Gideon Taaffe | Media Matters for America

Gideon Taaffe is a researcher at Media Matters. He graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in history.

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In 2022, Fox News created a crime crisis in a failed attempt to sway the midterms

01/09/23 10:31 AM EST
Right-wing media in disarray as House repeatedly fails to choose a leader

01/04/23 5:32 PM EST
Fox personalities dismiss January 6 committee’s criminal referrals for Trump

12/20/22 2:27 PM EST
Right-wing media applaud Musk's suspension of journalists who critically report on him

12/16/22 5:26 PM EST
Right-wing media erupt in conspiracy theories after GOP losses in Arizona

11/17/22 10:38 AM EST
Right-wing outlets are pushing an unfounded conspiracy theory about collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX that originated from a white supremacist’s website

11/16/22 9:07 AM EST
Elon Musk amplified conspiracy theories about FTX’s collapse as he faces scrutiny over his tenure as Twitter’s CEO

11/14/22 6:32 PM EST
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is catering to far-right accounts promoting bigotry, extremism, and misinformation

11/07/22 6:34 PM EST
Right-wing media lie about expected vote counting delays in Pennsylvania to push false claims of election fraud

11/07/22 3:10 PM EST
Right-wing media spread conspiracy theories about Paul Pelosi's attack on Elon Musk's Twitter

11/01/22 4:34 PM EDT
Right-wing media are using John Fetterman’s disability to attack early voting in PA

10/31/22 11:01 AM EDT
Fox News is cheerleading attempts to impeach Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner

10/28/22 11:27 AM EDT