual dinner on Friday? www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
The White House Correspondents’ Association takes another futile crack at celebrating the First Amendment with Donald TrumpWhat would it take for the White House Correspondents’ Association to withdraw its invitation to President Donald Trump to attend and speak at its annual dinner on Friday? The event theoretically func...www.mediamatters.orgFox News’ most zealous MAGA stars have completely ignored President Donald Trump’s July 16 election security speech in the days since he delivered it. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
Fox News stars are still ducking Trump’s election security speechwww.mediamatters.orgAs Trump's war with Iran congeals into a state of "no war, no peace, no ceasefire, no shipping" (with "more war" the most likely next option) it's remarkable to go back to what right-wing pundits were saying in March. It was "Mission Accomplished" nearly everywhere you looked
As the Iran war teeters on the brink, let's revisit the numerous "Mission Accomplished" moments from right-wing media in early Marchwww.mediamatters.orgThis weekend, President Trump and his top aides will be guests at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, which theoretically honors the First Amendment. But you can't celebrate the First Amendment with a president who doesn't believe in it. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...
You can’t celebrate the First Amendment with Donald Trumpwww.mediamatters.orgKyle GriffinBREAKING NYT: The Trump admin sought the phone records of several Times journalists and their relatives — including one reporter's mother — in its effort to unmask the confidential sources who had provided information for articles about the security capabilities of Trump's new Air Force One jet.
Talked with On The Media about why Todd Blanche is the AG the right-wing media has been waiting for.
On the MediaShow's up! Featuring @mattgertz.bsky.social, Lee Levine, and Jenny Carchman:
Fox News largely ignored Trump's election denial speech in the hours before and after the White House address — and did not mention it at all on Friday’s Fox & Friends. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...
Fox News buries Trump’s election denial addresswww.mediamatters.orgFox & Friends did not mention last night's presidential speech a single time this morning -- not even a news brief. Here's some stuff they covered instea.