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screenshot of fox news' "the five" shows greg gutfeld talking next to a video of joe biden at a recent speaking engagement chyron: "BIDEN STUMBLES BACK ON STAGE"

screenshot of fox news' "the five" shows katie pavlich speaking next to a screenshot of an instagram post from lizzo, captioned "my jeans are black" (a reference to sydney sweeney's ad campaign) chyron: "MY JEANS ARE BLACK: LIZZO MOCKS VIRAL SYDNEY SWEENEY AMERICAN EAGLE AD"

screenshot of fox news' "the five" shows piers morgan gesticulating and speaking chyron: "CARVILLE WARNS DEMS NOT TO DISCUSS WOKE ISSUES"

screenshot of fox news' shows emily compagno pointing at the camera next to a video of justin trudeau singing at katy perry's concert chyron: "TRUDEAU SINGS 'FIREWORK' AT KATY PERRY CONCERT"

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After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump fired its commissioner

New: After Steve Bannon called for “a MAGA Republican” to run the BLS, Trump fired its commissioner www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon... Trump took this action following a weak jobs report with major downward revisions. Economists say this move will create mistrust about economic data.

Am I wrong or is the discourse around this entirely manufactured? I keep seeing claims that "the left is melting down" and the evidence is two people on tiktok. It's like they need wokeness so bad they have to invent it

the right wing media ecosystem is so efficiently set up to take random posts from non public figures and turn them into pseudoevents. to the point where the entire social media system rn really just favors their viral propaganda machine.

“’Right-wing voices have just added their own racist, sexist, transphobic thoughts to the conversation” w/ @emmamae.bsky.social:

Screencap of Fox anchor Jesse Watters in a split screen graphic with a photo of Sydney Sweeney. The chyron reads: "Dems: This Is Eugenics On Display"

Some social media users and an MSNBC op-ed criticized the ad for demonstrating “a unbridled cultural shift toward whiteness” and for being a “eugenicist dog whistle.
Fox News went all in, assigning the backlash to “the left,” “liberals,” and “Democrats.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Fox News since Monday: 85 minutes talking about Sydney Sweeney, 3 minutes talking about Epstein Since Monday, Fox News has spent an hour and 25 minutes covering an American Eagle commercial in which Sydney Sweeney talks about her “good jeans,” devoting over 20 segments to the story. In compariso...

Since Monday, Fox News has spent an hour and 25 minutes covering an American Eagle commercial in which Sydney Sweeney talks about her “good jeans,” and just 3 minutes of coverage to developments in the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein saga.

Newsmax's Greg Kelly tells Charlie Kirk: "A lot of folks think that you're going to be leading this country some day"

What an endorsement www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/n...

Right-leaning podcasters call out the Trump administration’s 2016 election claims as a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein Following weeks of outrage from right-wing media over the Trump administration’s handling of files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently de...

Fox's coverage of Gabbard's revisionist history comes as Trump tries to redirect Americans' attentions away from his handling of the Epstein files. Some of Trump's most ardent supporters have called Gabbard’s report a “distraction” meant to make Trump supporters “stop paying attention to Epstein”:

Line chart tracking Fox News segments on Tulsi Gabbard's revisionist claims about Russia, Obama, and the 2016 election by day

Bar chart tracking Fox News segments on Tulsi Gabbard's revisionist claims about Russia, Obama, and the 2016 election by show

Fox described Gabbard's claims — which quickly fell apart under scrutiny — as a "bombshell." Their coverage peaked on July 23rd, and weekend programs hosted by Mark Levin and Maria Bartiromo devoted their entire timeslots to the unsubstantiated story. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Fox News has aired 168 segments about Tulsi Gabbard's revisionist claims regarding Russia, Obama, and the 2016 election

Fox News has aired 168 segments about Tulsi Gabbard's revisionist claims regarding Russia, Obama, and the 2016 election since July 18th.

Joe Rogan calls Donald Trump’s mass deportations “scary” and “fucking crazy”

Who could have possibly forseen this: Joe Rogan calls Trump’s mass deportations “scary” and “fucking crazy”

Time for some Fox News Mad Libs

Laura Loomer pushes baseless Islamophobic claims in the wake of NYC shooting

Laura Loomer, who has a direct line of contact with the president, pushed baseless Islamophobic claims about the recent shooting in NYC.

After the shooter's identity was released, Loomer doubled down, saying the shooting was "Islamic terrorism"

www.mediamatters.org/laura-loomer...

Laura Loomer pushes baseless Islamophobic claims in the wake of NYC shooting

Loomer falsely called the shooter “Free Palestine low IQ black jihadi” and said, "I don't feel safe with Muslims holding office in America”

Charlie Kirk: "The Jezebel spirit has just infected an entire generation of young ladies"

"The Jezebel spirit has just infected an entire generation of young ladies," says human-size Pez dispenser Charlie Kirk.

"This is one of the reasons why I talk about why Mary the mother of Jesus is so important to crush feminism."

Daily Wire host rants against "so-called gay adoption and IVF and surrogacy": "Abject moral horror"

Daily Wire host: “So-called gay adoption” is an “abject moral horror”

Right-leaning podcasters call out the Trump administration’s 2016 election claims as a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein Following weeks of outrage from right-wing media over the Trump administration’s handling of files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently de...

"Third week of damage control"

"Bullshit distractions"

"You guys fumbled so hard"

Right-leaning podcasters are calling out the Trump administration’s 2016 election claims as a “distraction” meant to make his supporters “stop paying attention to Epstein”

www.mediamatters.org/trumprussia/...

Right-leaning podcasters call out the Trump administration’s 2016 election claims as a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein Following weeks of outrage from right-wing media over the Trump administration’s handling of files relating to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard recently de...

👀 Right-leaning podcasters call out the Trump administration’s 2016 election claims as a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein

Daily Wire host: "There's no question that Tulsi Gabbard has brought on this Obama scandal to appease the Trump base and hope that they stop paying attention to Epstein"

Daily Wire host: “There's no question that Tulsi Gabbard has brought on this Obama scandal to appease the Trump base and hope that they stop paying attention to Epstein”

They folded.

We're fighting. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

On The Joy Reid Show, Angelo Carusone discusses why MAGA media won't let go of the Epstein story @joyannreid.bsky.social

Watch more: www.mediamatters.org/angelo-carus...

Fox News has mentioned Obama more than Epstein every day this week.

Image from Washington Post article on Hegseth's sharing of classified information in the Signal group chat The Pentagon’s independent watchdog has received evidence that messages from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Signal account previewing a U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen were derived from a classified email labeled “SECRET/NOFORN,” people familiar with the matter said. The revelation appears to contradict long-standing claims by the Trump administration that no classified information was divulged in unclassified group chats that critics have called a significant security breach.

Fox News has spent more time this week discussing Hillary Clinton's emails than they have on a new watchdog report that Hegseth (a former Fox host) did in fact share classified info

Newsmax's Greg Kelly on Ghislaine Maxwell: "She just might be a victim. She just might be. There was a rush to judgment."

"She deserves to be out. And maybe she never deserved to be in there in the first place" www.mediamatters.org/greg-kelly/n...

Fox News has mentioned Obama over 3 times more than Epstein since Tulsi Gabbard released her report In an apparent effort to shift the focus away from sex offender Jefferey Epstein and the ongoing saga related to the Trump administration’s handling of the so-called “Epstein Files,” Fox News has retu...

The contempt Fox News has for its audience is really something. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

Meanwhile, here's the top story on Fox News' most-watched show:

Fox News has mentioned Obama over 3 times more than Epstein since Tulsi Gabbard released her report In an apparent effort to shift the focus away from sex offender Jefferey Epstein and the ongoing saga related to the Trump administration’s handling of the so-called “Epstein Files,” Fox News has retu...

Fox has mentioned Epstein far less than all other cable networks have — including its right-wing competitor Newsmax.

Full study:

New: Since Tulsi Gabbard released her report, Fox News has mentioned Obama over 3 times more than Epstein

Right-wing media use Tulsi Gabbard's flimsy memo to call for imprisoning Obama As the MAGA world continues to rail against the Trump administration over the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard issued a report suggesting former Presi...

Right-wing media efforts to implicate Obama come as Trump tries to deflect from the Epstein files: www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...