Rt Wing Media

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

Media Claim on Illegal Voters, Deflated

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Article in Media Matters by Hanne MacDonald & Reed McMaster, 8/26/26

Headline:  “Right-wing media repeated Trump administration claims that over 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote — now that “inflated” number is falling apart”

Subhead:  “Right-wing media personalities used unsubstantiated figures from DHS to push for the SAVE America Act and to cast further doubt on election security”

Right-wing media ran with unsubstantiated claims from the Trump administration that the Department of Homeland Security found hundreds of thousands of noncitizens registered to vote in federal elections, often using the figures to cast doubt on state election systems and to push for voting restrictions like the SAVE America Act. However, new reporting shows the administration’s numbers are falling apart. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/index%2Ephp/election-denial-voter-fraud-and-suppression/right-wing-media-repeated-trump-administration-claims

Rt Wing Media Bomb

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Article in Media Matters by John Knefel, 8/28/26

Headline:  “The delusional right-wing media figures declaring victory in Iran”

Subhead:  “The Trump administration’s war of aggression against Iran has failed to achieve its stated objectives. Just don’t tell that to its most die-hard sycophants.”

“Fox News’ Sean Hannity, as reliable a hack for the Trump administration as you can find on cable news, argued on August 19 that the president hadn’t gotten enough “credit” for stopping Iran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb. (Of course, an obvious consequence of bombing a country, assassinating its leadership, and threatening to destroy its entire civilization is that the new government, entirely rationally, is more interested than ever in developing a nuclear deterrent to avoid such attacks being repeated.). . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/index%2Ephp/us-iran-relations/delusional-right-wing-media-figures-declaring-victory-iran

Murdoch Grooming Fox

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Article in Reuters by Reuters, 7/27/26

Headline: “Rupert Murdoch’s wish to re-merge Fox Corp and News Corp ‘could happen in future,’ court documents and video show”

“Rupert Murdoch’s longstanding wish to reunite his Fox Corp, . . . and News ​Corp. . . could happen in a potential merger that would unite a TV company with a widespread news operation, cementing the family’s control ‌over a smaller empire, court documents and video show.

“Discussions of a possible re-merger were revealed during the last few weeks in unsealed court documents and an attorney’s testimony related to a family succession saga that began in 2023. The judicial official overseeing the matter released the findings at the end of July. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.reuters.com/world/rupert-murdoch-considering-re-merger-fox-corp-news-corp-court-documents-video-2026-08-27/

Some Military News – Gone?

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Article in UPI by Don Jacobson, 8/21/26

Headline:  “Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief, publisher, reporter”

Subhead: “Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military newspaper founded in 1861, lost its editor-in-chief, publisher and Middle East reporter to firings Friday for what the Pentagon described as insubordination. File Photo by Sgt. Brendan Mackie/U.S. Army National Guard”

“The Pentagon has fired the publisher, editor-in-chief and Middle East reporter of the venerable military newspaper Stars and Stripes, the publication reported Friday.

“Editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer Jr. and civilian reporter Lara Korte, who covers the Middle East, have all received termination notices, a Pentagon source confirmed to the newspaper. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/08/21/Pentagon-fires-Stars-Stripes-editor-in-chief-publisher-reporter/1571787353309/

“60 Minutes” Running Out of Time?

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Article in Status by Oliver Darcy, 8/20/26

Headline: “The ’60 minutes’ Countdown”

“The newsmagazine is racing to air amid major turbulence, with Bill Whitaker worrying he is a ‘traitor,’ Bari Weiss expressing frustration with a new contributor, and screenings behind the normal schedule, Status has learned. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.status.news/p/60-minutes-bari-weiss-bill-whitaker-nick-bilton-premiere

Fighting Media Takeover

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Article and photo from Democracy Now! by Amy Goodman, 8/19/26

Headline:  “Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Takeover’ of the Media, ABC Suing FCC & the Meta Trial: Free Press’s Jessica González”

“We look at major media news with Jessica González, co-CEO of the advocacy organization Free Press. She discusses the landmark lawsuit against Meta for making its social media platforms addictive for young people, efforts to halt the Paramount-Warner Bros. megamerger, and Disney’s lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission over what it calls the Trump administration’s “retaliatory campaign” against the ABC television network. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/19/disney_paramount_meta

His Master’s Voice

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Article in Media Matters by Matt Gertz, 8/19/26

Headline:  “Fox & Friends, echoing GOP memo, runs cover against ‘far-left’ data center opposition”

“Republican leaders who fear that the furious, bipartisan backlash against AI data centers could cost their party in the midterm election are getting help from their loyal propagandists at Fox News. On its flagship morning show, the network’s hosts and contributors are attempting to convince viewers to support data centers by telling them that the ‘far left’ is behind the opposition. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/index%2Ephp/artificial-intelligence-and-data-centers/fox-friends-echoing-gop-memo-runs-cover-against-far-left

Media Collusion?

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Article in The Guardian by Jeremy Barr, 8/19/26

Headline:  “Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close coordination with White House and rightwing media”

Subhead:  “Internal documents obtained by Guardian show White House meetings, scheduled calls with top Trump officials and communications with Fox News producers”

“. . .Between 12 March 2025 and 11 February 2026, Carr attended at least eight meetings at the White House, according to the records, and had at least three scheduled calls with administration officials, including two conversations with the chief of staff, Susie Wiles. . .”

“In addition, the files provide insight into Carr’s media strategy, including communications with producers at Fox News, and make public previously undisclosed meetings he has held with media titans such as the Fox Corp chief executive, Lachlan Murdoch, and Sinclair Broadcast Group chair, David Smith. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/ng-interactive/2026/aug/19/brendan-carr-fcc-white-house-exclusive

Rt. Media Snake Oil

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Article in Media Matters by Helena Hind, 8/14/26

Headline: “MAHA and right-wing media revive debunked claim about the COVID vaccine and miscarriages to attack Dr. Fauci”

Subhead:  “Media figures spread a false claim that the COVID-19 vaccine caused an 82% miscarriage rate, calling the vaccine an ‘abortion shot’ and saying, ‘Fauci belongs in prison’”

“A press release from two Republican senators containing texts from Dr. Anthony Fauci has revived a bogus claim — based on a flawed interpretation of a 2021 study — that the COVID-19 vaccine caused an 82% miscarriage rate among pregnant people who took it before 20 weeks of gestation. Right-wing media figures, MAHA organizations, and online wellness influencers have latched onto the debunked claim. . .”

Read the full article at:

https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/maha-and-right-wing-media-revive-debunked-claim-about-covid-vaccine-and