Matt Gertz is a Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America. He focuses on themes related to publishing and media, government and politics, and general assignment news, often examining the intersections of media coverage and political narratives, particularly in the context of Donald Trump, the GOP, and Joe Biden. His insights and analyses have been featured in MSNBC, Media Matters for America, and Eastern Harbor Media, LLC.
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By: Matt Gertz
Donald Trump was reelected president on Tuesday, four years after fomenting a coup which saw a mob of his supporters storm the U.S. Capitol and then leaving the White House in disgrace. He owes his return at least in part to a rankly dishonest right-wing information ecosystem that helped carry him through countless scandals that would have ended the careers of most politicians, driving his comeback to the pinnacle of power.
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Incoming president Donald Trump's unprecedented relationship with Fox News is once again creating a revolving door between the right-wing propaganda network and his administration. Trump has named three current or former Fox employees to high-ranking positions in the week since he was elected president — and more seem sure to follow.
By: Matt Gertz
Fox News dominated wide swaths of federal decision-making during Donald Trump's first presidency, as his administration effectively merged with the right-wing propaganda network that had propelled him to power.
By: Matt Gertz
Then-President Donald Trump repeatedly favored the Fox News hosts and guests he saw on his television screen over federal health policy experts as he managed the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, and it had calamitous consequences. He's going even further as he prepares for his second term, picking familiar faces from the right-wing propaganda network to run the government health bureaucracy.
By: Matt Gertz
The nomination of Pete Hegseth — the weekend Fox & Friends host Donald Trump selected to serve as defense secretary — is in trouble. Weeks of disturbing stories about Hegseth's character and competence have Republican senators sitting on the fence, while Trump himself is reportedly contemplating other options.
By: Matt Gertz
Donald Trump's pick to lead the federal government's international news agency is an unhinged conspiracy theorist who lashes out at the press, hobnobs with far-right and antisemitic extremist outlets, and has criticized Fox News as “a globalist network.”
The role of the free press, enshrined by the Constitution's First Amendment, is an essential element of our democracy. The public cannot become informed about the problems facing our country and the efforts to improve or worsen them without robust protections for journalism.
By: Matt Gertz
President-elect Donald Trump keeps falsely suggesting that the native-born U.S. Army veteran who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year's Day was an immigrant. He appears to have been misled by a Fox News report — subsequently retracted — alleging that the assailant crossed the border from Mexico two days before the attack.
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