Catherine Herridge Catherine Herridge has worked at Fox News since 1996. She was one of the channel's biggest pushers of debunked myths and falsehoods about the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi, Libya. On October 31, 2019, Herridge left Fox News to join CBS News.
Trump impeachment On September 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The inquiry focused on Trump’s alleged abuse of power in trying to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his potential 2020 political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. On December 18, 2019, the House voted to impeach.
Benghazi Conspiracy Theory The Benghazi hoax was a series of false narratives about the tragic deaths of four Americans in a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. They were pushed for years by conservative media and endorsed and investigated by Republican lawmakers to harm President Barack Obama's chances of re-election, and then used to attack Democratic 2016 presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
Devin Nunes Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee when President Donald Trump took office and he went all-out to defend Trump from the committee's probe on Russia's interference in the 2016 election by cutting out Democrats from committee business, wrongly accused Obama administration officials of targeting Trump associates, and worked to discredit the FBI's investigations into Trump. He is currently the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.
Jeff Sessions Jeff Sessions was a Republican senator from Alabama for 20 years until he joined the Trump administration as its first attorney general in 2017. During his time as attorney general, he cracked down on immigrants and imposed harsher measures against people accused and convicted of crimes. He was also subjected to repeated public attacks by President Trump due to his recusal from the Trump/Russia investigation and the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, which was spurred by his lies to Congress during his confirmation hearing.
Ed Henry Prior to joining Fox News in 2011, Ed Henry was a CNN congressional and White House correspondent. He joined Fox News as a White House correspondent, but was suspended for four months in 2016. He now works as a national correspondent and co-hosts Fox & Friends on the weekends. In December 2019, Henry was named the new co-anchor of America's Newsroom. In 2020, Henry was terminated from Fox News following an investigation into “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace.”
Caitlin Ginley Caitlin Ginley joined Media Matters as an Assistant Editor in August 2012. Previously, she was a reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit investigative news outlet.
Stefanie Le Stefanie Le is the deputy research director at Media Matters, where she has worked since August 2020. She focuses on open source investigations and disinformation.
Eric Hananoki Eric Hananoki is a senior investigative reporter at Media Matters, where he has worked since November 2007. He graduated from The George Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
Olivia Little Olivia Little is senior investigative researcher at Media Matters. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law and public policy from Indiana University. Olivia previously worked as a research associate for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign.
Danil Cuffe Danil Cuffe is an OSINT researcher at Media Matters, where he has worked since October 2020. He holds a bachelor’s degree in film studies from University of California, Berkeley.
Kellie Levine Kellie Levine is an OSINT researcher at Media Matters, where she has worked since January 2021. She holds a bachelor’s degree in media studies from University of California, Berkeley. She previously worked at Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center Investigations Lab.