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Mainstream news coverage of the economy was inadequate in the lead up to the 2024 Election

12/20/24 12:08 PM EST
Media Matters weekly newsletter, December 20

12/20/24 10:48 AM EST
Newsmax host: “I always enjoy a government shutdown no matter the time of year, but Christmas makes it especially nice”

12/20/24 9:38 AM EST
Newsmax's Greg Kelly on a government shutdown: “Go ahead and shut it down. What's the big deal?”

12/20/24 9:16 AM EST
Fox News ahead of imminent shutdown: “Republicans are blaming this on Democrats, but when I look at the votes, Republicans could not even get a simple majority to get past this bill”

12/19/24 9:59 PM EST
Jesse Watters: “We're going to see a lot more shutdowns during the second Trump term”

12/19/24 9:13 PM EST
Fox chief political anchor Bret Baier downplays the ramifications of a government shutdown

12/19/24 8:13 PM EST
On MSNBC's Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses MAGA plans for retribution: “They didn't just write it down, they then talked about it.”

12/19/24 7:38 PM EST
White nationalist Nick Fuentes says Trump “has betrayed us” and “has no intelligence for governing”

12/19/24 2:35 PM EST
Ben Shapiro: $100 billion of disaster relief funds is “overkill”

12/19/24 2:15 PM EST
Ben Shapiro: A “government shutdown isn't the end of the world. We've done it before. It's not that big a deal.”

12/19/24 1:47 PM EST
Steve Bannon says it's “open to interpretation” whether a president can serve more than two terms

12/19/24 1:02 PM EST
Steve Bannon on a government shutdown: “I'd like just to shut it down. Go home.”

12/19/24 1:02 PM EST
Sean Hannity: “It's a misnomer that a government shutdown is the worst thing in the world”

12/18/24 9:56 PM EST
QAnon-affiliated podcast airs Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes interview on same day Trump names him to chair President's Intelligence Advisory Board

12/18/24 3:25 PM EST
Charlie Kirk on Trump: “I love being able to just be able to call the president straight up”

12/18/24 2:32 PM EST
Steve Bannon endorses cutting food stamp benefits

12/18/24 12:02 PM EST
Spanish-language conservative media downplay Trump’s mass deportation plan

12/18/24 9:58 AM EST

Mainstream news coverage of the economy was inadequate in the lead up to the 2024 Election

Media Matters weekly newsletter, December 20

Newsmax host: “I always enjoy a government shutdown no matter the time of year, but Christmas makes it especially nice”

Newsmax's Greg Kelly on a government shutdown: “Go ahead and shut it down. What's the big deal?”

Fox News ahead of imminent shutdown: “Republicans are blaming this on Democrats, but when I look at the votes, Republicans could not even get a simple majority to get past this bill”

Jesse Watters: “We're going to see a lot more shutdowns during the second Trump term”

Fox chief political anchor Bret Baier downplays the ramifications of a government shutdown

On MSNBC's Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses MAGA plans for retribution: “They didn't just write it down, they then talked about it.”

White nationalist Nick Fuentes says Trump “has betrayed us” and “has no intelligence for governing”

Ben Shapiro: $100 billion of disaster relief funds is “overkill”

Ben Shapiro: A “government shutdown isn't the end of the world. We've done it before. It's not that big a deal.”

Steve Bannon says it's “open to interpretation” whether a president can serve more than two terms

Steve Bannon on a government shutdown: “I'd like just to shut it down. Go home.”

Sean Hannity: “It's a misnomer that a government shutdown is the worst thing in the world”

QAnon-affiliated podcast airs Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes interview on same day Trump names him to chair President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Charlie Kirk on Trump: “I love being able to just be able to call the president straight up”

Steve Bannon endorses cutting food stamp benefits

Spanish-language conservative media downplay Trump’s mass deportation plan

Greg Gutfeld says Donald Trump's tariffs are “already a win. We are already getting results.”

Benny Johnson on Trump's tariffs crashing markets: “Nobody ever had their net worth carved onto their tombstone. Doesn't even matter when you're on your deathbed. Who cares?”

Benny Johnson on crashing markets: “Losing money costs you absolutely nothing”

MAGA media distort decades-old clips of Democrats to distract from Trump's tariff chaos

CNBC guest Derek Thompson forced to give a frustrated explanation to host about why crashing markets are bad