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Steve Bannon on the Brazilian election: “...this is a Marxist globalist government, and if you don't think this is not going to happen here in the United States of America, you are dead wrong."

Fox & Friends' substitute co-host is married to a Trump cabinet official and it shows www.mediamatters.org/rachel-campo...

While lamenting a suspected arson at Hitler's mountain vacation home, Benny Johnson attacks Barack Obama: “...in our modern era” Obama “is the worst leader in human history — no one has caused more damage to the earth”

checking in on right-wing media this morning

In the final weeks before the midterms, Fox personalities are baselessly claiming that Democrats want to make Trump’s high gas prices permanent or even worse.

Jesse Watters on the race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed: “It's kind of silly that you have an FBI agent running against a Muslim”

In this week's edition of Podcast Wars @mmfa.bsky.social : Ben Shapiro says Tucker is into bestiality Candace Owens, Roger Stone, and Alex Jones go after "sociopath" Laura Loomer And Nick Fuentes says Megyn Kelly is "shilling for the Republican Party" www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer...

In the final weeks before the midterms, Fox personalities are baselessly claiming that Democrats want to make Trump’s high gas prices permanent or even worse.

Jesse Watters made the subtext text yesterday in discussing the Michigan race between Mike Rogers and Abdul El-Sayed: “It's kind of silly that you have an FBI agent running against a Muslim... It writes itself.” www.mediamatters.org/jesse-watter...

I have some question about the latest conspiracy theory the right is using to try to scare their voters to the polls www.mediamatters.org/laura-ingrah...

Now that prosperity through Trump has failed to materialize, Fox has changed its pitch: Forget what Republicans promised to do for you. Be terrified of what Democrats will supposedly do to you.

Newsmax host speculates that Jalen Hurts' blood clots are due to the COVID vaccine: “This just keeps happening. Seemingly healthy young athletes dying or suffering major medical emergencies since getting the mRNA COVID vaccine"

As diesel prices continue to climb, local Iowa TV stations are largely failing to connect rising diesel prices to Trump’s actions — including the war in Iran.

Right-wing media personalities praised Ramaswamy’s ad as “brilliant” and “absolutely hilarious"

After Katie Zacharia’s turbulent five-day stint as White House press secretary ended in her unceremonious firing, right-wing media figures are floating new names.

UPDATED: Fox News has devoted at least 5 hours and 18 minutes of airtime from Saturday through 9 a.m. ET Wednesday to riots in France that its propagandists claim are a harbinger for what will happen in the U.S. if Democrats triumph in the midterm elections. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fre...

New: Here are the right-wing media figures endorsing “despicable” ad from Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy

Dan Bongino praises Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad on Amy Acton: “This is the most destructive political ad I have ever seen... How do you vote for this lady?”

Here are the outlets President Trump promotes most frequently on Truth Social. www.mediamatters.org/john-solomon...

Trump’s manic social media posting provides a window into his information diet. On Truth Social, he shares links to John Solomon's Just the News more often than any other outlet.

As climbing diesel prices continue to be a top issue in the midterm elections, local Iowa broadcast TV stations are largely failing to connect rising diesel prices to President Donald Trump’s actions, including the war in Iran. www.mediamatters.org/local-news/l...

Newsmax host: "Everybody in Ohio and the country should be listening to Amy Acton's mom ... she seems like a very nice lady, actually.”

French riots are the new Hurricane Helene response which was the new "America's crime crisis" which was the new Hunter’s laptop which was the new migrant caravan which was the new Hillary's emails which was the new Ebola outbreak which was the new Benghazi. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fre...

Fox's coverage of the French riots fits with what host Jesse Watters last week described as “fear porn” that portrays Democrats as “scary and dangerous” in order to “get people to come out to vote.”

Current state of the election denial movement: trying to sow chaos at the polls and afterwards. Proposals on offer: martial law, force hand-counts, ICE/military at voting sites, seizing machines or ballots, delaying the election, and pushing to deny certification of results.

French riots are the new Hunter’s laptop which was the new migrant caravan which was the new Ebola On Monday, Fox covered the riots every hour from 5 a.m. to midnight — a total of more than 2 hours of airtime www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fre...

My latest: Fox predicted Trump’s economy would be “amazing” in 2026. His policies have driven inflation to its highest rate in years.

As the network's climate coverage greatly decreased under Weiss, CBS also aired segments discounting scientific warnings and downplaying consequences of federal climate policy.

Newsmax host calls George W. Bush “borderline treasonous” for not helping Ken Paxton in his Senate race: "George W. Bush screws around in his basement garage... painting high school quality art class paintings of his friends. That is a disgrace.”

Before Katie Zacharia was fired after a disastrous five-day tenure, right-wing media figures praised her as “a terrific pick,” and told their audiences “she would absolutely crush” the role.

In this week's edition of Podcast Wars @mmfa.bsky.social Ben Shapiro crashes out at "ambulatory psychotic" Tucker Carlson Podcaster Dan Bongino yells at "Podcastistan" for demoralizing the GOP Roger Stone on Bannon's "cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein" www.mediamatters.org/ben-shapiro/...

“You got to go out and have fear porn,” Fox News host Jesse Watters explained yesterday. “You have to say, these people are scary and dangerous, you know what we're all about." That's a fair encapsulation of Fox's programming in the leadup to the midterms. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Spanish-language right-wing media figures are sounding the alarm that Trump’s policies—particularly mass deportation—could sour Hispanic voters and affect midterm results.

Kid Rock compares Abdul El-Sayed to the Fort Hood shooter and the 9/11 hijackers: “That's why I call him a wolf in sheep's clothing”

As the midterms come up and polls show Democrats poised for a wave of victories even in deep red states, the tenor of Fox demagoguery can only be called “fear porn.”

Last year, a Fox News anchor praised Katie Zacharia as a “licensed attorney.” She isn't. Read more: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/whe...

That time a Fox News anchor called Katie Zacharia a “licensed attorney” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/whe...

Meta’s invite-only program for content creators has accounts promoting white supremacy, neo-Nazi ideologies and histories of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.

An attempted attack on a Hindu temple came amid a weeks-long right-wing frenzy over "The Indian Question"; police found a manifesto from the alleged shooter "containing statements expressing white supremacist and extremist ideologies."

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, inflation is spreading even beyond the surge in fuel prices driven by Trump’s war with Iran. But if you only get your news from Fox, you'd never know.

Fox News has given less than 2 minutes of airtime to Monday's report that Ken Paxton had partied overseas with two fugitives from U.S. justice amid their multi-day fixation on James Talarico’s temporary absence from the campaign trail due to illness. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Before the DHS raid on her home, right-wing media figures had cryptically referred to “something happening” to Rep. Ilhan Omar for months.

MAGA media figures demanded and even teased immigration action against Rep. Ilhan Omar — and then DHS raided her home www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...

Fox functions as the communications arm of the GOP, and its biggest stars typically use their programs to achieve Republican electoral victories. This year, much of their coverage has revolved around increasingly dire warnings of what will happen to their viewers if Democrats triumph.

Fox News' propagandists are overwhelmingly focused on the Michigan and Texas Senate races, to the near-exclusion of all the other battlegrounds. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/how...

The largest student uprising in France since the events of May 1968 has captured Donald Trump’s attention - and also that of his right-wing media acolytes.

"I hope they dip their bullets in bacon before they shoot him... So livestream it. I don't care if my tax dollars go to advertising it and playing it during the next Super Bowl." www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/news...

Joe Rogan is using his show to peddle misinformation about voter fraud and accuse Democrats of stealing elections — and his episodes that contain election misinformation have greater viewership than those that don't.

Fox host Charles Payne's advice for young Americans to afford the American dream: Skip parties, don't have a pet, take a staycation instead of a vacation

The mental breakdown conspiracy theory that Jesse Watters desperately wanted to be true fell apart, so his fallback position is that James Talarico is a gay wimp who was lying in bed "thinking about all those trans kids."