Alex Paterson | Media Matters for America

Alex Paterson is an associate research director at Media Matters, where he has worked since 2019. Alex holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Montana State University and has a background in LGBTQ advocacy, including previous work at the National LGBTQ Task Force and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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On social media, news outlets give more attention to Kamala Harris using an expletive than Trump’s corrupt promise to oil executives

05/21/24 9:09 AM EDT
Right-wing media and Trump misleadingly claim that the DOJ altered evidence in response to new legal filing in classified documents case

05/13/24 10:36 AM EDT
Media Matters calls on Meta to bolster and enforce its election-related content moderation policies

02/28/24 2:52 PM EST
Meta has earned over $390,000 on hundreds of ads pushing anti-immigrant “invasion” rhetoric in just over three months

02/09/24 12:18 PM EST
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Right-wing media spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day launching attacks on the civil rights icon

01/17/24 10:10 AM EST
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12/07/23 6:03 PM EST
Fox has a long history of tolerating antisemitism on its network

12/05/23 9:57 AM EST
Media Matters calls on Meta to expand and enforce its policies on manipulated media ahead of the 2024 election

10/26/23 11:36 AM EDT
The RNC is partnering with the Republican Jewish Coalition and Rumble — a virulently antisemitic platform — for the third GOP debate

10/16/23 6:05 PM EDT
Report: Hamas is intentionally taking advantage of weak content moderation on X

10/11/23 3:51 PM EDT
Meta is allowing PragerU Kids to flout its advertising policies and promote its propaganda-filled school curriculum without necessary labels

09/01/23 9:00 AM EDT