Ted MacDonald | Media Matters for America

Ted MacDonald is a researcher with the climate and energy program at Media Matters, where he has worked since June 2018.

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Fox News' misinformation and lies about Biden are dominating cable news coverage of fracking

09/03/20 11:30 AM EDT
Covering Hurricane Laura during the Republican National Convention, broadcast news failed to connect storm to Trump's policies and climate crisis

08/27/20 7:18 PM EDT
As climate change took the stage at the Democratic National Convention, right-wing media pushed 3 lies about Biden’s climate plan

08/20/20 5:51 PM EDT
Fox has spent the last month repeatedly lying about Biden's climate plan

08/20/20 3:51 PM EDT
Corporate broadcast TV news fails to connect extreme heat to climate, COVID-19, or racial injustice

07/21/20 3:38 PM EDT
Right-wing media’s favorite climate contrarians go on Fox shows to bash Biden’s climate plan

07/17/20 4:00 PM EDT
Fox Business host Charles Payne's latest lie about clean energy jobs

07/15/20 4:50 PM EDT
Fox News melts down over Biden’s climate speech

07/15/20 3:52 PM EDT
PBS NewsHour is the first TV news program to substantively cover the dangerous Arctic heat wave

06/26/20 3:38 PM EDT
TV news' near silence on record-shattering temperatures in the Arctic is part of a disturbing trend in climate coverage

06/25/20 5:09 PM EDT
Facebook must close loophole that allows the viral spread of climate disinformation

06/25/20 5:06 PM EDT
Three years of corporate broadcast news hurricane coverage failed to mention specific risks to marginalized communities

06/01/20 10:46 AM EDT