Zachary Pleat | Media Matters for America

Zachary Pleat is a senior researcher at Media Matters, where he has worked since January 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of South Florida.

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An investigation found that Rep. Dan Crenshaw helped the VA secretary smear a veteran reporting a sexual assault. Major TV stations in his district ignored it.

12/16/20 1:41 PM EST
How Sinclair national news reports are covering up threats to election officials and lawmakers

12/15/20 12:04 PM EST
Right-wing media and Trump supporters encourage secession, martial law after Supreme Court defeat

12/13/20 1:53 PM EST
Right-wing media work to scandalize report about Rep. Eric Swalwell and China

12/11/20 4:50 PM EST
Sinclair's horrible COVID-19 coverage has glossed over the HEROES Act for months

12/10/20 11:29 AM EST
Georgia's TV news stations virtually ignore new reporting on Sen. David Perdue's stock trading scandal

12/01/20 4:49 PM EST
Sinclair is about to air Steve Bannon peddling a discredited voting fraud theory to millions of local TV viewers

11/20/20 2:10 PM EST
Sinclair host floats conspiracy theory about Pfizer vaccine news, suggests congressional investigation

11/17/20 3:37 PM EST
Sinclair's national news desk is helping Trump undermine the election results in Nevada

11/09/20 5:06 PM EST
Sinclair Broadcast Group spreads debunked Project Veritas disinformation about Michigan ballots

11/06/20 2:00 PM EST
Some Twin Cities news stations didn't explain how a new court decision could invalidate viewers' mail-in ballots

11/02/20 5:43 PM EST
Local North Carolina broadcast news is not covering Republican candidate Madison Cawthorn’s extremism

10/31/20 11:05 AM EDT