Media Corruption

Fox – News Into a Black Hole

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 9/22/26

Headline:  “The negative space in Fox News coverage”

Subhead:  “My latest for MS NOW is about the stories Fox News isn’t covering”

“Fox News’ MAGA stars have spent Donald Trump’s second term lavishing praise on the president and his purported accomplishments, denouncing his opponents in vitriolic terms and telling their viewers which culture war enemies to hate. But any understanding of the goals of a political outlet like Fox is incomplete without considering the stories it doesn’t cover: a list that, as of late, includes the Iran war, the Trump family’s alleged corruption and the president’s unpopularity. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/negative-space-fox-news-coverage

Comcast Censoring Musk Film?

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Article in Common Dreams by Brad Reed

Headline: “Will Universal Studios, Owned by Comcast, Decide to Withhold Elon Musk Documentary?”

Subhead: “’Have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is bad?’ said one critic.”

“Filmmaker Alex Gibney’s scathing four-hour documentary about SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has received rave reviews since its debut at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, but it could soon be without an international distributor.

“According to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter, Comcast-owned Universal Pictures, which holds distribution rights to the film outside the North American market, is getting ‘cold feet’ about releasing it. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.commondreams.org/tag/elon-musk

Rt. Media – Nothing to See Here!

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Article in Media Matters by Allison Fisher, 9/17/26

Headline: “Gas and diesel prices are soaring. Right-wing media figures promised that wouldn’t happen.”

Subhead: “Right-wing media knew that soaring gas prices would be trouble for the midterms — and assured their audiences repeatedly that they’d come back down”

“Since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, right-wing media have attempted to downplay, dismiss, and deflect from the resulting pain at the pump, including by repeatedly claiming that elevated prices would be temporary. Some right-wing media personalities have even gone so far as to predict exactly when prices would fall back to prewar levels or to speculate about precisely what deadlines prices would need to drop by in order for the Trump administration and Republican Party to avoid suffering severe political fallout. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/us-iran-relations/gas-and-diesel-prices-are-soaring-right-wing-media-figures-promised-wouldnt

Some Rt. Media Questioning . . .

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Article in Media Matters by Sage Hodil, Hanne MacDonald & Reed McMaster,9/11/26

Headline:  “Why are some right-wing media figures pouring cold water on Trump’s sudden call to send Americans $5,000?”

Subhead: “While some call it ‘bold,’ others in right-wing media are saying that Trump’s $5,000 midterm idea is ‘flagrant bribery’ that ‘would simply be inflationary'”

“Right-wing figures are divided on President Donald Trump’s claim during his September 9 speech at the GOP midterm convention that the government will send $5,000 to every American adult if Republicans maintain control of Congress, with some arguing ‘we can’t afford’ the ‘inflationary’ payments and equating them to ‘flagrant bribery,’ while others claimed Trump’s plan is ‘creative’ and ‘a bet on the future.’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why-are-some-right-wing-media-figures-pouring-cold-water-trumps-sudden-call-send-americans

Fox – See-No-War

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Article in Daily Kos by Oliver Willis, 9/10/26

Headline:  “Trump’s war in Iran is over—at least according to Fox News“

“President Donald Trump’s months-long war in Iran has cost lives and economic stability. But Fox News has a solution to the problem: Just stop talking about it.

“Media Matters for America analyzed coverage of the war between March and August and discovered that, as things got worse for the United States, Fox stopped airing stories about it.

“The decline was especially noteworthy on Fox’s evening shows, which are hosted by some of the network’s marquee names. Across “The Five,” “Hannity,” “The Ingraham Angle,” “Jesse Watters Primetime,” and “Gutfeld!,” coverage of the war fell by 78%. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/9/10/800096520/media/trumps-war-in-iran-is-over-at-least-according-to-fox-news/

Media Cover Up Voter Suppression?

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Article in AlterNet by Thom Hartmann, 9/8/26

Headline: “The dark electoral secret the media has hidden for 50 years”

“For over 50 years, our media has been covering up Republican voter suppression efforts. This year, though, they’re getting so obvious that it’ll be interesting to see if they continue to whitewash the practice. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.alternet.org/long-lines-voting/

Fox Falling into Iranian Sinkhole?

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 9/9/26

Headline:  “Iran coverage collapsed this summer on Fox News’ evening “opinion” shows”

Subhead:  “No war but the culture war: Network stars’ references to socialism, WNBA, Fauci, now swamping Iran”

“Six months into the war Donald Trump launched against Iran, the campaign ‘has deteriorated into a quagmire of the president’s own making with no clear goals, no obvious strategy and no end in sight’. . .”

“But on Fox News — the MAGA propaganda network that urged Trump to attack Iran in the first place — some of his most devoted allies have all but completely stopped talking about it. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/iran-coverage-collapsed-summer-fox-news-evening-opinion-shows

No WH Talking Points? Get Fired.

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Article in The Guardian by Victoria Bekiempis and Jeremy Barr, 9/8/26

Headline: “Ex-60 Minutes managing editor says fired staffers ‘refused to be accomplices’ in show’s ‘destruction’

Subhead: “Guy Campanile addresses ouster in Facebook post and says ‘we were told to leave because we insisted on doing our jobs’”

“The former managing editor at 60 Minutes, who was fired in May with several other top correspondents, has spoken out about the ouster, saying he and his colleagues, were dismissed because they ‘would not compromise our principles or reputations by jamming unverifiable notions or White House talking points into our reporting’. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/08/60-minutes-managing-editor-facebook-post

Stealing from Journalists OK?

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Article in The Intercept by Noah Horowitz, 9/2/26

Headline:   “Trump Admin Tells Court: Let OpenAI Rip Off The Intercept’s Articles”

Subhead:  “Trump’s Justice Department filed a brief on behalf of OpenAI in a landmark copyright lawsuit by The Intercept and other media companies.”

“President Donald Trump’s Justice Department took the side of tech giant OpenAI in its court battle with The Intercept and other media companies over the company’s use of others’ creative work to train its artificial intelligence tools.

“In a federal court filing in New York, the Justice Department argued that the U.S. has a vested interest in OpenAI having access to a vast array of intellectual property. The Trump administration warned that restricting OpenAI’s access to the data could hamper scientific progress and harm the country’s dominance in the race for artificial intelligence. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://theintercept.com/2026/09/02/trump-openai-copyright-lawsuit-news-articles/

Rt. Media Eating Their Own

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 9/3/26

Headline: “Bartiromo’s Fox Betrayal”

Subhead: “Fox News offered no explanation for Maria Bartiromo’s abrupt firing. But Status has learned what happened behind the scenes, and why it put the longtime host at odds with her own network.”

“On Thursday afternoon, Fox News issued a press release that reverberated through the media and political worlds. In a terse statement, the network announced that it had severed ties with Maria Bartiromo, the once-respected business journalist who in recent years became consumed by right-wing conspiracy theories. . .”

“Status has learned that Bartiromo’s termination stems from an incident, which has not previously been reported, that occurred in July. After Trump delivered his unhinged prime time speech. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.status.news/p/maria-bartiromo-fox-news-announcement-departure

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Article in The Guardian by Jeremy Barr, 9/3/26

Headline: “Fox News Media abruptly ousts longtime anchor Maria Bartiromo”

Subhead: “Bartiromo had been a host at the network for more than a decade and Fox gave no explanation for the decision”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/sep/03/maria-bartiromo-fox-news-departure