Fox News guest Christian Whiton: "The Pentagon botched Project Freedom. How that was botched is still unclear to me."
Published: May 8, 2026 20:27
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Peoria, Illinois, reporter talks to people about the impact of high gas prices: "There's only so far you can walk"
Published: May 8, 2026 19:58
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising gas prices in the United States. See more here.
Podcaster whose group was connected to a January 6 “Stop the Steal” rally suggests she was involved in creating the SAVE Act
Published: May 8, 2026 17:58
Tea Party Patriots founder and podcaster Jenny Beth Martin — whose group was listed as a “coalition partner” of a rally in Washington, D.C. ahead of the January 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol — suggested during a rally later aired on her podcast that…
Laura Loomer on American-born DC Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui: "Denaturalize him, denaturalize his family members, and send him back to the sharia shithole"
Published: May 8, 2026 17:02
Fox News figures continue to push Trump to bomb Iran amid ceasefire negotiations
Published: May 8, 2026 16:59
On Fox Business, Stephen Moore argues "we need a lot more legal immigration if we're going to make this economy grow"
Published: May 8, 2026 15:57
Reuters undercuts the inflated Iran nuclear threat Fox used to justify higher gas prices, casualties, and escalation
Published: May 8, 2026 15:46
Fox News and Fox Business personalities and guests have repeatedly used the threat of Iran’s nuclear program as a central rationale for President Donald Trump's war of aggression against Iran, arguing that Americans should accept higher gas prices,…
Media Matters weekly newsletter, May 8
https://www.mediamatters.org/media-matters-weekly-newsletter/media-matters-weekly-newsletter-may-8
Published: May 8, 2026 14:58
Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: While local media cover the impacts of rising gas prices (like on meal deliveries for seniors or for Mother's Day bouquets), Fox personalities minimize Americans’ pain at the pump. The Iran…
Florists tell local news outlets how rising prices are impacting Mother’s Day bouquets
Published: May 8, 2026 12:36
Across the country, florists are telling local news stations that rising fuel costs due to the Iran war are impacting their businesses and may drive up the price of Mother’s Day bouquets this year. The Trump administration’s war with Iran has caused gas…
Sean Hannity on the Iran war: "My guess is we win, they lose. That's how I think it ends. I can't say with 100% certainty."
Published: May 7, 2026 22:33
Jesse Watters says Somalis should be unwelcome in America: "We've gotten a little window in how they behave so far and it hasn't gone well"
Published: May 7, 2026 22:33
Megyn Kelly caller on Iran war: "None of this has been worth it. We were supposed to be concentrating on America, and nobody seems to be doing that."
Published: May 7, 2026 21:03
Surgeon general nominee Nicole Saphier criticized the Trump administration on her podcast and Fox
Published: May 7, 2026 20:56
Right-wing media spent months claiming Trump’s ballroom wouldn’t cost taxpayers a penny. Republicans are now proposing $1 billion in taxpayer money to secure it.
Published: May 7, 2026 20:20
Since President Donald Trump first demolished the East Wing to build a new White House ballroom, right-wing media personalities have frequently echoed White House talking points asserting that private donors would fund the ballroom at no cost to taxpayers.…
Sean Hannity on Callais: "The Supreme Court decision, it could secure a majority for the GOP in the midterms"
Published: May 7, 2026 20:05
Jacksonville's WJXT reports on families "cutting back on extras just to cover the basics" amid rising gas prices
Published: May 7, 2026 16:37
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Local Maine report says high fuel prices are affecting first responders in the state
Published: May 7, 2026 16:06
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"This is the only food they get": Local news outlets detail food delivery programs for seniors like Meals on Wheels struggling due to surging prices brought on by the Iran war
Published: May 7, 2026 15:42
Local news stations across the country are reporting that food delivery services for seniors in need are struggling amid high gas and food prices brought on by the Iran war. The Trump administration’s war with Iran is causing gas prices to skyrocket, with…
Trump retreats to the Fox-Trump feedback loop as his polling craters
https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/trump-retreats-fox-trump-feedback-loop-his-polling-craters
Published: May 7, 2026 15:17
Benny Johnson calls Hantavirus "an op to rig elections"
https://www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnson/benny-johnson-calls-hantavirus-op-rig-elections
Published: May 7, 2026 14:44
Newsmax host on Howard Lutnick's testifying on Jeffrey Epstein: "If he is on the bad side of this, get him the hell out of there"
Published: May 7, 2026 12:19
Jesse Watters on ending the Iran war: "No one really knows what the deal is, and no one knows if Iran's even going to sign it"
Published: May 7, 2026 00:50
Megyn Kelly caller on Trump's war in Iran: "He let me down as a voter because he said he was getting in and out, and we didn't"
Published: May 6, 2026 20:33
Right-wing streamer Asmongold on Marco Rubio for 2028: "100% voting for this guy. ... I'm definitely on Team Marco for sure."
Published: May 6, 2026 20:21
Atlanta News First reports that a local food bank and other food distribution nonprofits are struggling with rising gas prices
Published: May 6, 2026 18:31
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While local media cover the impacts of rising gas prices, Fox personalities minimize Americans' pain at the pump
Published: May 6, 2026 18:12
PBD Podcast panelist says Erika Kirk should "be home" instead of leading TPUSA: "That's a man's job"
Published: May 6, 2026 15:40
Missouri's KFVS 12 reports high diesel costs may cause trucking companies to “go under”
Published: May 6, 2026 15:29
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Tim Pool says Vivek Ramaswamy's support for H-1B visas is "indefensible"
https://www.mediamatters.org/tim-pool/tim-pool-says-vivek-ramaswamys-support-h-1b-visas-indefensible
Published: May 6, 2026 15:24
Fox joined the Trump administration in celebrating as millions of Americans are kicked off food stamps
Published: May 6, 2026 15:08
Fox News hosted Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, in the last week to celebrate that millions of Americans lost their food stamp benefits as a result of drastic Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program cuts in the Fox-celebrated Republican…
In discussion about presidential fitness test, Fox host gets chastised for saying we need to be compassionate to kids of all abilities
Published: May 6, 2026 14:29
Megyn Kelly callers are frustrated with Trump's economy: "I know a lot of people who are like me who are — seriously, we are really regretting our vote for our president"
Published: May 6, 2026 14:20
Local media and ag trade publications: Surging diesel and fertilizer costs from the Iran war are having direct impacts on US farmers
Published: May 6, 2026 13:42
High diesel and fertilizer costs resulting from President Donald Trump’s war with Iran are forcing farmers, who operate on “notoriously tight profit margins,” to raise prices and reduce yearly fertilizer purchases as local media outlets and agriculture…
How right-wing and right-leaning media are split on the Iran war
Published: May 5, 2026 22:22
Right-wing and right-leaning media remain sharply divided on President Donald Trump’s war with Iran as the conflict passes the two-month mark, with many figures either slamming the president for his “insane” conduct or arguing that continued hostilities…
Nick Fuentes: “Absolutely anybody, especially anybody that watches my show, would prefer that we undergo another Great Recession or Great Depression if we could be in a white country”
Published: May 5, 2026 21:56
Right-wing media figures are calling to strip away citizenship from large swaths of Americans, including Muslims and some elected officials
Published: May 5, 2026 18:56
Right-wing media figures are pushing to revoke citizenship from some naturalized Americans, and the Trump administration is ramping up its denaturalization efforts.
Omaha station reports on higher fuel costs driving up flower prices for Mother's Day: "If you're buying flowers for mom this Sunday, that bouquet cost more than it did last year, and the price hikes aren't done yet"
Published: May 5, 2026 18:02
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising fuel prices in the United States. See more here.
K8 News reports on rising costs impacting a meal delivery program for Arkansas seniors
Published: May 5, 2026 17:50
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A Pennsylvania NBC station reports rising fuel prices are making school buses more expensive to run
Published: May 5, 2026 17:43
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Fox anchor asks if magistrate judge in the White House correspondents dinner shooting is "becoming an assassin apologist"
Published: May 5, 2026 17:32
Benny Johnson condemns the "cowards" in South Carolina for not redrawing the state's congressional map
Published: May 5, 2026 16:04
Fox’s ”nuke” justification for the Iran war — and the higher prices it's wrought — has collapsed
Published: May 5, 2026 15:49
KSNT 27 News reports on the spike in fertilizer costs from the Iran war harming Kansas farmers and potentially driving up beef prices
Published: May 5, 2026 15:19
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CBS Chicago details how rising gas prices are causing issues for rideshare drivers and passengers
Published: May 5, 2026 14:45
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Fox 8 WGHP reports on how higher oil prices as a result of the Iran war are driving up the price of meat: "Until oil prices go down, some farmers tell me that price will be passed down to the consumers"
Published: May 5, 2026 14:38
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Newsmax's Greg Kelly says the "hysteria" about high gas prices is "artificial"
Published: May 5, 2026 14:12
On MS Now, Angelo Carusone discusses Media Matters' complete and total victory against the Federal Trade Commission
Published: May 5, 2026 01:14
Media Matters has secured a complete and total victory in its case against the Federal Trade Commission (Media Matters v. FTC). For more details, click here.
Sean Hannity explains gas prices to a radio caller: "World markets do impact local markets, and that's just simple economics"
Published: May 4, 2026 23:22
Shawn Ryan criticizes HHS Sec RFK Jr over immunity for pesticide companies: "How the fuck is that making America healthy again?"
Published: May 4, 2026 20:56
Media Matters secures complete and total victory against Federal Trade Commission
Published: May 4, 2026 20:51
Megyn Kelly caller on Trump administration: "I think the bigger picture here is it's an erosion of our rights"
Published: May 4, 2026 20:38
Fox networks all but ignored the Iran war's supposed $25 billion price tag
Published: May 4, 2026 20:21
After a Pentagon official gave the first estimate of the cost of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, Fox News and Fox Business spent just 8 minutes of combined coverage discussing the $25 billion price tag.
Nick Fuentes declares “we live in n----- hell” while claiming he's “repping” James Fishback’s campaign
Published: May 4, 2026 18:55
Fox Business' Larry Kudlow: Gasoline price spike "really isn't doing all that much harm"
Published: May 4, 2026 18:54
After VRA ruling, Benny Johnson suggests the Trump administration "should go full speed ahead in bringing the full force of the federal government against these DEI districts"
Published: May 4, 2026 18:47
Megyn Kelly: Nick Fuentes "says very controversial things about Jews and Blacks and women" but "says a lot of things that have turned out to be prescient, in like politics"
Published: May 4, 2026 17:50
KSTP 5 News reports on a farmer having to raise as a result of rising costs: "As much as we don't want to up our prices, we have to because of everything that's going up"
Published: May 4, 2026 17:34
Fox 4 Kansas City asks consumers about rising gas prices: "Everything is pretty much high now, so you've got to kind of play Monopoly with a lot of stuff"
Published: May 4, 2026 17:24
Michigan's WZZM reports that rising diesel and nitrogen prices are squeezing local farmers
Published: May 4, 2026 15:39
Angelo Carusone on MS NOW discusses the administration's attacks on free speech: "The process is the punishment here, and then the downstream effect is to chill and control speech"
Published: May 4, 2026 14:22
Sean Hannity argues with caller who says US is losing Iran war
https://www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity/sean-hannity-argues-caller-who-says-us-losing-iran-war
Published: May 1, 2026 23:16
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses Trump's growing unpopularity among right-wing radio callers
Published: May 1, 2026 22:43
Greg Gutfeld tells colleague Martha MacCallum women can't work and have children, suggests "OnlyFans" for women looking for work
Published: May 1, 2026 22:39
Nick Fuentes: “Not only is Trump awful, but all of the people that he is promoting are awful as well. It's like the worst timeline.”
Published: May 1, 2026 22:02
Missouri's KFVS 12 reports gas prices are threatening a meal delivery service for seniors in need
Published: May 1, 2026 21:05
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising gas prices in the United States. See more here.
Jackson's 39 News covers the reaction of residents to rising gas and diesel prices: “It's going to be real hard on trucking, construction businesses. The cost of diesel is outrageous.”
Published: May 1, 2026 20:44
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising gas prices in the United States. See more here.
Joe Rogan criticizes ICE: "You're setting a precedent for militarized people with seven weeks training to be walking around with fucking weapons of war"
Published: May 1, 2026 20:40
CBS report highlights difficulties Americans are facing because of surging oil prices
Published: May 1, 2026 20:02
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WSBT South Bend covers rising gas prices: "Many are worrying about how they will adjust their budget just to buy gas"
Published: May 1, 2026 19:52
Fox 26 Houston fact checks Trump’s claim that gas prices will go down as soon as the Iran war ends
Published: May 1, 2026 19:39
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NBC 5 Chicago talks to people who are cutting back on groceries and traveling as a result of high gas prices
Published: May 1, 2026 19:04
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Fox 13 Tampa reports on the "burden that we have of the higher gas prices"
Published: May 1, 2026 19:00
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Right-wing media celebrate SCOTUS ruling hollowing Voting Rights Act and deny negative impact on Black voters
Published: May 1, 2026 18:43
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled against a Louisiana election map, narrowing the Voting Rights Act in what NPR described as “the latest in a series of rulings that have all but gutted the landmark 1965 law.” Right-wing media figures and outlets…
Megyn Kelly: The inflation "as a result of what's been happening in the strait is coming like a tidal wave no matter whether the war ends tomorrow or not"
Published: May 1, 2026 18:25
Stephen Moore on high gas prices: "People are angry about it, I'm angry about it when I go to the gas pump"
Published: May 1, 2026 17:54