Courtney Hagle | Media Matters for America

Courtney Hagle is research director at Media Matters, where she has worked since October 2018. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Boston University, and she minored in history.

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Right-wing media falsely claim ballots are “magically appearing” for Democrats overnight

11/04/20 11:47 AM EST
Right-wing media fearmonger about protests while obscuring the police brutality that inspired them

10/29/20 5:02 PM EDT
Fox News spread election misinformation on YouTube. YouTube now lists Fox as an “authoritative” election source.

10/27/20 1:52 PM EDT
Right-wing media twist the facts to defend Trump’s child separation policy that lost track of 545 migrant children's families

10/27/20 9:19 AM EDT
Amid spiking virus cases, Fox host accuses Joe Biden of virtue signaling for not holding large rallies

10/25/20 11:31 AM EDT
Right-wing media seized on an ABC/Courier-Journal interview with one of officers who raided Breonna Taylor's apartment

10/23/20 1:02 PM EDT
Matt Schlapp spread a dubious, unverified claim about threats made toward Trump supporters

10/21/20 3:25 PM EDT
Right-leaning pages dominated the conversation on Facebook during the Supreme Court confirmation hearings

10/17/20 9:52 AM EDT
Facebook allowed the Trump campaign to run thousands of ads with manipulated photos of Joe Biden

10/15/20 11:53 AM EDT
A bizarre Benghazi conspiracy theory traveled through the right-wing echo chamber from QAnon accounts to the president

10/15/20 11:15 AM EDT
Trump pushed at least 35 lies that went unchallenged by Chris Wallace during the first debate

10/07/20 4:52 PM EDT
Right-wing media use Kamala Harris’ support to demonize bail funds

10/06/20 5:05 PM EDT