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After Newsom recall fails, Ben Shapiro says secession may be “the best hope” for conservatives

09/15/21 2:16 PM EDT
Sacramento TV stations are a case study in what not to do when covering Project Veritas

09/15/21 11:36 AM EDT
CNN ignores that former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah helped spread his election fraud lies

09/15/21 1:06 PM EDT

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Outdoing Biden, Fox News will now require daily COVID-19 testing for its unvaccinated employees

09/14/21 4:55 PM EDT
Tucker Carlson: “I lie if I'm really cornered or something. I lie.”

09/13/21 10:40 AM EDT
Right-wing media are already crying foul on the California recall

09/13/21 12:29 PM EDT
Only 4% of Hurricane Ida coverage from August 27-30 correctly connected the storm to climate change

09/13/21 10:04 AM EDT
Mainstream and beltway media coverage of Biden vaccine mandate turn a public health story into a political one

09/13/21 6:44 PM EDT
Laura Ingraham: The Biden administration is providing aid for Afghan refugees because “they actually prefer noncitizens to citizens for a variety of reasons”

09/13/21 11:23 PM EDT
Right-wing vaccine disinformation is killing people, and the propagandists are furious Biden is fighting back

09/10/21 12:27 PM EDT
Google, Amazon, Facebook are among top companies helping COVID-19 misinformation sites stay in business

09/09/21 2:50 PM EDT
Fox News tells viewers to “fight back” against the equivalent of Fox News’ own COVID-19 vaccination and testing practices

09/10/21 2:56 PM EDT
In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Fox is doubling down on climate denial in order to attack Biden’s infrastructure plan

09/10/21 9:16 AM EDT
The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

09/01/21 4:44 PM EDT

The right’s California recall strategy casts a shadow on democracy

After Newsom recall fails, Ben Shapiro says secession may be “the best hope” for conservatives

Sacramento TV stations are a case study in what not to do when covering Project Veritas

CNN ignores that former Trump staffer Alyssa Farah helped spread his election fraud lies

Featured:

Outdoing Biden, Fox News will now require daily COVID-19 testing for its unvaccinated employees

Tucker Carlson: “I lie if I'm really cornered or something. I lie.”

Right-wing media are already crying foul on the California recall

Only 4% of Hurricane Ida coverage from August 27-30 correctly connected the storm to climate change

Mainstream and beltway media coverage of Biden vaccine mandate turn a public health story into a political one

Laura Ingraham: The Biden administration is providing aid for Afghan refugees because “they actually prefer noncitizens to citizens for a variety of reasons”

Right-wing vaccine disinformation is killing people, and the propagandists are furious Biden is fighting back

Google, Amazon, Facebook are among top companies helping COVID-19 misinformation sites stay in business

Fox News tells viewers to “fight back” against the equivalent of Fox News’ own COVID-19 vaccination and testing practices

In the wake of Hurricane Ida, Fox is doubling down on climate denial in order to attack Biden’s infrastructure plan

The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

The Latest

Facebook:

As COVID-19 cases surge and schools assess safety measures for the new year, Facebook is allowing anti-mask groups to thrive

Facebook groups around the world are promoting unprescribed livestock medications for COVID-19, while the platform seemingly does nothing to stop them

Despite Facebook's COVID-19 promises, anti-vaccine groups are thriving

COVID-19 vaccines:

Swiss study finds connection between watching Fox News and vaccination rates going down

Fox's effort to undermine vaccines has only worsened

Fox Business guest: COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are “all part of a program” for government control

Fox memo details mask requirements and vaccine passport system — while the network keeps railing against them for everyone else

Fox News has spent the last 8 months mocking and downplaying the threat of COVID-19 variants

The right-wing sabotage behind the anti-vax persuasion problem

Mike Lindell:

On OAN, Mike Lindell promised a second “cyber symposium” spreading his election lies

Here are the places airing Mike Lindell's elections lies at his “cyber symposium”

Mike Lindell's “cyber symposium” hosts Jair Bolsonaro's son to predict widespread fraud in Brazilian elections

OAN ran ads for Mike Lindell’s nonsense “cyber symposium” more than 150 times in just one week

Newsmax airs Mike Lindell's “cyber symposium” ad over 170 times in a single week

Mike Lindell says he’s pulling MyPillow ads from Fox News. Here’s what that means.

One America News:

OAN aired more than 30 hours of Mike Lindell’s election fraud scam symposium

OAN’s months-long campaign against COVID-19 vaccines

OAN personality Christina Bobb fundraised for her “audit” nonprofit on air 22 times in a single month. Those 22 separate appeals aired over 140 times combined.

Sinclair Broadcasting:

Sinclair anchor calls out COVID-19 vaccine misinformation that Sinclair's featured national host has shared

Sinclair pushed a GOP talking point about the January 6 committee in its misleading “Question of the Day” aired on local TV stations

Sinclair Broadcast Group guest uses antisemitic language to attack progressive prosecutors

Critical Race Theory:

A guide to right-wing media’s “critical race theory” strategy

Fox News' obsession with critical race theory, by the numbers

Fox’s anti-“critical race theory” parents are also GOP activists

The media’s blatant failure in warning about the threat to Roe v. Wade

National TV news is beginning to connect climate change to extreme weather. Now they must continue to deepen their coverage

Cable news fails to cover gun violence like the public health crisis it is

OAN is a cesspool of anti-LGBTQ hate. It’s supported by these cable providers and streaming services.

Fox News advertisers:

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Fox News is still having major advertiser problems