“Excellent, excellent pick”: Here are the right-wing media figures who praised the now-ousted White House press secretary Katie Zacharia
President Donald Trump has fired Katie Zacharia from her position as White House press secretary after a five-day tenure that included a press briefing widely seen as disastrous…
The Charlie Kirk Show co-host Blake Neff says that the MAHA movement should consider that it is not "on that list of core promises that Trump made central to his plan"
The under-the-radar Spanish-language right-wing media backlash
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Polls show that Hispanic voters are poised to be a key swing voter demographic in the midterms. Spanish-language…
Fox News is peddling election "fear porn" about Democrats to rescue Republicans
On Fox & Friends, Kid Rock compares Abdul El-Sayed to the Fort Hood shooter and the 9/11 hijackers
When a Fox News anchor called Katie Zacharia a “licensed attorney” (she isn’t)
Here's the MAGA host taking credit for Katie Zacharia’s appointment to press secretary
Nick Fuentes: “Ted Cruz acknowledged that the GOP has a groyper problem. … This is the sitting U.S. senator from the state of Texas using the phrase groyperism. You know how big of a victory that is in and of itself?”
Fox News buries new consumer price report showing inflation surging under Trump
Fox News’ website buried the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September consumer price index report released this morning, which showed that the CPI measurement of inflation “increased…
MAGA media figures demanded and even teased immigration action against Rep. Ilhan Omar — and then DHS raided her home
Right-wing media figures have long spread conspiracy theories against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). During the second Trump administration, this has manifested in calls to deport Omar,…
How Fox News stars are covering the 2026 Senate midterm elections
Fox News evening hosts Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, and Sean Hannity have overwhelmingly focused their discussions of key U.S. Senate races on attacking Democratic and…
Nick Fuentes: “The Trump administration is a criminal enterprise. ... The insider trading, the insider dealing, the quid pro quo, the unregistered foreign agents, it's unbelievable."
Megyn Kelly caller: "I'm angry. ... My health insurance has turned into now a huge mortgage payment with a huge deductible."
Fox News: Where Ken Paxton partying with fugitives is much less interesting than James Talarico getting the flu
Megyn Kelly on Kimberly Guilfoyle's exit: Trump "did not appreciate her trying to make money off of the Trump presidency. Only he gets to do that."
"What a whore would wear": Ben Shapiro asks his female producers to judge gym outfits of random women
Nick Fuentes: “Feminism must be eradicated. They cannot have the same rights. ... Shouldn't even be educated. Shouldn't have the same opportunities in the workforce.”
Fox host Brian Kilmeade: "No doubt" that Trump's money for Russian oil is "going to be used to help kill innocent Ukrainians"
Newsmax host on Fort Hood shooter's execution: "Livestream it. I don't care if my tax dollars go to advertising it and playing it during the next Super Bowl."
Even some of Megyn Kelly's callers are fed up with her
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Fox is using climate change denial to undermine bipartisan support for AI safeguards . Election denier Tina Peters…
Right-wing media and election deniers have cheered the idea of seizing ballots and election equipment
Right-wing media figures and election deniers have been encouraging the idea of confiscating ballots and voting machines ahead of the upcoming midterms, as election officials…
Fox is using climate denial to undermine bipartisan support for AI safeguards
In September, former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced his resignation from the company, issuing a stark warning that increasingly powerful AI systems could threaten…
Anti-Indian racism has been surging in right-wing media
Right-wing media’s racist attacks and ethnic slurs directed at Indians, other South Asians, and South Asian Americans have surged over the past year, in part fueled by…
New York Fed research found that if not for Trump's tariffs, goods prices would have declined. Many news outlets haven't yet covered it.
On October 6, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published an article to its Liberty Street Economics blog that included a chart showing that President Donald Trump’s tariffs…
“WE NEED MORE SLUT SHAMING:” Right-wing media react to the Cornell sexual assault case
Right-wing media are jumping at the chance to scrutinize a woman accusing seven men at Cornell University of rape. The woman, known to the public as Jane Doe, alleges seven men…
FLASHBACK: At Fox, U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle endorsed criminal investigation into Clinton “pay-for-play” claims
MAGA media’s election denial in LA mayoral race is a warning for the midterms
The Gateway Pundit's Joe Hoft: Jack Smith “should be hung, don't you think?”
As Media Matters previously reported : Jim Hoft's website, The Gateway Pundit,“is one of the worst purveyors of false information on the internet.” The website — to which Hoft's…
MAGA “prophet” Julie Green says JD Vance is "the great white wolf" who is "there to stop our president from doing the will of Almighty God"
As Media Matters has previously explained : “Prophet” Julie Green — who claims that God regularly sends her prophecies that she posts online through sites such as Rumble — is…
MS NOW explores the relationship between election denier Tina Peters and the Trump administration and her calls to “get rid of voting machines”
On MS NOW's On The Line, Angelo Carusone discusses Skydance management of CNN: "What happens when the people there want to write stories that are true and accurate, but are going to run afoul of what the president wants?"
Mark Thompson is reportedly staying on at CNN following the closing of the merger of Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery into Skydance.
Some Megyn Kelly callers push back on her coverage of the Cornell sexual assault case: "I did stop listening to Megyn"
Trump keeps demanding criminal punishment for reporting he dislikes — including about his crowd sizes
Candace Owens on Trump importing Argentinian beef: "We're waking up too fast, and they got to just get parasites in our stomach as fast as possible"
Juan O. Savin, an ally of Tina Peters, suggests “Trump had meetings in the White House” discussing plans that may include refusing to certify election results
As Media Matters previously reported : Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters, who was released from prison on June 1 after being sentenced to nearly nine years for…
Podcast Wars: “Traitor” Tucker Carlson, “evil” Candace Owens, and “pathetic” Nick Fuentes
Welcome to Media Matters’ regular debrief on the Podcast Wars. This week, many figures directed their ire toward Tucker Carlson following his contentious and controversial…
Guests on Steve Bannon’s podcast call for Commerce Secretary Lutnick to intervene in state elections
Podcast Wars: Ben Shapiro crashes out and everybody hates Tucker Carlson
Welcome to Media Matters’ regular debrief on the Podcast Wars. This week, Ben Shapiro raged at former allies ahead of the midterms while Tucker Carlson ’s feuds with a plethora of…
What is Joe Rogan saying about elections ahead of the midterms?
Heading into the midterm elections, podcaster Joe Rogan has used his podcast to peddle misinformation, baseless claims, and conspiracy theories about elections, claiming Democrats…
Discontent in Spanish-language conservative media illustrates GOP's deteriorating Hispanic coalition
Since early in his second term, President Donald Trump has been facing criticism from Spanish-language right-wing media figures over his approach to the economy, the Iran war, and…