Gideon Taaffe | Media Matters for America

Gideon Taaffe is a researcher at Media Matters. He graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in history.

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Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Right-wing media are rushing to dismiss the idea

01/28/22 3:40 PM EST
Sean Hannity publicly defended the January 6 attacks while advising the White House on optics

01/21/22 3:30 PM EST
Tucker Carlson promoted a debunked false-flag January 6 conspiracy theory, elevating it from fringe media to Fox News prime time

01/19/22 4:19 PM EST
In 2021, right-wing media scapegoated unions for supposed school indoctrination, COVID-19 restrictions, and global supply chain shortages

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Fox News is replacing Chris Wallace with a rotating list of liars

12/17/21 10:57 AM EST
Newsmax provides a haven for media figures with histories of sexual misconduct

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11/30/21 6:02 PM EST
Right-wing media respond to Waukesha tragedy with bigoted tropes and baseless attacks on progressives and Black Lives Matter

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Right-wing media evoke McCarthyite red scare over Omarova nomination

11/22/21 11:38 AM EST
Conservatives attempt to sink Build Back Better by spreading shaky assumptions about inflation

11/16/21 11:22 AM EST
Right-wing media have spent a year trying to discredit the 2020 presidential election in promotion of the Big Lie

11/02/21 12:21 PM EDT
Conservative media falsely claim activist parents will be labeled “domestic terrorists”

10/27/21 12:04 PM EDT