It’s the most consequential test yet of the Fox-Trump feedback loop. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
It was inevitable that one day MAGA media would be forced to cover an actual news event that does not always reflect favorably on the president. With the invasion of Iran, that day has now arrived.
Fox host on rising gas prices: “Do you think that the American people should say, OK, this is the sacrifice we have in short term?”
Amid encouragement from right-wing media, Trump is reportedly considering seizing Iran’s oil.
My latest: Trump's media allies embrace oil wars www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru... Amid encouragement from right-wing media, Trump is reportedly considering seizing Iran’s oil
Joe Rogan says “people feel betrayed” by Trump's war in Iran: “He ran on no more wars”
Some right-wing pundits who aren't crazy about the Iran war tried to paper over the MAGA schisms by saying Trump should lean into mass deportations of Muslims -- they will not be happy about this. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
No American president has ever worn a baseball cap - especially his own $55 merchandise - at a dignified transfer. Like any good propaganda outlet designed to protect a supreme leader, Fox replaced the clip with one showing Trump in a better light.
Candace Owens is crashing out and cashing in: www.mediamatters.org/candace-owen...
Jesse Watters dismisses deadly strike on Iranian girls' school: “If someone made a mistake when they hit a school, that's bad, but that's war”
"This guy should be nowhere near President Trump... This is not a force for good in The United States of America, Lindsey Graham."
New from me: Local news coverage shows that Trump's mass deportation agenda is causing economic havoc www.mediamatters.org/local-news/l... Right-wing media have supported Trump’s immigration enforcement actions that economists warned would likely weaken the economy
The White House has offered mixed messaging on if the US was pulled into war with Iran because of Israel. Media reactions further exposed the long-standing conservative divisions on the subject.
Candace Owens went completely off the rails into the realm of unapologetic conspiracy theories — and then gained millions of followers.
Ben Shapiro: “A lot of Trump's critics today are pointing out this tragic incident with an Iranian school at which a 160 girls were killed. That is indeed tragic, and it's terrible. And it's also called collateral damage in war.”
So how about it, Mr. Chairman? Why not launch a probe to find out whether Fox’s editing issue was “inadvertent,” as they claim — or, as certainly seems possible given the network’s record, “an intentional effort to mislead the American people”?
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/sho...
Daily Wire host: Pope Leo XIV's call for peace is “girly nonsense”
Simple as that! Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: “Show some guts and go through that strait and and do it”
Right-wing media figures have insisted Trump did not start a war with Iran — because the U.S. was already at war.
If only someone could have predicted this...
My latest: The US economy has lost jobs since Trump’s “Liberation Day.” Fox is still celebrating his destructive import taxes. www.mediamatters.org/tariffs-trad... The February jobs report showed that total employment has declined by 19,000 jobs compared to April 2025
Mark Levin is crashing out over opposition to Trump's war with Iran - goes after Tucker "Qatarlson," "Bloated Bannon," and "dumb blonde" Megyn Kelly
Also calls for @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to be "denaturalized and deported" for daring to question Trump
A firestorm of infighting in MAGA media over the war in Iran; Also, some pundits try to bridge the divide by pushing Trump to deport Muslim Americans.
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almost as if these people don't know what they're talking about
how it's playing out in right-wing media: "fake sermons and fake passages from the Bible” “Skin suit of Christianity” “straight up demonic" www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso... via @slawton.bsky.social
Well as long as it pads the resume: Former deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino casts US war in Iran as “invaluable experience” for warfighters
New from me: As Trump’s new Middle East war spikes gas prices, Fox guest blames Joe Biden for Americans’ affordability concerns www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
