mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 4hIt’s once again time for Fox News to try to scare its viewers to the polls with frantic coverage of a “caravan” of migrants.mediamatters.orgFox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 6hWhat began as a moral panic over Silicon Valley censorship has turned into a desperate campaign to douse the flames of a conservative grassroots rebellion against AI data centers.salon.comFox News tries to cool conservative anger over AIGutfeld, Watters, Ingraham and Cain are pushing back as data centers become a midterm issue 12714
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 9hRight-wing media had dismissed stories about conditions onboard the USS Lincoln as a “misrepresentation in the media,” “an information op,” and “Persian propaganda.”mediamatters.orgThe Navy disclosed 8 suicide attempts after right-wing media dismissed reporting about conditions on the USS Lincoln as "Persian propaganda"As reporting emerged in August that the servicemembers on the USS Abraham Lincoln faced poor conditions and declining mental health — evidenced by at least one servicemember overboard incident — right... 03616
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 10hMegyn Kelly: “Every other week, there's a story about how much money the Trump family's making” 473
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nick Fuentes: “When I was in high school, I watched Fox News religiously. I liked The Five. I watched O'Reilly Factor, and then my favorite was Red Eye.” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The White House press bans aren’t about ethics in journalism. They're about what Trump wants from the press: servile propaganda that parrots only what he and his allies say about his administration.mediamatters.orgTrump’s press grievances are based in their refusal to do propaganda 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fox contributor: Republicans losing Congress in the midterms points to “self-inflicted wounds by President Trump” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This week’s Media Matters newsletter: “Treason” and what they don't want you to knowmediamatters.org“Treason” and what they don't want you to knowWelcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: What they don't want you to know: The president of the United States is increasingly accusing reporters and news outlets of committing “tre... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Rob Finnerty: “How arrogant and how snobby could these people possibly be? I am sorry, but a press pass to the White House is A privilege and definitely not a right." 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As a rising group of online content creators embrace anti-Muslim hate, they've established influence within more mainstream right-wing media and the Trump administration.mediamatters.orgRight-wing content creators are peddling anti-Muslim hateA rising group of right-wing content creators — who often describe themselves as independent or investigative journalists and have established influence among right-wing media and the Trump administra... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Greg Kelly says CNN “deserve” their ban from the White House: "They have no qualifications whatsoever except arrogance, right?" 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Right-wing media are lashing out at Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's (R-FL) newest campaign ad criticizing Trump for going “too far” on immigration enforcement.mediamatters.org"RINO ALERT": Maria Salazar's new ad criticizing Trump's immigration enforcement is angering right-wing mediaRight-wing media are lashing out at Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar's (R-FL) newest campaign ad criticizing the Trump administration for going “too far” on immigration enforcement, with some calling it an “... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump has accused journalists of “treason” or being “treasonous” at least 13 times since last year.mediamatters.orgPresident Trump keeps casually accusing news outlets of treason 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026With the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns.mediamatters.orgFox is desperate to avoid blaming Trump for affordability concernsWith the midterm elections little over a month away, Fox News and Fox Business personalities continue to blame the Biden administration for voters’ affordability concerns translating to preference for... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Farmers who were promised “America First” policies say that $6 diesel — an all-time high — is “eating everyone’s bottom line” as Trump’s ongoing war with Iran stretches toward peak harvest season.mediamatters.orgLocal TV news stations across the nation tell story of US farmers struggling to adapt to high diesel prices 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today in revisionist history: Laura Ingraham is trying to rewrite her mealy-mouthed acquiescence of the Iran war into oppositionmediamatters.orgLaura Ingraham is rewriting her mealy-mouthed acquiescence of the Iran war into opposition from the beginning 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026As warnings about exponential AI development, autonomous digital agents, and apocalyptic scenarios proliferate, right-wing media remain split about whether or not AI could “kill us all.”mediamatters.orgInside the right-wing media split on AI regulationAs warnings about exponential AI development, autonomous digital agents, and apocalyptic scenarios proliferate, right-wing media remain split about whether or not AI could “kill us all.” Fox News has ... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a particularly fitting hiring move, Trump's "grab ‘em by the p***y" hot mic co-star will be joining the president's favorite network.variety.comBilly Bush to Join Fox News as ContributorBilly Bush to Join Fox News as Contributor 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Angelo Carusone on MS Now: Trump's White House press bans will “reshape the contours of the information landscape.” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Steve Bannon is melting down over Trump visiting Gracie Mansion: “I don't see how that hooks into Mamdani's a Ugandan Marxist jihadist” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Newsmax host Greg Kelly: “These are exciting times. There’s no reason to feel down. We are winning in Iran. Gas prices were higher under George W. Bush 20 freaking years ago! It is amazing what they have pulled off.” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade has repeatedly called for the U.S. to expand the Iran war into Yemen on behalf of Saudi Arabia.mediamatters.orgFox & Friends keeps pushing Trump to expand the Iran war to Yemen 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026MAHA 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.mediamatters.orgMAHA advocates are rallying against GOP "traitors" who passed the farm billThis 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... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Brian Kilmeade has repeatedly advocated for attacking the Houthis in Yemen in what would amount to a significant expansion of the simmering Iran war.mediamatters.orgFox & Friends keeps pushing Trump to expand the Iran war to Yemen 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Right-wing media figures repeatedly promised that soaring gas prices were a blip and would come tumbling down imminently, even as their constantly shifting deadlines came and went.mediamatters.orgGas and diesel prices are soaring. Right-wing media figures promised that wouldn't happen.Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, right-wing media have attempted to downplay, dismiss, and deflect from the resulting pain at the pump, including by repeatedly claiming t... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fox News contributor Karl Rove sounded the alarm about a rising tide of racism within the GOP in his Wall Street Journal column. Fox was the only major cable news network to ignore it.mediamatters.orgFox News hides contributor Karl Rove’s warning about the GOP’s “growing number of Bo Frenches” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Right-wing media knew that soaring gas prices would be trouble for the midterms — and spent months assuring their audiences that they'd come back down. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fox Business co-host on the economy: “What is the good news here? Is there a way that Americans can go to the polls and not look at gas prices?” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Right-wing media have seized on the public attention garnered by Clancy’s case to argue that women in general are unstable and shouldn't have the right to vote, hold office, or sit on a jury.mediamatters.orgRight-wing media are using the Lindsay Clancy case to spread misogynistic attacks on women’s rightsRight-wing media are using the Lindsay Clancy case to advance a misogynistic agenda arguing that women deserve fewer rights.In a highly publicized case in Massachusetts, Clancy admitted to killing her... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026After Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers refused to appear at a televised debate with his Democratic opponent, Fox News anchor Dana Perino defended the decision, accusing the moderators of being "too biased." The debate was hosted and broadcast by a Fox-owned news station.mediamatters.orgFox News anchor defends Mike Rogers skipping a debate on a Detroit station owned and operated by Fox 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal data shows that in recent months ICE has primarily targeted immigrants with no criminal record. Fox's coverage suggested the opposite.mediamatters.orgOnly 3 of 113 Fox News segments about ICE actions mentioned that the majority of immigrants being arrested have no criminal recordFox News has spent the last 3 months heavily focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, arrests, or deportations that target criminal immigrants, but in reality, a majority of immigrants be... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Federal data shows that in recent months ICE has primarily targeted immigrants with no criminal record. Fox's coverage suggested the opposite.mediamatters.orgOnly 3 of 113 Fox News segments about ICE actions mentioned that the majority of immigrants being arrested have no criminal recordFox News has spent the last 3 months heavily focused on Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, arrests, or deportations that target criminal immigrants, but in reality, a majority of immigrants be... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Right-wing media are following Trump in dismissing calls to slow down AI development as a “hoax,” comparing concerns over AI to climate change and “COVID hysteria”mediamatters.orgRight-wing media downplay AI safety concerns as a hoax by comparing them to climate change and “COVID hysteria” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fox News devoted a grand total of 1 minute of airtime to the bombshell report that a Russian oligarch had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish Bahamas wedding.mediamatters.orgFox News all but ignores report that a Russian oligarch bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Every major nightly news show covered the breaking story about a Russian oligarch bankrolling Donald Trump Jr's wedding celebration — except CBS. 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Jesse Watters repeatedly portrayed the supposed Reflecting Pool "vandals" as America-hating leftists bent on destroying the country. Now, he's dropped the story completely rather than admit to his Fox audience that those claims were debunked.mediamatters.orgUntroubled Watters: Fox host still hasn’t told the truth about Reflecting Pool “vandals” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Some on Fox have praised the administration for keeping gas prices from climbing “a lot higher” or downplayed oil shocks by arguing that they are not as “crazy” as they could have been.mediamatters.orgFox argues that high oil and gas prices “could have been a lot higher” — though not everyone at the network agrees it’s a winning message 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026John Solomon just a day before diGenova resigned: “Joe diGenova, the FBI, Kash Patel, Todd Blanche are getting their horses together now. For the first time, there is a buzzing accountability machine.”mediamatters.orgJohn Solomon hyped Trump prosecutor Joe diGenova's work just days before diGenova resignedA day prior to Joe diGenova’s abrupt resignation from his position running Trump's “Grand Conspiracy” probe, diGenova ally and “special government employee” John Solomon — whose task force just declas... 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Just one week after refusing to distance himself from Tucker Carlson, JD Vance used his keynote address at the GOP’s midterm convention to echo one of Carlson’s most infamous statements.mediamatters.orgJD Vance echoed one of Tucker Carlson’s most notorious comments at the GOP midterm convention 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 11/09/2026While some call it “bold,” others in right-wing media are saying that Trump's $5,000 midterm idea is “flagrant bribery” that “would simply be inflationary”mediamatters.orgRight-wing media can't decide if Trump's $5,000 midterm promise is "bold" or "flagrant bribery"Right-wing figures are divided on President Donald Trump’s claim during his September 9 speech at the GOP midterm convention that the government will send $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans... 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Wayne Allyn Root is advising Trump on a plot to subvert the upcoming midterm elections with outlandish legal reasoning and expansive theories of presidential authority.mediamatters.orgWho is Wayne Allyn Root, the right-wing pundit pushing Trump to undermine the midterms?Wayne Allyn Root, a right-wing media figure in President Donald Trump's orbit who has spent years spreading conspiracy theories, is trying to advance a plot to subvert the upcoming midterm elections b... 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fox News has decided to give its 10 p.m. timeslot during the GOP's midterm convention to the network figure closest to Trump: Sean Hannity.mediamatters.orgFox News is treating the GOP's midterm convention as a very special episode of Hannity 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Newsmax host on the midterms: “Republicans do not have a great story to tell right now. I’m sorry to tell you that, but it’s true.” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We reviewed Fox News' coverage from five of its evening "opinion" shows. The network’s Iran coverage collapsed over the summer, while references to socialism, the WNBA, and Fauci skyrocketed. 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Fox Business contributor: “People don’t give [Trump] enough credit for how he’s kept gasoline prices under control” www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela... 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Since the beginning of Trump’s war with Iran, Fox News has claimed that soaring gas prices were temporary — repeating that claim almost 200 times since March, as prices remain elevated.mediamatters.orgFox News has claimed that high gas prices would be temporary at least 188 times since the beginning of Trump's conflict with Iran 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Days after Zohran Mamdani established September 11 as a citywide "Day of Remembrance and Service," Rudy Giuliani went on an Islamophobic tirade and pushed to ban him from events.the-independent.comGiuliani says he’s ‘offended’ by Mamdani attending 9/11 memorials in New York CityGiuliani, who became known as ‘America’s mayor’ after the 2001 attacks, unleashed anti-Islam rhetoric on a right-wing network as he joins push to bar city’s first Muslim mayor from events 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ben Shapiro attacks JD Vance's closeness with Tucker Carlson: “That is going to come along with a political and yes, a moral cost” 000
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Greg Kelly speculates that Maria Bartiromo may have been let go from Fox over a “rivalry” between Trump and Rupert Murdoch: “Maybe Rupert deep down thinks he should be the president. 200
mmfa.bsky.social @mmfa.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even among Fox's roster of Trump friends, former employees and family members, Maria Bartiromo stood out for her zealotry and close ties to the president. She seemed untouchable — until last Thursday.mediamatters.orgMaria Bartiromo is out at Fox. What took so long? 000