Zachary Pleat | Media Matters for America

Zachary Pleat is a senior researcher at Media Matters, where he has worked since January 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of South Florida.

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A Sinclair interview of Trump's new COVID-19 adviser was full of misinformation

09/15/20 12:41 PM EDT
Sinclair program suggests vigilantes are “needed" in a segment promoted with warnings of a “race war"

09/14/20 1:13 PM EDT
Sinclair correspondent omits key details to suggest “both sides” are politicizing a coronavirus vaccine

09/11/20 4:13 PM EDT
Most major Baltimore TV stations failed to cover Trump's recent attacks on the 2020 Census

09/11/20 10:16 AM EDT
Sinclair's America This Week pushes more dangerous claims about COVID-19

09/08/20 1:20 PM EDT
Major Portland broadcast news outlets largely didn't mention Patriot Prayer's violence, extremism in reports on recent shooting

09/03/20 1:08 PM EDT
Sinclair stations' social media posts are misleading people on the CDC's updated COVID-19 data

09/03/20 12:51 PM EDT
Five Sinclair reports on the Kenosha protests didn’t mention the right-wing gunman who killed two protesters

08/31/20 1:21 PM EDT
Right-wing media lash out as professional athletes strike for racial justice

08/27/20 10:15 PM EDT
After anti-Muslim bigot Laura Loomer won a GOP primary in Florida, the district's Sinclair station failed to mention her bigotry in coverage of her win

08/20/20 5:22 PM EDT
At least six Sinclair national segments didn't mention Trump's sabotage of the Postal Service when covering his false attacks on mail-in voting

08/06/20 11:20 AM EDT
TV news outlets in Rep. Gohmert’s district mostly failed to cover his dangerous misinformation about face mask use

07/31/20 3:14 PM EDT