The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

My latest piece for MSNBC.com details the right-wing media ecosystem's repeated claims that only fraud could explain a future Trump defeat — and the horrific potential consequences of spreading those conspiracy theories:

The cycle of lies that drove the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is again underway.

Five months before the 2024 election, claims that only fraud could explain a future Donald Trump defeat are already commonplace in the right-wing media ecosystem. Fox News stars and Trumpist influencers are priming their audiences to listen if Trump once again claims an election was “rigged” against him — and to come to his aid.

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The right-wing media ecosystem is laying the groundwork for another January 6

On Newsmax, Matt Schlapp: “I'm not saying George Santos is a Santos, is a saint. But what I'm saying is that he's no more guilty than 40% of the people that are over there”

Newsmax's Michael Savage: “I certainly don't have the proof, but the earmarks are there, that this Mamdani is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood”

How Fox News has justified and celebrated ICE’s violent immigration crackdown in Chicago

On MSNBC, Angelo Carusone discusses the spread of misinformation about protests in Portland

Star Fox host Laura Ingraham is now in business with the president’s son

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