Matt Gertz

Matt Gertz is a senior fellow at Media Matters, which he joined in 2007. His work focuses on the relationship between the right-wing media and Donald Trump’s Republican Party, news coverage of politics and elections, and media ethics. Matt's writing on the Trump-Fox feedback loop has appeared in The Daily Beast, HuffPost, NBC News' THINK, and Politico Magazine, and he has discussed his analysis on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and Comedy Central. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Columbia University. Matt is married to Washington Post Letters and Community Editor Alyssa Rosenberg.

The Latest

Ignoring own history of smearing Gore, Matthews claimed “Gore got himself in those problem areas” and repeated smears

11/20/07 9:26 PM EST
NY Times ID'd former Republican aides attacking Senate rules in op-ed only as “lawyers and former Congressional aides”

11/20/07 1:58 PM EST
NY Times, AP again reported McCain's pledge of civility and respectfulness, ignoring his prior shots at Clinton and Obama

11/19/07 5:50 PM EST
Broder's “difficult question” that “lingers ... unasked” about purported “dual presidency” was asked -- by his own paper

11/15/07 1:35 PM EST
Mercury News claimed CA ballot initiative has “bipartisan support,” cited one donor whose “main interest is GOP power”

11/14/07 1:15 PM EST
Russert misleadingly cropped Obama comment to claim he wasn't “firmly wedded against the war”

11/11/07 4:43 PM EST
On Special Report, Krauthammer asserted that Giuliani's recommendation of Kerik for DHS secretary “is, in some odd way, exonerating”

11/11/07 2:14 PM EST
MSNBC's Matthews cited wife of his high school band mate to explain “why Hillary likes to clap”

11/09/07 7:37 PM EST
Cavuto failed to challenge Willey's Morgan-Palladino “fantasy”

11/09/07 12:23 PM EST
On Hannity's radio show, Willey contradicted her book's account of whether Shearer was said to have “ironclad” alibi

11/08/07 8:10 PM EST
MSNBC's Matthews still obsessed with Clinton's “Chinese” clapping

11/07/07 7:05 PM EST
Willey rehashes Vince Foster conspiracy theories, draws parallels to her husband's death, Hsu's attempted suicide

11/06/07 8:07 PM EST

The Latest

Ignoring own history of smearing Gore, Matthews claimed “Gore got himself in those problem areas” and repeated smears

NY Times ID'd former Republican aides attacking Senate rules in op-ed only as “lawyers and former Congressional aides”

NY Times, AP again reported McCain's pledge of civility and respectfulness, ignoring his prior shots at Clinton and Obama

Broder's “difficult question” that “lingers ... unasked” about purported “dual presidency” was asked -- by his own paper

Mercury News claimed CA ballot initiative has “bipartisan support,” cited one donor whose “main interest is GOP power”

Russert misleadingly cropped Obama comment to claim he wasn't “firmly wedded against the war”

On Special Report, Krauthammer asserted that Giuliani's recommendation of Kerik for DHS secretary “is, in some odd way, exonerating”

MSNBC's Matthews cited wife of his high school band mate to explain “why Hillary likes to clap”

Cavuto failed to challenge Willey's Morgan-Palladino “fantasy”

On Hannity's radio show, Willey contradicted her book's account of whether Shearer was said to have “ironclad” alibi

MSNBC's Matthews still obsessed with Clinton's “Chinese” clapping

Willey rehashes Vince Foster conspiracy theories, draws parallels to her husband's death, Hsu's attempted suicide