Zachary Pleat @zpleat 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. The Latest As the August jobs report showed a weakening economy, Fox cast doubt on the data before it was even released Article 09/05/25 11:48 AM EDT MAGA media help federal housing chief weaponize his agency against Trump’s political opponents Research/Study 09/03/25 1:55 PM EDT Just after Fox pushed Trump’s lie that foreign countries pay for tariffs, a host acknowledged that Americans are paying higher prices Article 08/21/25 5:10 PM EDT Right-wing media said we needed Trump’s tariffs to compete with China — but they’re helping China and hurting US manufacturing Research/Study 08/20/25 10:21 AM EDT Trump’s BLS commissioner nominee EJ Antoni calls Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” Research/Study 08/12/25 5:21 PM EDT Fox asks, “Where’s the tariff inflation?” It’s in the coffee Americans are drinking. Article 08/12/25 11:12 AM EDT After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump fired its commissioner Article 08/01/25 4:20 PM EDT MAGA media praise Trump’s tariffs and trade deal with Japan that hurt the US auto industry Article 07/25/25 2:26 PM EDT Fox ignores insurance premium spikes after GOP kills ACA tax credits Article 07/21/25 4:39 PM EDT Newspapers are — correctly — flagging the inflationary effect of Trump's tariff policies Research/Study 07/18/25 1:18 PM EDT Fox scrambles as Trump tariffs start to show up in prices and inflation accelerates Article 07/15/25 2:19 PM EDT Following Trump's tirade against the Fed president, Fox Business pushes Fed for more interest rate cuts Article 07/03/25 11:28 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 ›
As the August jobs report showed a weakening economy, Fox cast doubt on the data before it was even released Article 09/05/25 11:48 AM EDT
MAGA media help federal housing chief weaponize his agency against Trump’s political opponents Research/Study 09/03/25 1:55 PM EDT
Just after Fox pushed Trump’s lie that foreign countries pay for tariffs, a host acknowledged that Americans are paying higher prices Article 08/21/25 5:10 PM EDT
Right-wing media said we needed Trump’s tariffs to compete with China — but they’re helping China and hurting US manufacturing Research/Study 08/20/25 10:21 AM EDT
Trump’s BLS commissioner nominee EJ Antoni calls Social Security a “Ponzi scheme” Research/Study 08/12/25 5:21 PM EDT
Fox asks, “Where’s the tariff inflation?” It’s in the coffee Americans are drinking. Article 08/12/25 11:12 AM EDT
After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump fired its commissioner Article 08/01/25 4:20 PM EDT
MAGA media praise Trump’s tariffs and trade deal with Japan that hurt the US auto industry Article 07/25/25 2:26 PM EDT
Newspapers are — correctly — flagging the inflationary effect of Trump's tariff policies Research/Study 07/18/25 1:18 PM EDT
Fox scrambles as Trump tariffs start to show up in prices and inflation accelerates Article 07/15/25 2:19 PM EDT
Following Trump's tirade against the Fed president, Fox Business pushes Fed for more interest rate cuts Article 07/03/25 11:28 AM EDT
