Some right-wing pundits who aren't crazy about the Iran war tried to paper over the MAGA schisms by saying Trump should lean into mass deportations of Muslims -- they will not be happy about this. www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-rela...
No American president has ever worn a baseball cap - especially his own $55 merchandise - at a dignified transfer. Like any good propaganda outlet designed to protect a supreme leader, Fox replaced the clip with one showing Trump in a better light.
Candace Owens is crashing out online. She's never been more popular. Candace Owens has gone completely off the rails into the realm of unapologetic conspiracy theories - and she's never been more popular. Owens' conspiracy theories have dramatically escalated since the assassination of her friend Charlie Kirk. Her theories about Kirk's death are labyrinthine, and she's increasingly turned her fire on his widow, Erika Kirk. Owens has been facing immense backlash from former allies. Ben Shapiro called her a "conspiratorial, evil person," and streamer Tim Pool asked, "How much money has Candace Owens made milking the assassination of Charlie Kirk with lies, hypocrisy, innuendo, and crackpot conspiracies?" Based on her explosive audience growth, the answer is probably "a lot."
Our analysis of Owens' accounts found that she has grown her follower base by 80% since January 1, 2025, adding at least 10.9 million.
Candace Owens is crashing out and cashing in: www.mediamatters.org/candace-owen...
Jesse Watters dismisses deadly strike on Iranian girls' school: “If someone made a mistake when they hit a school, that's bad, but that's war”
"This guy should be nowhere near President Trump... This is not a force for good in The United States of America, Lindsey Graham."
New from me: Local news coverage shows that Trump's mass deportation agenda is causing economic havoc www.mediamatters.org/local-news/l... Right-wing media have supported Trump’s immigration enforcement actions that economists warned would likely weaken the economy
The White House has offered mixed messaging on if the US was pulled into war with Iran because of Israel. Media reactions further exposed the long-standing conservative divisions on the subject.
Candace Owens went completely off the rails into the realm of unapologetic conspiracy theories — and then gained millions of followers.
Ben Shapiro: “A lot of Trump's critics today are pointing out this tragic incident with an Iranian school at which a 160 girls were killed. That is indeed tragic, and it's terrible. And it's also called collateral damage in war.”
So how about it, Mr. Chairman? Why not launch a probe to find out whether Fox’s editing issue was “inadvertent,” as they claim — or, as certainly seems possible given the network’s record, “an intentional effort to mislead the American people”?
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Daily Wire host: Pope Leo XIV's call for peace is “girly nonsense”
Simple as that! Brian Kilmeade tells oil tankers to go through the Strait of Hormuz: “Show some guts and go through that strait and and do it”
Right-wing media figures have insisted Trump did not start a war with Iran — because the U.S. was already at war.
If only someone could have predicted this...
My latest: The US economy has lost jobs since Trump’s “Liberation Day.” Fox is still celebrating his destructive import taxes. www.mediamatters.org/tariffs-trad... The February jobs report showed that total employment has declined by 19,000 jobs compared to April 2025
Mark Levin is crashing out over opposition to Trump's war with Iran - goes after Tucker "Qatarlson," "Bloated Bannon," and "dumb blonde" Megyn Kelly
Also calls for @mehdirhasan.bsky.social to be "denaturalized and deported" for daring to question Trump
A firestorm of infighting in MAGA media over the war in Iran; Also, some pundits try to bridge the divide by pushing Trump to deport Muslim Americans.
This week's Media Matters newsletter:
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almost as if these people don't know what they're talking about
how it's playing out in right-wing media: "fake sermons and fake passages from the Bible” “Skin suit of Christianity” “straight up demonic" www.mediamatters.org/benny-johnso... via @slawton.bsky.social
Well as long as it pads the resume: Former deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino casts US war in Iran as “invaluable experience” for warfighters
New from me: As Trump’s new Middle East war spikes gas prices, Fox guest blames Joe Biden for Americans’ affordability concerns www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
Right-wing pundits have accused the administration of taking “a kitchen sink approach” that makes it “impossible … to have an informed opinion”
Reacting to public disapproval of the Iran war, Newsmax host says “it's a good thing that nobody knows what we're doing”
MAGA media is split over the possibility of deploying Americans on the ground in Iran. The White House hasn’t ruled it out.
Fox News' Sean Hannity, Brian Kilmeade, and Jesse Watters want to flood Iran with small arms to incite regime change (or more likely state collapse), an idea so reckless even one of Fox's biggest war cheerleaders, retired Gen. Jack Keane, said it was a bad idea [research from @slawton.bsky.social]
Flooding Iran with weapons is a recipe for disaster and potentially state collapse. For Fox News hosts, that appears to be an acceptable outcome.
Right-wing Christian media are celebrating Trump’s war with Iran as a fulfillment of End Times prophecy.
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