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Black and white image of Charlie Kirk

On the killing of Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the right’s response

  1. As the weird Trump birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein is released, MAGA media cling to their claims that it was a hoax

    Article 09/09/25 10:26 AM EDT

  2. RFK Jr and Greg Gutfeld

    Greg Gutfeld once denounced Donald Trump’s “antiscience point of view” on vaccines and autism

    Article 09/09/25 10:09 AM EDT

  3. Donald Trump alongside text that says Free Press

    How CBS News’ Trumpy new ombudsman fits into the right's anti-media campaign

    Article 09/09/25 1:02 PM EDT

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  • Newsmax screenshot with The Wall Street Journal's reporting on the bullet casings

    Right-wing media rushed to blame killing of Charlie Kirk on trans people

    Research/Study 09/12/25 5:42 PM EDT

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    Media Matters weekly newsletter, September 12

    Article 09/12/25 3:10 PM EDT

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    Megyn Kelly on Charlie Kirk shooting suspect: “He went to college. Guess what college does? It radicalizes young people.”

    Video & Audio 09/12/25 2:48 PM EDT

  • Fox wants viewers to know Trump says he didn’t write the Epstein birthday note — but not what’s in it

    Article 09/10/25 12:48 PM EDT

  • Newsmax host: Sec. Scott Bessent reportedly threatening a fistfight with another Trump appointee is a “good thing”

    Video & Audio 09/10/25 10:10 AM EDT

  • Newsmax host suggests AI replace “like half” of hospital employees

    Video & Audio 09/10/25 9:19 AM EDT

  • On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the Epstein scandal: Trump may have gotten MAGA media figures to go quiet, but Americans know there’s something suspicious here

    Video & Audio 09/09/25 5:06 PM EDT

  • Benny Johnson suggests Jeffrey Epstein forged Trump's letter

    Video & Audio 09/09/25 12:57 PM EDT

  • CNN's Matt Egan explains why electricity prices are soaring

    Article 09/09/25 12:41 PM EDT

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    Unregulated GLP-1 patches are exploding on TikTok Shop

    Article 09/09/25 12:06 PM EDT

  • Angelo Carusone on The Weeknight, 9/8/25

    Angelo Carusone on MSNBC: Trump's critics on the right over Epstein are in a quantum state: “They are still supporting him and yet criticizing him at the same time”

    Video & Audio 09/08/25 9:53 PM EDT

  1. Steve Bannon suggests that a special counsel will be named within days to look at Crossfire Hurricane, the 2020 election, January 6, and more

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 5:57 PM EDT

  2. PBD Podcast panelist calls out Ben Shapiro's take on the Epstein files: “Absolutely horseshit”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 3:33 PM EDT

  3. Daily Wire host on Minneapolis mayoral candidate Omar Fateh: “He was born in America, but he's not actually an American”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 2:52 PM EDT

  4. Fox scrambles as Trump tariffs start to show up in prices and inflation accelerates

    Article 07/15/25 2:19 PM EDT

  5. Ben Shapiro calls on Steve Bannon to release his Epstein tapes: “Release the Epstein tapes, Steve.”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 12:53 PM EDT

  6. Charlie Kirk now says he will continue to talk about Jeffrey Epstein: “When I said for the time being, I was talking yesterday.”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 12:49 PM EDT

  7. Right-wing media claimed the “worst of the worst” would be housed at Florida's new immigrant detention center. Hundreds of detainees have no criminal record.

    Research/Study 07/15/25 11:08 AM EDT

  8. Newsmax host: “The Epstein story was rebooted because they wanted to embarrass” Alex Acosta for the plea deal. Acosta is now a Newsmax board member.

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 9:18 AM EDT

  9. Christian nationalism-embracing media figures declare victory after Trump IRS argues that churches can endorse political candidates

    Narrative/Timeline 07/15/25 9:17 AM EDT

  10. Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “I'm going to just have to defer to President Trump on this thing. He actually knows Jeffrey Epstein, or knew him. ... I'm going to take his word for it.”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 8:59 AM EDT

  11. On MSNBC's The 11th Hour, Angelo Carusone discusses Epstein controversy and Trump: “He doesn't really have a sense of how much this is metastasizing”

    Video & Audio 07/15/25 8:38 AM EDT

  12. Laura Ingraham: “As conservative influencers were eating their own about Epstein, the president was stealing the show”

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 8:18 PM EDT

  13. Fox News panel on Epstein files: “The White House wants to move on from this. ... They also feel like this is very much an online kind of outrage.”

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 8:05 PM EDT

  14. Fox senior political analyst Brit Hume: Trump “got played by Putin and it dragged on for months”

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 7:39 PM EDT

  15. Matt Walsh on Epstein files: “There just is no option that allows you to just, you know, vindicate the Trump administration entirely”

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 3:46 PM EDT

  16. Media Matters files for preliminary injunction to block FTC’s retaliatory investigation

    Article 07/14/25 3:26 PM EDT

  17. Alex Jones alleges “Trumpworld surrogates” are threatening to “cut off” MAGA influencers over the Epstein story

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 2:27 PM EDT

  18. Roger Stone and Benny Johnson urge Steve Bannon to release Epstein footage

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 2:17 PM EDT

  19. Charlie Kirk: “I'm done talking about Epstein for the time being. I'm gonna trust my friends in the administration.”

    Video & Audio 07/14/25 12:43 PM EDT

  20. Trump's Jeffrey Epstein post contradicts what top Fox hosts have argued

    Article 07/14/25 12:23 PM EDT

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    STUDY: Interacting with these popular right-leaning comedy podcasters can turn your TikTok feed into a swamp of Andrew Tate-style misogyny and conspiracy theories

    Research/Study 05/19/25 10:08 AM EDT

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    A comprehensive review of the revolving door between Fox and the second Trump administration

    Narrative/Timeline 11/13/24 11:34 AM EST

  3. Circle packing chart showing right-leaning and left-leaning shows with more than 1 million total followers/subscribers

    The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces

    Research/Study 03/14/25 7:00 AM EDT

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