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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Major newspapers still mostly fail to report Trump’s inflationary policies in their inflation stories

06/18/24 8:16 AM EDT
MAGA media support Trump's “deranged” plan to use tariffs to replace income tax

06/17/24 5:04 PM EDT
Right-wing media reacted to blowout May jobs report with nativism, some pushed “great replacement” conspiracy theory

06/10/24 4:37 PM EDT
House GOP takes up Fox-fueled campaign to cut IRS tax enforcement

06/07/24 11:05 AM EDT
Fox Business host pushes conspiracy theory that energy efficiency standards are intended to end private home ownership

05/30/24 12:20 PM EDT
Trump’s plans to make inflation worse are still missing from nearly all inflation news coverage in top newspapers

05/29/24 11:33 AM EDT
Fox News kept talking down the economy under Biden — then the Dow Jones closed above 40,000

05/20/24 10:24 AM EDT
Fox & Friends calls inflation report that was in line with expectations a “nasty report”

05/15/24 1:53 PM EDT
The Washington Post pushes misleading framing about Social Security

05/07/24 5:04 PM EDT
Media outlets are blaring about nonexistent “stagflation.” Economic experts say they’re wrong.

05/01/24 9:21 AM EDT
Television news fails to cover latest inflationary Trump policy plan: Devaluing the US dollar

04/30/24 4:29 PM EDT
Murdoch empire conspires to blame Biden for Trump’s trickle-down tax cuts expiring

04/29/24 5:19 PM EDT