Payton Armstrong Senior Researcher I Payton Armstrong is a senior researcher at Media Matters, where she has worked since July 2020. She has a bachelor’s degree in government from Smith College. The Latest Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier criticized the Trump administration on her podcast and Fox Article 05/07/26 4:56 PM EDT The Trump administration is pushing to renew FISA. Right-wing media figures are split. Research/Study 04/28/26 4:54 PM EDT Right-wing Christian media double down on supporting Trump's Iran war: “King David himself did this when he found himself dealing with a nation that was barbaric” Narrative/Timeline 04/15/26 10:20 AM EDT Right-wing media accuse Trump of “blasphemy” over a post that appeared to depict Trump as Jesus Research/Study 04/14/26 5:47 PM EDT “Heretic”: After Trump spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain likens Trump to Jesus during Easter, right-wing media figures lash out Narrative/Timeline 04/08/26 4:16 PM EDT Right-wing media figures have insisted “Iran cannot be in control” of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump just signaled he wants to end the war without reopening and securing it. Narrative/Timeline 04/01/26 5:08 PM EDT Trump posted a 2007 video predicting God would “put him in office.” “Prophetic” Christian media figures are ecstatic. Narrative/Timeline 03/13/26 10:18 AM EDT Trump boosters tell Fox and Newsmax viewers to accept spiking gas prices as a “sacrifice” for his war against Iran Research/Study 03/12/26 3:08 PM EDT Christian media figures have claimed that the Iran war could signal “the second coming” or the “End Times” and said “we are watching incredible prophecy in this time come to pass” Narrative/Timeline 03/04/26 10:06 AM EST For years, right-wing media and right-leaning online shows have boosted a pro-MAGA social media account that Wired now says is secretly run by a Trump staffer Research/Study 02/27/26 6:28 PM EST Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity Narrative/Timeline 02/03/26 9:22 AM EST Many right-wing media figures fell in line after Trump renewed threat to acquire Greenland Research/Study 01/21/26 4:12 PM EST Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next ›
Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier criticized the Trump administration on her podcast and Fox Article 05/07/26 4:56 PM EDT
The Trump administration is pushing to renew FISA. Right-wing media figures are split. Research/Study 04/28/26 4:54 PM EDT
Right-wing Christian media double down on supporting Trump's Iran war: “King David himself did this when he found himself dealing with a nation that was barbaric” Narrative/Timeline 04/15/26 10:20 AM EDT
Right-wing media accuse Trump of “blasphemy” over a post that appeared to depict Trump as Jesus Research/Study 04/14/26 5:47 PM EDT
“Heretic”: After Trump spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain likens Trump to Jesus during Easter, right-wing media figures lash out Narrative/Timeline 04/08/26 4:16 PM EDT
Right-wing media figures have insisted “Iran cannot be in control” of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump just signaled he wants to end the war without reopening and securing it. Narrative/Timeline 04/01/26 5:08 PM EDT
Trump posted a 2007 video predicting God would “put him in office.” “Prophetic” Christian media figures are ecstatic. Narrative/Timeline 03/13/26 10:18 AM EDT
Trump boosters tell Fox and Newsmax viewers to accept spiking gas prices as a “sacrifice” for his war against Iran Research/Study 03/12/26 3:08 PM EDT
Christian media figures have claimed that the Iran war could signal “the second coming” or the “End Times” and said “we are watching incredible prophecy in this time come to pass” Narrative/Timeline 03/04/26 10:06 AM EST
For years, right-wing media and right-leaning online shows have boosted a pro-MAGA social media account that Wired now says is secretly run by a Trump staffer Research/Study 02/27/26 6:28 PM EST
Right-wing media figures are furious at activists for using whistles during ICE activity Narrative/Timeline 02/03/26 9:22 AM EST
Many right-wing media figures fell in line after Trump renewed threat to acquire Greenland Research/Study 01/21/26 4:12 PM EST
