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 “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 Right-wing media figures lose it over Chip and Joanna Gaines putting a gay couple on TV Research/Study 07/18/25 9:35 AM EDT Christian nationalism-embracing media figures declare victory after Trump IRS argues that churches can endorse political candidates Narrative/Timeline 07/15/25 9:17 AM EDT Many states' Medicaid programs have a different name, but local reporting is connecting the dots on One Big Beautiful Bill's massive cuts Research/Study 07/01/25 1:14 PM EDT Trump’s religious liberty commission is filled with right-wing Christian media figures with histories of extremist rhetoric Narrative/Timeline 06/12/25 9:26 AM EDT How top right-leaning online shows that claim to be nonpolitical covered Trump’s first 100 days Research/Study 05/06/25 3:33 PM EDT YouTube content creators have earned more than 200 million views on videos of their visits to El Salvador’s CECOT prison Narrative/Timeline 04/24/25 10:01 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 ›
“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
Right-wing media figures lose it over Chip and Joanna Gaines putting a gay couple on TV Research/Study 07/18/25 9:35 AM EDT
Christian nationalism-embracing media figures declare victory after Trump IRS argues that churches can endorse political candidates Narrative/Timeline 07/15/25 9:17 AM EDT
Many states' Medicaid programs have a different name, but local reporting is connecting the dots on One Big Beautiful Bill's massive cuts Research/Study 07/01/25 1:14 PM EDT
Trump’s religious liberty commission is filled with right-wing Christian media figures with histories of extremist rhetoric Narrative/Timeline 06/12/25 9:26 AM EDT
How top right-leaning online shows that claim to be nonpolitical covered Trump’s first 100 days Research/Study 05/06/25 3:33 PM EDT
YouTube content creators have earned more than 200 million views on videos of their visits to El Salvador’s CECOT prison Narrative/Timeline 04/24/25 10:01 AM EDT
