Zachary Pleat: Fox Anchor Bret Baier Botches Benghazi Timeline
Fox News anchor Bret Baier misrepresented the testimony of a witness for the Republican-led hearing investigating the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya. While the witness reportedly...
View ArticleWall Street Journal ‘s Idiocracy: CO2 Is What Plants Crave
The Wall Street Journal once again published an op-ed disputing climate science by authors with no peer-reviewed papers on the topic and ties to groups funded by the oil industry.
View ArticleSunday Shows Rehash Debunked Benghazi Myths
Broadcast and cable Sunday political talk shows featured previously debunked myths about the September 11, 2012 attacks on diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Were Benghazi Talking Points Edited...
View ArticleCarlos Maza: Breitbart.com Promotes Right-Wing Claim That Hitler Was Secretly...
Breitbart.com is promoting the theory that Hitler was secretly gay, playing into one of the most extreme and damaging anti-gay smears in right-wing politics: that gay men were responsible for the...
View ArticleREPORT: Diversity On Evening Cable News In 13 Charts
A review of guests on 13 evening cable news shows on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC during the month of April 2013 reveals that these networks overwhelmingly host male and white guests. Evening Cable News...
View ArticleRemington Shepard: The Wall Street Journal Ignores Troop Deployment To...
A Wall Street Journal editorial asked questions that have already been answered regarding military deployments in response to the Benghazi attack when it rehashed false claims that U.S. military...
View ArticleREPORT: How Network And Cable News Covered Economic Issues In 7 Charts
Evening news coverage throughout April touched upon several economic issues, including income inequality, deficit reduction, and entitlement cuts. A Media Matters analysis of this coverage reveals...
View ArticleGosnell Conviction Revives False Abortion Analogies
Since Kermit Gosnell's conviction of the murder of three infants, right-wing media have dismissed existing laws and the context of Gosnell's case as part of their ongoing campaign to connect his...
View ArticleMajor Newspapers Whitewash Obama’s "Act Of Terror" Assertion
The New York Times , The Washington Post , and The Wall Street Journal provided incomplete reporting of GOP criticism that President Obama downplayed the role of terrorism in the attacks on a U.S....
View ArticleEmily Arrowood: Fox Distorts Obama’s Response To IRS Report In Order To...
Fox News ignored President Obama's explicit demand for accountability in the wake of news that the Internal Revenue Service applied extra scrutiny to conservative groups. The network's omission gave...
View ArticleAri Rabin-Havt: Stephen Hayes’ Benghazi Reporting Marks A Return To...
It was just ten days ago that Stephen Hayes of The Weekly Standard reported "fresh evidence emerged that senior Obama administration officials knowingly misled the country about what had happened in...
View ArticleMatt Gertz: Dissecting Bob Woodward’s Comparison Of Benghazi To Watergate
The Washington Post 's Bob Woodward, based on a series of dubious factual errors, is now offering a flawed comparison between the Watergate scandal and the Obama administration's response to the...
View ArticleSolange Uwimana: Fox News Contributors Sign Letter Urging Immigration Reform...
At least six Fox News contributors have reportedly signed on to an open letter opposing the comprehensive immigration reform legislation currently being debated in the Senate. Fox News, which has...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: The Enduring Legend Of The Bureaucrat Whisperer
The Wall Street Journal opinion page is turning into the go-to source for documenting President Obama's supernatural influence over the thoughts and actions of IRS employees. Reagan DOJ veterans David...
View ArticleBrian Powell: Fox News Push Polls Benghazi
A recent Fox News poll of registered voters, which purports to illustrate that a majority of voters agree with the network's dark narrative on the Obama administration's response to the 2012 Benghazi...
View ArticleJustin Berrier: WSJ’s Moore Hypes Gov. Scott’s Misleading Job Math
The Wall Street Journal's Stephen Moore cited figures that independent analysts have called misleading to hype Florida Gov. Rick Scott's claims about his administration's job creation record
View ArticleLara Schwartz: John Fund Calls IRS Scrutiny Of Conservative Groups "Real...
Fox News contributor and National Review columnist John Fund fabricated a link between voter suppression and IRS employees inappropriately singling out tea party and conservative groups' applications...
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Fred Barnes Is Always Wrong
Fred Barnes sees an Obama presidency in trouble. That's probably good news for President Obama
View ArticleSimon Maloy: Naturalized Citizens Can’t Be Trusted, Writes Naturalized Citizen
Immigration reform is inching closer to reality, and conservatives standing in (thus far) fruitless opposition are careening ever further from it.
View ArticleBrian Thorn: O’Reilly Mainstreams Leader Of Violent British Anti-Muslim Hate...
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly provided a platform for Tommy Robinson, head of the English Defence League, a violent, extremist anti-Muslim hate group in Great Britain. O'Reilly hosted Robinson on The...
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