Skip to main content
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate

Media Matters for America

  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives

Media Matters for America

  • Nav
  • Search
  • News & Analysis
  • Research & Studies
  • Audio & Video
  • Archives
  • Online media
  • Tariffs
  • Epstein
  • Take Action
  • Search
  • Donate
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

Fox defines “nuclear option”: “Forcing government-run insurance through the Senate with just 51 votes”

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/20/09 11:15 AM EDT

From the August 20 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:

Video file

Fox: Nuclear Option

Previously:

CNN joins Fox News in falsely comparing reconciliation process to “nuclear option”

Sammon falsely compares budget reconciliation process to threat of “nuclear option”

Morris redefines use of budget reconciliation process as “the so-called nuclear option”

Second night in a row: Hannity adopts Morris' redefinition of “nuclear option”

The Latest

  1. How Fox manufactured legitimacy for Zeldin’s destructive climate and environmental rollbacks

    Research/Study 03/13/25 4:11 PM EDT

  2. Right-wing media admit Trump’s “drug war” is really a trade war

    Research/Study 03/13/25 4:04 PM EDT

  3. Charlie Kirk: “What you see in the markets could be best described as a little bit of expulsion”

    Video & Audio 03/13/25 3:08 PM EDT

  4. Steve Bannon: “There's major law firms in Washington, D.C.” and “what we are trying to do is put you out of business and bankrupt you”

    Video & Audio 03/13/25 12:45 PM EDT

  5. Right-wing media revive manufactured Olympic controversy in push to expand trans athlete bans, label intersex women as “males”

    Article 03/13/25 12:25 PM EDT

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 411
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Fox News

    Fox-News-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. With the US on the brink of war with Iran, Fox's biggest stars are more focused on the left being mean to the US men’s hockey team

    Article 02/27/26 1:06 PM EST

  2. MAGA media provocateur Nick Shirley boosted an antisemitic video. It was only a matter of time.

    Article 02/27/26 12:58 PM EST

  3. Media Matters weekly newsletter, February 27

    Narrative/Timeline 02/27/26 11:11 AM EST

Media Matters for America

Sign Up for Email Updates
  • About
  • Contact
  • Corrections
  • Submissions
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • RSS

© 2026 Media Matters for America

RSS