Fox News Can’t Admit Jewish Identity of Anti-Israel Protesters
In its coverage of Jewish Voice for Peace’s Trump Tower protest, Fox News obscured the Jewish identity of protesters—while echoing antisemitic conspiracy theories and racist tropes.
Jen Senko on The Brainwashing of My Dad
Jen Senko’s film and the book based on it are an effort to engage the effects of that yelling, punching down, reactionary media.
Breaking News Alerts Keep Public Posted on Trivia and Trump
Media outlets promise comprehensive news alerts about important breaking stories occurring everywhere—but that’s not what subscribers are getting.
Fox News Border Stats Distort Immigration Reality
Fox created a fear-mongering narrative that distorts the reality of what is actually occurring at the southern border.
For Cable News, a Palestinian Life Is Not the Same as an Israeli Life
Cable news coverage of victims, war crimes and context show a double standard when it comes to US allies versus official US enemies.
Boosting RFK Jr., Murdoch Pushes 2024 Rightward
Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is doing its best to keep Kennedy’s ambitions afloat–and push the political center of gravity to the right.
‘This Media Is Meant to Change People, and It Does’
“People…think that this media just attracts those who already have these beliefs…. But I know for a fact that’s not necessarily true.”
Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk
Hate-fueled and hate-fueling media have political and historical impacts—and interpersonal, familial ones as well.
Carlson Out for Now, but Will Live to Hate Another Day
The Dominion texts exposed Tucker Carlson for who he is, a pompous, rich media elitist who gives not one single damn about MAGA voters.
Fox Settlement Shows Press Freedom Isn’t Incompatible With Accountability
Fox has decided to part with the equivalent of the gross domestic product of Samoa in order to keep its dirty laundry out of the public eye.
Murdoch Uses Nashville to Stoke Anti-Trans Hate
Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is using Hale’s transgender identity to ratchet up its campaign against transgender people.
Right-Wing Media’s ‘Grooming’ Rhetoric Has Nothing to Do With Concern for Children
Right-wing media’s reckless use of the term “grooming” not only harms LGBTQ people, but also the children they claim to want to protect.
The Right Turns Anti-LGBTQ Hate Up to 11
Why is that anti-LGBTQ voices believe that they are the ones who are being silenced, when they so clearly aren’t?
Matt Gertz and Eric K Ward on White ‘Replacement’ Theory
News media missed an opportunity to interrogate the media outlets and politicians who repeatedly invoke the white replacement idea.
Fox Seeks Allies Across the Political Spectrum to Shill for Bolsonaro
Fox’s propaganda blitz preemptively sets the stage for the normalization of a possible military coup in Brazil this October.
‘The “Great Replacement” Builds on Those Long Hatreds’
“Tucker [Carlson] made it his mission to bring this white supremacist conspiracy theory into the mainstream, to sanitize it just a little bit.”
Murdoch-Owned Outlets Ignore Their Own Role in Hate Crime Surge
Murdoch–owned outlets focused on hate crime without taking responsibility for the xenophobia they’ve consistently peddled.
Reformist DAs Spark Murdoch Empire Freakout
Rupert Murdoch’s biggest outlets have spent the beginning of 2022 on a full-scale attack against progressive criminal justice reform.
Cable News’ No. 1 Host Flirts With Fascism
Tucker Carlson, as a top media personality, is steering the right into a loose global confederation of illiberal political movements.
Right-Wing Cop-Bashing Didn’t Start With Trump
The right and the Republican Party have shown hostility toward federal law enforcement agencies for decades.
