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's Smith suggests viewers better off Googling “reconciliation” than following his network's coverage of it

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 08/25/09 4:14 PM EDT

From the August 25 edition of Fox News' Studio B with Shepard Smith:

Video file

Previously:

Fox News' Colby still spinning potential Democrats-only health reform bill as “nuclear option”

Fox's Van Susteren claims Dems might use “nuclear option, which is slang for ... reconciliation”

Fox adds to its “nuclear option” rhetoric about health care reform with mushroom cloud image on Fox Nation

Okay, we'll bite: Who is the “they” Cavuto says is “calling” reconciliation “the nuclear option”?

Fox News continues to falsely claim Dems considering “changing the rules” to pass health care reform

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

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

The Latest

  1. Right-wing media use a controversial geoengineering program to undermine tried and true climate solutions

    Research/Study 05/16/25 2:43 PM EDT

  2. Charlie Kirk says “I think we gotta keep SALT out of the way” of the budget bill

    Video & Audio 05/16/25 2:42 PM EDT

  3. Charlie Kirk: “I was just texting with the White House staff today. ... I want to get my marching orders, and they were really quick to respond.”

    Video & Audio 05/16/25 2:25 PM EDT

  4. Steve Bannon pushes for habeas corpus showdown at the Supreme Court by the end of June

    Article 05/16/25 2:21 PM EDT

  5. Media Matters weekly newsletter, May 16

    Narrative/Timeline 05/16/25 10:45 AM EDT

Pagination

  • Previous page ‹‹
  • …
  • Current page 283
  • …
  • Next page ››

In This Article

  • Fox News

    Fox-News-MMFA-Tag.png

Related

  1. Greg Gutfeld says women can be turned into revolutionaries because they “can have their compassion and their emotions hijacked”

    Video & Audio 02/03/26 5:56 PM EST

  2. Fox misleadingly claimed that a government shutdown would impede relief for winter storms, glossing over the real threat to disaster-stricken communities

    Research/Study 02/03/26 1:38 PM EST

  3. Fox won’t tell viewers that the UAE bought off Trump

    Article 02/03/26 11:00 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