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Watch Charles Krauthammer Mock O'Reilly's Outrage Over Lack Of Celebrity Inauguration Performers
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Sean Hannity Declares Reports That The US Has 17 Intelligence Agencies "Fake News"
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Eric Boehlert On MSNBC's All In: It's "Up To The Press" To Keep Trump From "Creat[ing] His Own Reality"
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On Salon Talks, Media Matters' President Angelo Carusone Explains How The Fake News Ecosystem Lets The "Alt-Right" Harass People
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Will Megyn Kelly Bring The Hate Group Leaders And Extremists Who Frequented Her Fox Show To NBC?
In her past role at Fox News, new NBC News hire Megyn Kelly has invited onto her show a number of extremists and hate group leaders who spread and espouse anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim, and anti-immigrant views, statements, and lies. Will she continue her practice of hosting bigotry in her upcoming daytime news and Sunday evening programs?
Research 47 min 39 sec ago
The Media Keep Failing To Publish Accurate Headlines About Trump: An Updated List
Before and since the election, media outlets have repeatedly failed to write headlines that adequately contextualize President-elect Donald Trump’s lies. Simply echoing his statements normalizes his behavior and can spread disinformation, particularly given the high proportion of people who read only headlines. Below is an ongoing list documenting the media’s failure to contextualize Trump’s actions in headlines and sometimes on social media. Some of the initial versions were subsequently altered (and these are marked with an asterisk), but many of the updates still failed to adequately contextualize Trump’s remarks.
Research 2 hours 31 min ago
Fox News Retools Misleading Jobs Report Spin One Last Time
Blog 2 hours 42 min ago
It’s Time To Banish “Trump Says” Headlines; They Don’t Work
Blog 5 hours 30 min ago
Hannity Defends WikiLeaks After Intelligence Community Confirms Russia Hacked US During Elections
Video January 5, 2017 11:20 PM EST
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta Highlights How Obamacare Benefited Trump Voters And The Dangers Of Repeal
Video January 5, 2017 9:08 PM EST
Conservatives Baselessly Blame Attack On Black Lives Matter Movement With “#BLMKidnapping” Hashtag
Blog January 5, 2017 3:23 PM EST
Trump Adviser Roger Stone: CIA Director John Brennan Is A "Saudi Mole"
Blog January 5, 2017 3:10 PM EST
Media Matters' Kristian Ramos Outlines How "The Mainstream Media Legitimized" Anti-Immigrant Nativist Groups With White Nationalist Ties
Video January 5, 2017 2:26 PM EST
Fox Gives Jesse Watters A Weekly Show
Fox News has announced that news correspondent Jesse Watters' monthly special Watters' World will now be a weekly show on the network. Watters has a track record of producing segments where he shames homeless Americans and mocks members of the LGBT community. During his segment and while guest-hosting shows on Fox, Watters has also repeatedly made disparaging comments about immigrants, women, Asian-Americans and African-Americans.
Research January 5, 2017 2:21 PM EST
Fox News' New Prime-Time Host Tucker Carlson Is Beloved By Neo-Nazis And Misogynists
Blog January 5, 2017 12:58 PM EST
How To Overwhelm The Media
Blog January 5, 2017 11:55 AM EST
Wash. Post Details How WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Went From Anti-American Villain To Conservative Media Hero
Blog January 4, 2017 10:37 PM EST
Trump Administration Echoes Right-Wing Media Claims That Intelligence Agencies Are Politicized
The Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump plans to “restructure and pare back” the Office of the Director of National Intelligence due to his belief it has become “bloated and politicized.” Trump’s belief that the DNI has become politicized echoes right-wing media conspiracies attempting to delegitimize intelligence reports that found Russian government directed compromises of emails during the 2016 election cycle.
Research January 4, 2017 10:23 PM EST
O'Reilly Calls Homeless People Criminals "Urinating And Defecating In The Streets" Who Commit Crimes For Drugs
Video January 4, 2017 8:41 PM EST
Former Bush Advisor On CNN: "Citing Julian Assange Is Just Offensive I Think To The Intelligence Community"
Video January 4, 2017 8:35 PM EST
Trump Ally Alex Jones On Obama: "He Ain't Black, In My Opinion, He's Like This Globalist, CIA Baby"
Video January 4, 2017 5:18 PM EST
NY Times And Wash. Post Reporters: Trump’s Press Conference Is Timed To Manipulate The Media
Video January 4, 2017 4:53 PM EST
NBC Is Building A Trump Normalization Machine
Blog January 4, 2017 3:28 PM EST
New Host For “Unofficial Version Of Trump TV” Encouraged Date Rape And Punching Transgender People
Blog January 4, 2017 3:18 PM EST
How Donald Trump Could Make Rupert Murdoch Even More Powerful
Blog January 4, 2017 2:41 PM EST
Headlines Tout Trump’s False Claim That Intel Briefing “Was Delayed,” Omitting Intelligence Community’s Pushback
Multiple outlets pushed President-elect Donald Trump’s false claim on Tuesday, January 3, that an intelligence briefing had been “delayed until Friday” because officials “needed” extra time “to build a case” regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 election. While some outlets noted in their headlines that intelligence officials have said that there was never a briefing scheduled for January 3, many others simply framed their headlines around Trump’s false claim that the briefing had been “delayed.”
Research January 4, 2017 1:05 PM EST
Coalition To Stop Gun Violence's Josh Horwitz Explains How States With Weak Gun Laws Are Pouring Firearms Into Chicago
Video January 4, 2017 11:03 AM EST
10 Facts Reporters Should Include In Stories About Efforts To Repeal Obamacare

Blog January 4, 2017 9:34 AM EST
Watch Charles Krauthammer Mock O'Reilly's Outrage Over Lack Of Celebrity Inauguration Performers
Video January 3, 2017 8:48 PM EST
Fox News Insiders Agree: Megyn Kelly’s Replacement Will Be A Pro-Trump Woman
Blog January 3, 2017 8:00 PM EST
Sean Hannity Declares Reports That The US Has 17 Intelligence Agencies "Fake News"
Video January 3, 2017 6:46 PM EST
Lindy West Leaves Twitter: “Get Back To Me When Your Website Isn’t A Roiling Rat-King Of Nazis”
Blog January 3, 2017 5:51 PM EST
VIDEO: WSJ’s New Op-Ed Boss, James Taranto, Has A Problem With Women
Blog January 3, 2017 2:56 PM EST
Megyn Kelly, New Face Of NBC News, Spent Election Withholding News From The Public
Blog January 3, 2017 2:07 PM EST
President-Elect Trump Is Historically Unpopular; His Press Coverage Should Reflect That

Blog January 3, 2017 1:27 PM EST
First Amendment Watch: December 2016
During his 2016 campaign for president, Donald Trump launched an unprecedented war on the press. Since his election, Media Matters has tracked his and his team’s continuing attacks on the media and their abandonment of presidential norms regarding press access, which poses a dangerous threat to our First Amendment freedoms. Following is a list of attacks President-elect Donald Trump made against the media -- and instances in which he demonstrated disregard for the press -- during the month of December 2016.
Research January 3, 2017 12:24 PM EST
NRATV Compares Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg To Nazi Germany's Secret Police
Blog January 3, 2017 11:57 AM EST
What Journalists Can Do When The President Is A Liar
Blog January 3, 2017 11:03 AM EST
The Media Outlets Poised To Become Trump’s Personal Propaganda Machine
After the 2016 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump is coalescing a network of supportive right-wing media outlets, including an online publication owned by his son-in-law, a supermarket tabloid, and a new 24-hour news outlet that has been described as “Trump TV.” Since the primaries, these right-wing media outlets have helped push Trump's agenda and have attacked his political opponents.
Research January 2, 2017 8:31 AM EST
Flint, Standing Rock Prove The Impact Of Environmental Issues On Communities Of Color
Blog January 2, 2017 8:30 AM EST
Reporters: Make “What Is Trump’s Replacement Plan” Your First Health Care Question Because It Wasn’t Asked During The Election
Blog January 2, 2017 8:30 AM EST
Here Are The Most Racially Bigoted Right-Wing Media Segments Of 2016
In 2016, right-wing media’s use of racially charged and bigoted statements hit new lows, featuring widely condemned segments reliant on racial caricatures, bigoted attempts to blame progressives for the actions of white nationalists, and slurs directed against other media figures. Here are the most bigoted stories and statements from right-wing media figures over the last year:
Research December 31, 2016 11:07 AM EST
New Year's Resolution For Cable News: Invite Muslims To Talk About Life In Trump's America
Blog December 31, 2016 11:06 AM EST
Of Course People Are Turning To Women's Magazines For Quality Political Coverage
Blog December 30, 2016 8:57 AM EST
12 Times Media Figures Fought Bigotry And Misinformation In 2016
2016 was a red letter year for xenophobia and misinformation. From smears about Muslims to hostility over LGBT rights, media have had to push back against a torrent of lies and distortion. Here are 12 times the media rebuffed right-wing lies and deceit.
Research December 30, 2016 8:54 AM EST
Post-Mortem: How 2016 Broke Political Journalism
Blog December 29, 2016 9:07 AM EST
Media Are Watching The Trump Transition From The Sidelines
Blog December 29, 2016 9:06 AM EST
8 Times Media Debunked Trump’s Outrageous Statements On The Economy In 2016
President-elect Donald Trump spread numerous falsehoods, myths, and outright lies about the state of the American economy in 2016. As the year comes to a close, Media Matters offers eight examples of journalists and media outlets debunking Trump’s outrageously misleading statements.
Research December 29, 2016 9:05 AM EST
NYT’s Amy Chozick: Give Trump “Credit” For His “Refreshing” Use Of Twitter
Blog December 28, 2016 5:54 PM EST
Eric Boehlert On MSNBC's All In: It's "Up To The Press" To Keep Trump From "Creat[ing] His Own Reality"
Video December 28, 2016 2:27 PM EST
On Salon Talks, Media Matters' President Angelo Carusone Explains How The Fake News Ecosystem Lets The "Alt-Right" Harass People
Video December 28, 2016 1:55 PM EST
The 15 Most Ridiculous Things That Media Figures Said About Environmental Issues In 2016
Blog December 28, 2016 9:21 AM EST
How The Media Elevated Anti-Immigrant Nativist Groups
Throughout 2016, media outlets were complicit in mainstreaming the “nativist lobby,” made up of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and NumbersUSA, groups with ties to white supremacists whose mission is to drastically limit both legal and illegal immigration. Even though these groups have a record of producing shoddy research and pushing misinformation about immigrants, their agenda has now inspired many of President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Many mainstream media outlets contributed to the normalization of these nativist groups by repeatedly referencing them under the pretense of balance while failing to acknowledge their insidious anti-immigrant agenda or provide context about their nativist origins.
Research December 28, 2016 9:21 AM EST
Misinformer Of The Year: The Ecosystem Of Fake News And The "Alt-Right"
Blog December 27, 2016 8:00 AM EST