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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NBC’s Meet the Press spread debunked Russian disinformation on Twitter

12/09/19 11:03 AM EST
Mainstream media organizations repeat Trump’s lie justifying new tariffs

12/02/19 12:36 PM EST
The Hill pushed what it called a debunked conspiracy theory at least 9 times

11/25/19 11:32 AM EST
Major news organizations amplify Trump’s lie that he barely knows his hand-picked EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland

11/21/19 11:10 AM EST
As DACA goes before the Supreme Court, CBS and NBC push Trump’s lie about Dreamers

11/12/19 12:11 PM EST
The Hill can’t stop advancing Trump’s lies about the whistleblower

11/05/19 11:04 AM EST
The Hill 10 times pushed a Trump lie from his press conference on ISIS leader's death

10/28/19 11:28 AM EDT
Mainstream media have virtually ignored a new book in which 43 new women described sexual assault or harassment by Trump

10/28/19 10:59 AM EDT
NBC News helps Giuliani smear Biden over son's work with Romanian client, but Giuliani worked for same person

10/25/19 3:11 PM EDT
Mainstream media outlets amplified Trump’s lies from his Cabinet meeting

10/22/19 2:55 PM EDT
Mainstream media are portraying Trump’s Syria deal as a cease-fire, while Fox News praises it as a win, but experts say it’s neither

10/17/19 4:49 PM EDT
National media outlets fail to call Trump hosting G-7 at his Doral resort the blatant corruption that it is

10/17/19 4:02 PM EDT