Gideon Taaffe | Media Matters for America

Gideon Taaffe is a researcher at Media Matters. He graduated from Vassar College with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in history.

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Right-wing media use newly released January 6 footage to downplay violence during insurrection

11/22/23 11:34 AM EST
Right-wing figures downplay and defend Musk’s antisemitism

11/17/23 2:40 PM EST
Right-wing media personalities cheer Tommy Tuberville's crusade blocking military promotions

11/02/23 4:06 PM EDT
Top newspaper coverage of Israel-Hamas war must continue to quote Palestinian civilians in Gaza

11/02/23 9:05 AM EDT
Right-wing media make bad faith comparison between Jewish-led protest and the January 6 insurrection

10/19/23 4:30 PM EDT
Right-wing media falsely claim the Biden administration helped Iran fund Hamas’ recent attack on Israel

10/11/23 4:21 PM EDT
As a government shutdown looms, right-wing media figures continue to champion a shutdown and downplay its costs

09/29/23 5:43 PM EDT
Some Fox figures pretend the GOP is suddenly pro-union amid UAW strike

09/26/23 10:06 AM EDT
Hunter Biden charges fail to appease right-wing media's shifting goal posts

09/19/23 4:41 PM EDT
Right-wing media blame Biden for childhood poverty while ignoring conservatives’ role in ending the childhood tax credit

09/14/23 4:51 PM EDT
Some right-wing media, political figures admit the weakness of McCarthy’s impeachment inquiry

09/14/23 11:41 AM EDT
Elon Musk’s X is filled with blue check mark subscribers spreading conspiracy theories about 9/11

09/11/23 8:23 PM EDT