Crime and criminal justice | Media Matters for America

Featured

No crime but a witch hunt: Pro-Trump media’s off-the-wall reactions to Manafort's conviction and Cohen's guilty plea

08/24/18 3:35 PM EDT
Fox's David Bossie says blood of murdered police officer “is on the hands of Democrats in Congress”

01/03/19 10:43 PM EST
Bill O'Reilly Hypes Ineffective Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences To End Gun Violence

11/02/16 10:05 PM EDT

The Latest

Joy Reid: “According to an analysis by Media Matters, coverage of crime plummeted” on Fox News post-election

11/28/22 8:32 PM EST
Fox News anchor says Stacey Abrams is “basically denying protection to her own people”

11/01/22 2:02 PM EDT
Mainstream media coverage of crime pushes right-wing narratives that blame Democrats, but crime is worse in GOP-controlled areas

10/25/22 12:49 PM EDT
Listen to Media Matters' Matt Gertz explain Fox News’ hypocritical and disingenuous “crime” coverage

10/19/22 7:28 PM EDT
Right-wing media react to Biden pardoning federal marijuana offenses with fearmongering and deflection

10/07/22 4:00 PM EDT
Fox News host claims Chicago has “been destroyed”

09/23/22 6:12 PM EDT
On SiriusXM's Tell Me Everything, Media Matters’ Andrew Lawrence describes the right-wing information bubble Fox creates for its viewers

09/16/22 6:35 PM EDT
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro calls New York Mayor Eric Adams a “pussy”

09/16/22 5:44 PM EDT
Tucker Carlson told Republicans to focus on crime. They’re listening.

09/13/22 8:59 AM EDT
Fox contributor: Rep. Karen Bass will only win LA mayor's race based “on gender and skin color”

09/12/22 10:35 AM EDT
Ahead of midterms, Fox leans into fearmongering about “America's crime crisis”

08/31/22 2:01 PM EDT
Right-wing media use WSJ op-ed to peddle misinformation about criminal justice reform

08/04/22 4:52 PM EDT