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It appears that even (some of) Fox News has lost their patience with Trump's trolling: "If [Trump] is going to do it outdoors, just put the profiles up there. I am not for dispelling or saying anything bad."

Despite Trump’s media sycophants praising the president, economists point out that the government shutdown heavily distorted the price data used in the report.

Nick Fuentes embodies the MAGA movement’s cynical embrace of extremism as a route to political power. After a power struggle in the MAGA universe over his place in the movement, the podcaster is reaping the rewards of the online attention economy. Fuentes is our 2025 Misinformer of the Year:

Republicans are celebrating a 2.7% November inflation report that every professional says isn’t a real number. @zpleat.bsky.social has all of the receipts for when this number gets updated and the inflation shit hits the proverbial fan next year. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/mag...

went long about the new right wing media www.mediamatters.org/misinformer-...

I wrote about Trump's new push to ramp up denaturalizations, and how MAGA media is making it clear that they want this effort to target Muslims specifically. Latest at @mmfa.bsky.social

While the Trump administration’s document releases have proven little “deep state” corruption, its strategy of chumming the water with red meat for the MAGA base works on the Trumpist propaganda corps.

So we're now back to peddling the same "Hugo Chavez rigged the voting machines" nonsense that led to Fox News losing $787 million. www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso...

New from me: After the economy fell flat in 2025, Fox promised: “Next year looks like it’s going to be amazing” www.mediamatters.org/tariffs-trad... Fox previously assured viewers that Trump's policies would “immediately” improve the economy

As evidence piles up that the labor market is stumbling, right-wing media are celebrating that immigrant workers might be suffering more: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...

Fox News contributor blames DEI for shooting deaths at Brown University: "(Brown was) more focused on things like DEI efforts, and that has been catastrophic and led to the death of two students.”

Fox found its culprit for high grocery prices following Democratic election victories — Joe Biden www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

I wrote about Benny Johnson, a documented plagiarist who’s become something like MAGA’s content creator in chief: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Tacky and tasteless,” “a pathetic and sad reflection on you,” “delete or apologize”:

Matt Walsh: “There was really only one person on our side who decided to gloat, and that was Trump. Now, granted, that one person happens to be the president of the United States”

A handful of prominent commentators on the right have risen in support of Trump’s unhinged reaction to the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife.

Angelo Carusone discusses how the right-wing echo chamber can't give Republicans any cover for not having a healthcare plan: “People can add it up”

Steve Bannon is all over the released Epstein files. On his show, he nodded along while his guest accused a Democratic senator of second-hand ties to Epstein.

Conservative commentators are finding inventive ways to excuse the president for dancing on the legendary director's grave.

After building on his success as a grungy video game streamer, Asmongold has become one of the most popular right-leaning online personalities in the U.S. — with 2.4 billion views on YouTube just this year.

Tomi Lahren: “There used to be a time in media where if you said horrible, disgusting things, you didn't have much of a platform anymore because nobody would touch you”

MAGA is revealing what is likely the movement’s biggest weakness: It’s dominated by hustlers more interested in making money and growing their brand than they are in a political project.

The guardrails are gone and all the conspiracy theorists are here.

A new GOP bill calling for “sole and exclusive allegiance” to the U.S. by prohibiting dual citizenship invokes antisemitic tropes pushed by white nationalist streamer Nick Fuentes.

The Tates’ right-leaning content tour demonstrated how increasingly intertwined the manosphere had become with Trump and his media allies — a trend that has since continued.

This week in misinformation:

One reason why right-wing media can't stop conspiracy theories spreading is because they don't believe conspiracy theories even exist.

Over the last month, TV broadcast news covered the Epstein text/email releases for more than 3 hours. — and not a single segment mentioned Epstein's extensive ties to Bannon at all.

Homan has made more appearances on Fox than any other administration official this year, far outpacing Noem. Those hits have reportedly become a flashpoint in their rivalry.

A movement built to support Trump can’t just disavow conspiracy theories.

Fox News has ripped its former star primetime host and others spreading conspiracies about who was behind Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Pool: “Admittedly, the Trump administration has not been doing enough on affordability, grocery prices ... the American people are wary”

Predictably, Sean Hannity still seems to be in denial that the same people he"denounces" here are the same ones he has been pandering to for years.

We're all trying to find the guy who did this

Fox News has a new stance on the War on Christmas: It's funny when Trump does it! www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

Fox News shrugs off Trump’s war on Christmas: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...

My latest: Fox struggles to run cover for Trump calling affordability crisis a “hoax,” “scam,” and “con job” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

David Spade gave Fox News their gift early this year, regurgitating many of their asinine “War on Christmas” culture war talking points that were already tired during the Obama administration.

Gregg Phillips has explicitly lauded the QAnon community & partnered with the QAnon community in 2022 to target an election software company. He's one of the most significant figures ever for QAnon's political influence, & he now will have a FEMA position. www.mediamatters.org/voter-fraud-...

I wrote about right-wing media's escalating attacks on women, from pushing for birth control restrictions to pressuring young women to leave the workforce. A new hire at The Heritage Foundation, Scott Yenor, exemplifies this trend, but it goes far beyond him. New at @mmfa.bsky.social

As MAGA begins to fracture, right-wing media are rallying behind anti-feminism.

Fox has devoted just over 6 minutes of airtime to the Hernández pardon since Trump announced his intention to pardon the notorious drug trafficker 12 days ago.

Shapiro: “The Trump administration's use of the pardon power has been exorbitant ... it's going to be hard for Republicans to defend that”

Fox host Brian Kilmeade encourages the Trump administration to rework their immigration policy: “Things aren't going to go good for anybody's mission on the Republican side if they lose the Hispanic vote”

Jesse Watters: "If you're against (double-tap boat strikes), you sound like a lawyerly, whiney, effeminate weasel"

Fuentes: "This is great ... this is excellent. This is an explicit acknowledgement of white genocide from the highest level"

The Trump administration is seemingly embracing “remigration,” a policy associated with ethnic cleansing and mass deportations that has been pushed by the far right.

On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the Caribbean boat strikes and how they stem from of a revisionist “fantasy” created by right-wing media: "They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."

When you’ve lost Kilmeade… www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmea...