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Alyssa Tirrell

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senior researcher @MMFA // opinions are my own

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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nick Fuentes: “Hypothetically, if a woman in your life was doing something like this, I would absolutely beat the fucking shit out of her”
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“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 assaulted her in a frat...
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john whitehouse @existentialfish.com · 08/10/2026
kelly's crusade seems to be going poorly even with some of her own listeners: "I had to turn her show off today, I couldn't even listen to another word of it. And that's how I feel, and I think she's going to lose viewers over this.” www.mediamatters.org/sexual-haras...
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Some Megyn Kelly callers push back on her coverage of the Cornell sexual assault case: "I did stop listening to Megyn"
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Right-wing media figures are jumping at the chance to attack the woman at the center of the Cornell rape case. www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What does this week’s MAHA Summit tell us about the state of the movement?
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MAHA Summit entrenches a divide between administration-aligned advocates and popular influencers
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
MAHA followers’ vocal frustrations following the bill’s passage highlighted tensions between a key faction of Trump's base and the broader GOP prior to the midterms.
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MAHA advocates are rallying against GOP "traitors" who passed the farm bill
This week, the Senate Agriculture Committee passed the farm bill, a policy package that has repeatedly faced opposition from the “Make America Healthy Again” movement. While the farm bill was being co...
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Alyssa Tirrell @alyssatirrell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
some people are saying... new from me for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/robert-f-ken...
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Prominent podcasters and social media influencers speculate RFK Jr. will resign from HHS
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
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Courtney Hagle @chagle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We recently wrote about the media figures and influencers who have been peddling Vitamin K shot skepticism for years via @alyssatirrell.bsky.social and @vandowe.bsky.social mediamatters.org/propublica/new-reporting-links-skepticism-vitamin-k-shot-newborn-deaths-influencers-and-media
List of Alex Jones, Candace Owens, Calley Means, Harrison Smith, and Russell Brand pushing Vitamin K skepticism
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Alyssa Tirrell @alyssatirrell.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Moms Across America founder Zen Honeycutt on data center construction: “We are losing our water sources, we're losing our power. … This is one of the most important issues in front of America today.” new from me for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
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MAHA moms are taking on data centers
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Vesper Henry @newsrepertoire.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I am heartbroken to announce that I am no longer at Media Matters for America due to the hostile litigation campaign against the organization. I dedicated nearly four years to improving LGBTQ coverage in mainstream media & challenging right-wing propaganda. It wasn't easy, but I am proud of it. 🧵
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Noah VanDowe @vandowe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
New reporting links a “meaningful portion” of the 700 newborn deaths in 2024 from brain bleeds to skepticism of the vitamin K shot. Influencers have been fearmongering about it for years. From @alyssatirrell.bsky.social and me for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/propublica/n...
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New reporting links skepticism of the vitamin K shot to newborn deaths. Influencers and media figures have been fearmongering about the shot for years.
Amid a rise in broader anti-vaccine sentiment, some influencers and media figures have cast doubt on the routine vitamin K shot given to newborn infants – and new reporting from ProPublica suggests su...
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john whitehouse @existentialfish.com · 12/05/2026
we're tracking local coverage of gas/diesel/fertilizer/jetfuel shortage and we've already seen coverage on the impact on school districts www.mediamatters.org/fuel-files-r...
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A Pennsylvania NBC station reports rising fuel prices are making school buses more expensive to run
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising gas prices in the United States. See more here.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
We fought. We won. Others can too.
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Media Matters secures complete and total victory against the Federal Trade Commission
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
“They hope everybody folds because the process is the punishment, and that paves the way for them to do it to more people and exert power, especially over the media.” www.mediamatters.org/ms-now-msnbc...
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“You have to fight, not fold”: Angelo Carusone discusses Media Matters' victory against the Federal Trade Commission
Media Matters has secured a complete and total victory in its case against the Federal Trade Commission (Media Matters v. FTC). For more details, click here.
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john whitehouse @existentialfish.com · 28/04/2026
important to realize that even their audience isn't buying this stuff
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After Megyn Kelly lashed out at Jimmy Kimmel, some of her callers pushed back: "I thought it was kind of funny"
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Right-wing groups are urging the Trump administration to curb abortion access as part of its MAHA platform.
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Right-wing pundits are pressuring Trump to satisfy MAHA by restricting the abortion pill
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Courtney Hagle @chagle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Some bold takes today www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
Hed: Megyn Kelly compares pressures on Trump to start Iran war to Justin Timberlake pressuring Britney Spears to have an abortion

Sub: Kelly: “Was that Britney's decision? Yes, it was. But if Justin Timberlake hadn't pushed and pushed her, would she have done it? No, she wouldn't have. It's the same thing. There's no question Bibi pushed Trump into this.”
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Right-wing pundits have accused the administration of taking “a kitchen sink approach” that makes it “impossible … to have an informed opinion”
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Even some right-wing media suggest they don’t know the goal of Trump’s war in Iran
A number of right-wing media figures have questioned the goals of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran and suggested they found the administration’s explanations lacking. Some have called the administ...
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
With the US on the brink of war with Iran, Fox's biggest stars are more focused on the left being mean to the US men’s hockey team. Fox aired 19 minutes of coverage on the Iran war the last two nights -- and 48 minutes on their newest culture war. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/us-...
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Anti-abortion activists pushed back against Trump after he advertised IVF and failed to mention abortion in his SOTU speech.
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Trump's State of the Union drew backlash from anti-abortion figures
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John Knefel @johnknefel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
CBS Evening News just inverted CBS News' own reporting, which found very low rates of so-called criminal histories for ICE arrestees. But the Evening News distorted its own network's article, making it seem like the Trump admin was rounding up the "worst of the worst." Very cool editorial process
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CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees’ low rates of violent criminal histories
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
CBSNews.com vs CBS Evening News www.mediamatters.org/cbs-evening-...
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Noah VanDowe @vandowe.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
A federal judge just smacked down Kristi Noem's attempts to end TPS for Haitian migrants -- and in doing so, exposed the years of right-wing media smears behind the effort New from me and @alyssatirrell.bsky.social for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
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A federal judge's ruling debunks right-wing media smears about Haitian immigrants
On February 2, federal Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States. In the judgement, Reye...
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