Right-wing media claimed “Alligator Alcatraz” would house the “worst of the worst.” Hundreds of immigrant detainees have no criminal record.
Trump's Jeffrey Epstein post contradicts what top Fox hosts have argued Article 07/14/25 12:23 PM EDT
On MSNBC's The Weeknight, Angelo Carusone discusses how the Epstein files story and why it's still simmering in MAGA media even as Fox News moves on Video & Audio 07/15/25 8:30 PM EDT
Right-wing media are flailing in response to Trump's DOJ memo about Jeffrey Epstein Research/Study 07/09/25 10:46 AM EDT
Newsmax host: “You may have noticed the Epstein story was almost nowhere to be found, though, on Fox News these last couple of days” Video & Audio 07/16/25 8:03 AM EDT
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
PBD Podcast panelist calls out Ben Shapiro's take on the Epstein files: “Absolutely horseshit” Video & Audio 07/15/25 3:33 PM EDT
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Right-leaning online shows disproportionately reach a variety of audiences and shape political discourse and public perception Article 03/21/25 12:15 PM EDT
Fox & Friends hosts mock concerns over due process for deported migrants: “We're going to do vetting when we deport but we're not going to do any vetting when they come across the border?” Video & Audio 03/21/25 12:13 PM EDT
Newsmax guest suggests privatizing Social Security for younger Americans Video & Audio 03/21/25 11:02 AM EDT
Right-wing media figures are lambasting John Roberts for rebuking Trump’s calls to impeach judges who rule against him Narrative/Timeline 03/21/25 8:07 AM EDT
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone explains how the right-wing media will use Department of Education cuts to push for privatization of other federal services Video & Audio 03/20/25 5:27 PM EDT
Murdoch v. Murdoch: Fox News goes to bat for the president while NY Post and WSJ urge caution and rule of law Article 03/20/25 4:47 PM EDT
Fox News declares war on the judiciary over rulings against the Trump administration Research/Study 03/20/25 3:02 PM EDT
Fox Noticias guest: “Most of these feminists are not mothers. Most are either lesbians or have been rejected by a man and haven't been able to get over it.” Video & Audio 03/20/25 11:50 AM EDT
Fox News guest: “While not all of them may be gang members, the point is that we don't know that they're not gang members” Video & Audio 03/20/25 11:49 AM EDT
Fox's Harris Faulkner: “Free speech, I thought — under our laws and Constitution — was for our citizens” Video & Audio 03/20/25 10:26 AM EDT
Listeners keep calling in to right-wing radio shows to complain about Trump’s policies Research/Study 03/20/25 9:54 AM EDT
Newsmax's Greg Kelly: “Watergate was a CIA operation designed to take [Richard Nixon] out” Video & Audio 03/20/25 9:14 AM EDT
Jesse Watters attacks wife and daughter of judge who ruled against Trump Video & Audio 03/19/25 6:22 PM EDT
On The Daily Blast, Media Matters’ Matt Gertz explains how Trump’s tariff policies drive a wedge within MAGA media Video & Audio 03/19/25 5:50 PM EDT
Sean Hannity: “The president of El Salvador, he actually said that the U.S. is facing a judicial coup. He's not that far off.” Video & Audio 03/19/25 5:01 PM EDT
In letters to the editor, Republicans and veterans rebuke Trump administration Research/Study 03/19/25 4:27 PM EDT
Daily Wire's Matt Walsh: “There needs to be an all-out war at this point against activist judges” Video & Audio 03/19/25 2:21 PM EDT
On The New Abnormal, Media Matters' Kayla Gogarty explains how some right-leaning online shows are “advertising as one thing, but actually getting into politics and maybe to unwitting audiences” Video & Audio 03/19/25 10:46 AM EDT
Storm chasers and meteorologists warn Trump's cuts to NOAA threaten public safety Research/Study 03/19/25 10:38 AM EDT
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill threatens rural hospitals. Fox News personalities have falsely claimed immigrants are “bankrupting” them. Article 06/17/25 11:03 AM EDT
MAGA media are seemingly flooding the internet with AI slop about Florida's new detention center Research/Study 07/14/25 9:26 AM EDT
Medicaid goes by different names in different states. Find out what it is in your state — and how local media is covering the impact of the new law Research/Study 07/01/25 1:14 PM EDT
The president's daughter-in-law hosts a weekly show on Fox News. To call it “propaganda” is too kind.
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
A comprehensive review of the revolving door between Fox and the second Trump administration Narrative/Timeline 11/13/24 11:34 AM EST
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
Right-wing media and anti-abortion groups are using a “seriously flawed” study on medication abortion to claim it’s not safe Research/Study 05/08/25 9:31 AM EDT
Fox News misled its viewers on what Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” would mean for American energy, jobs, and manufacturing Article 07/02/25 3:10 PM EDT
National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change Research/Study 07/02/25 9:50 AM EDT
GOP-backed House nominee posted a false claim that Jewish people “gave up their firearms to Hitler,” spurring the Holocaust Article 09/17/24 12:00 PM EDT
Sean Hannity responds to Atlanta shooting by calling for “guys with the guns” inside schools Video & Audio 09/04/24 5:00 PM EDT
Right-wing media attack Tim Walz for his support of gun safety, ignoring the horrific mass shootings that affected his stance Research/Study 08/15/24 4:56 PM EDT
Right-wing media are celebrating Trump’s ban on trans service members in the military Research/Study 01/29/25 2:26 PM EST
CNN and MSNBC feature trans voices in coverage of historic Supreme Court case Research/Study 12/12/24 10:36 AM EST
The Daily Wire take credit for stirring up Capitol Hill bathroom controversy Article 12/11/24 12:36 PM EST
