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Associate Research Director @mmfa. views my own. interactions are not endorsements. Author profile: https://www.mediamatters.org/author/shelby-jamerson

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Still relevant

22.02.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump Adm is arresting Don Lemon and overcharging disruptive protesters at Cities Church to posture as if it’s protecting Christians. It’s not. DHS is staging disruptive ops at other churches, at least one of which has had to go online. ...
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30.01.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 855 πŸ” 442 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 29
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White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is making the rounds on podcasts with millions of viewers White nationalist streamer and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is potentially spreading his extremist commentary to millions via guest appearances on numerous online shows. Since June, he's appeared on ...

And he’s spreading these ideas on podcasts, where he’s gaining millions of views www.mediamatters.org/white-nation...

29.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nick Fuentes is the biggest beneficiary of a crowded and fractured new era of right-wing media

He’s not going away. His core message is that Trump is presenting a watered-down version of what should be done to the country, and that the only true way to benefit America is through even more repression, even more hate, even more division. www.mediamatters.org/misinformer-...

29.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nick Fuentes on mass deportations: β€œNot to go like full Nazi or something, but there is no substitute for victory. We have to win, they have to lose.”

This is who is gaining influence in right-wing media. Someone who says Good’s and Pretti’s deaths are worth it for the mission of white victory.

www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes...

29.01.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Right-wing media villainize and blame Renee Good for her own death in Minneapolis ICE shooting After an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good on January 7 during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, right-wing media reacted by blaming Good for her dea...

And blaming Renee Good for federal agents killing her www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/righ...

25.01.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fox guest on fatal Border Patrol shooting: "These officers very well could have prevented a major mass shooting of multiple officers today"

And now they're continuing to build off this narrative, refusing to hold federal agents accountable while questioning Alex Pretti's motives, "β€œThese officers very well could have prevented a major mass shooting of multiple officers today”
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...

25.01.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The incendiary and demonizing chyrons on Fox News evening programming regarding Minnesota, ICE, and protests After Fox NewsΒ pushed the Trump administration’s propaganda in its coverage of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s deadly January 7 shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis, the network has us...

When the Minnesota protests started a few weeks ago, Fox News pushed incendiary chyron after incendiary chyron calling protesters "violent left-wing agitators" and "an insurgency not a protest"
www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/inc...

25.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Right-wing media’s dystopian Portland coverage feeds into Trump’s threats to deploy National Guard

In 2025, right-wing media pushed inflammatory coverage of the protests in Portland that did not match mainstream media reporting of the events, saying Portland was a "chaotic city" and that Democrats wanted "civil insurrection." www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/rig...

25.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nine ways Fox has pushed disinformation about civil unrest to terrify its audience

During the 2020 protests, Fox News pushed hoaxes and disinformation about civil unrest, terrifying its audience about Black Lives Matter protesters

25.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sean Hannity: Black Lives Matter is "planning to train armed militia for war on police"

During the George Floyd protests, Sean Hannity claimed that Black Lives Matter was "planning to train armed militia for war on police" www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...

25.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fox Business anchor: Anti-Kavanaugh protesters are "a real danger to democracy" From the October 5 edition of Fox Business'Β Varney & Co.:

Right-wing media has been calling left-wing protesters dangerous for years, pushing the idea that all left-wing protesters are a threat to the general public.

From 2018, Anti-Kavanaugh protesters are "a real danger to democracy" and used "thug tactics" www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/f...

25.01.2026 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Fox News has justified and celebrated ICE’s violent immigration crackdown in Chicago October 9 marked one month of β€œOperation Midway Blitz,” the Trump administration’s effort to target and harass immigrant communities in Chicago with military-style raids and violent enforcement to adv...

I wrote about how Fox News has celebrated and justified ICE's worst abuses in Chicago, from the grotesque apartment raid to deploying chemical weapons on protesters to shooting two people, killing one.

Latest at @mmfa.bsky.social

21.10.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is like when he and Will did β€œeducational” segments together on Fox and Friends Weekend. But make it more cringe.

30.09.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago's expressways to create a block ICE operations.

Several social media posts erroneously claim that Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to block ICE operations. But that's not true.
trib.al/bY0FPWD

07.09.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 157 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 23

Wishbone, Arthur, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Barney, Sesame Street, Zoom, Reading Rainbow, Thomas & Friends πŸ’”

01.08.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kennedy’s New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines

I got a bad flu case in high school when I was a little late getting the shot. It was terrifying. Within hours, my temperature reached 103 and I couldn’t stop shaking. We had to call the paramedics. The flu shot saves lives. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/h...

27.06.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*Book of Revelation

(no β€œs”)

22.06.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

22.06.2025 00:19 πŸ‘ 14366 πŸ” 3299 πŸ’¬ 78 πŸ“Œ 41

She whispers to herself, β€œ8 pm is a perfectly acceptable bedtime for an adult.”

05.03.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Someone tell the consultants that pink is for Wednesdays

04.03.2025 21:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well at least 2025 has been good for one thing so far

18.02.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Golden retriever laying on her back with an orange tennis ball in her mouth. Tongue hanging out the side. One pair of hands petting her. Laying in a pile of fallen leaves.

Golden retriever laying on her back with an orange tennis ball in her mouth. Tongue hanging out the side. One pair of hands petting her. Laying in a pile of fallen leaves.

If only we could all be as blissfully unaware as a golden with a ball today.

20.01.2025 20:54 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like I’m back in my running era for the next four years. πŸ‘©β€βš–οΈ

19.01.2025 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There’s not enough room in this apartment for two Geminis, Google. One of us has to go.

16.01.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There was God and prayer in that school. And it didn’t make a damn difference.

It’s the guns.

17.12.2024 13:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘€ my TBR list keeps growing!

02.12.2024 01:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I missed all of you. And this. The sky is bluer and the grass is greener over here.

15.11.2024 00:36 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0