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 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 Right-wing media have run with misleading claims about widespread fraud in Minnesota child care centers Research/Study 01/13/26 3:48 PM EST “We need to get these people out”: Right-wing pundits cheer Trump’s calls for “remigration” Narrative/Timeline 12/08/25 3:19 PM EST “Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains Research/Study 11/21/25 10:36 AM EST ICE keeps giving exclusive access to right-wing and right-leaning influencers Research/Study 11/20/25 11:00 AM EST How Fox News has justified and celebrated ICE’s violent immigration crackdown in Chicago Narrative/Timeline 10/21/25 9:18 AM EDT Calling their opponents “demonic,” some right-leaning online shows are embracing “spiritual warfare” rhetoric Research/Study 10/15/25 3:58 PM EDT Right-wing media and MAHA figures are celebrating Trump’s Tylenol announcement and pushing unproven claims that vaccines cause autism Research/Study 09/26/25 10:37 AM EDT MAGA media set their sights on South Korea Research/Study 09/04/25 10:57 AM EDT Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next ›
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
Right-wing media have run with misleading claims about widespread fraud in Minnesota child care centers Research/Study 01/13/26 3:48 PM EST
“We need to get these people out”: Right-wing pundits cheer Trump’s calls for “remigration” Narrative/Timeline 12/08/25 3:19 PM EST
“Pat Buchanan was right about everything”: As Heritage scrambles over Nick Fuentes, its endorsement of the nativist pundit for a presidential medal remains Research/Study 11/21/25 10:36 AM EST
ICE keeps giving exclusive access to right-wing and right-leaning influencers Research/Study 11/20/25 11:00 AM EST
How Fox News has justified and celebrated ICE’s violent immigration crackdown in Chicago Narrative/Timeline 10/21/25 9:18 AM EDT
Calling their opponents “demonic,” some right-leaning online shows are embracing “spiritual warfare” rhetoric Research/Study 10/15/25 3:58 PM EDT
Right-wing media and MAHA figures are celebrating Trump’s Tylenol announcement and pushing unproven claims that vaccines cause autism Research/Study 09/26/25 10:37 AM EDT
