Oct. 24, 2018 – Following reports that law enforcement intercepted explosive devices sent to the residences of the Obamas and the Clintons, far-right media immediately claimed the incidents were a left-wing hoax. The situation is still unfolding. Law enforcement has linked the explosive devices sent to Clinton and Soros to a bomb discovered in financier […]
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How Fox promoted convicted criminal Joe Arpaio, who may be pardoned by Trump
August 22, 2017 – Over the past two decades, Fox News and Fox Business frequently praised and hosted Joe Arpaio, the former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, elevating him to national recognition. Now Arpaio, who was recently convicted of criminal contempt of court in a racial profiling case, has said that he would accept a pardon […]
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Crime Reporters And Experts Rip Misleading Trump Immigrant Crime Office
March 2, 2017 – Crime reporters and criminologists say President Donald Trump’s new federal office devoted to crimes committed by immigrants is unnecessary and that creating such an entity is misleading since foreign-born residents actually commit fewer crimes than most native citizens. They also urged journalists covering the issue and the president’s claims that immigrant crime is a major issue to […]
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Angelo Carusone: Media Matters Statement On Trump Blacklisting Media Outlets
Feb. 24, 2017 – Media Matters President Angelo Carusone issued the following statement after the Trump White House banned members of the media from attending a briefing: Media Matters sounded the alarm about the clear and present danger Donald Trump presented to a free press. We told White House correspondents that Trump’s blacklist was only […]
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Matt Gertz: Trump Just Blacklisted Media Outlets. We Warned You This Would Happen.
Feb. 24, 2017 – Hours after President Donald Trump denounced critical journalists as “the enemy of the people” before a cheering crowd of supporters, major news outlets were blacklisted from a White House press gaggle while the administration’s sycophants were ushered in. “CNN was not permitted to attend, along with the New York Times, Politico, […]
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Matt Gertz: Trump Wants To Flood White House Press Briefings With Sycophants And Propagandists
Jan. 18, 2017 – Donald Trump has a message for the White House press corps: The press briefing room the journalists have used since the 1970s belongs to him, and if he wants to take it away, he can. On Saturday, Esquire reported that the incoming Trump administration has discussed evicting the press from the […]
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Matt Gertz: What Journalists Can Do When The President Is A Liar
Jan. 3, 2017 – When Donald Trump is inaugurated later this month, the presidency will officially be held by an inveterate liar. And the way the press has covered Trump in the two months since his November election victory suggests that many journalists need to adjust their approach to address that reality before Trump takes […]
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The Media Outlets Poised To Become Trump’s Personal Propaganda Machine
Jan. 3, 2017 – After the 2016 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump is coalescing a network of supportive right-wing media outlets, including an online publication owned by his son-in-law, a supermarket tabloid, and a new 24-hour news outlet that has been described as “Trump TV.” Since the primaries, these right-wing media outlets have helped push Trump’s […]
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Scientific American Takes A Stand Against Trump’s “Lack Of Respect For Science”
Aug. 18, 2016 – In a rare move, Scientific American’s editorial board has taken a stand against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s “antiscience” views, including his denial of man-made climate change and pledge to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump “has repeatedly and resoundingly demonstrated a disregard, if not outright contempt, for science,” wrote the […]