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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Sinclair's James Rosen has recently produced multiple news reports covering for the Trump administration

07/01/20 2:35 PM EDT
A Sinclair reporter is pushing Trump's debunked lies about mail-in voting to local television news

06/30/20 11:39 AM EDT
Sinclair’s Kristine Frazao ignores Trump’s sabotage of immigration reform

06/25/20 2:16 PM EDT
Most Arizona TV news reports on the lead-up to Trump's visit failed to mention the state's recent spike in coronavirus cases

06/24/20 3:28 PM EDT
Vice President Mike Pence lied about Oklahoma's coronavirus cases to defend Trump's rally. Local TV newscasts mostly ignored it.

06/18/20 2:54 PM EDT
Covering federal murder case, ABC's World News Tonight didn't inform its viewers of the suspect's ties to dangerous “boogaloo” movement

06/17/20 3:34 PM EDT
Media let themselves be duped by police unions’ story about poisoned milkshakes

06/16/20 5:43 PM EDT
Right-wing media argue Rayshard Brooks' police slaying was justified, blame him for his death

06/15/20 4:20 PM EDT
Sinclair reporters pushed debunked myths in national segments on police violence against Black Americans

06/15/20 1:08 PM EDT
Fox figures lash out at Republicans refusing to back Trump for reelection

06/08/20 3:41 PM EDT
These seven national Sinclair Broadcast news segments on the Floyd protests didn’t mention police violence against protesters

06/04/20 5:02 PM EDT
Corporate evening news’ weekend coverage largely downplayed the extent of police brutality against protesters

06/02/20 1:14 PM EDT