Zachary Pleat | Media Matters for America

Zachary Pleat is a senior researcher at Media Matters, where he has worked since January 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in international studies from the University of South Florida.

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Right-wing media declare war on the Bidens' Christmas

12/15/23 4:02 PM EST
The Dow closed at a record high of over 37,000, exposing as hollow right-wing warnings that the stock market would crash if Democrats won elections

12/15/23 10:09 AM EST
Right-wing media spread conflicting conspiracy theories in reaction to the Hunter Biden tax charges

12/11/23 4:29 PM EST
Trump used right-wing media to push election fraud lies long before 2020

12/11/23 1:48 PM EST
TV news coverage since Trump threatened to repeal the ACA mostly failed to mention these critical stakes

12/04/23 5:08 PM EST
Nexstar's NewsNation is just another right-wing cable network

11/21/23 2:00 PM EST
Fox continues longstanding push for war against Iran

11/17/23 1:19 PM EST
Right-wing media ramp up Islamophobia, spread paranoia about all Muslims

11/13/23 9:19 AM EST
Top newspaper coverage of Israel-Hamas war must continue to quote Palestinian civilians in Gaza

11/02/23 9:05 AM EDT
Top newspapers mention Biden’s age more than twice as often as Trump’s

10/20/23 10:30 AM EDT
Elon Musk’s X hits a tipping point, with widespread condemnation of misinformation about Hamas’ attack on Israel flooding the platform

10/12/23 2:28 PM EDT
Fox News blames Biden for Hamas’ war on Israel with a false narrative debunked by a Fox reporter

10/08/23 1:40 PM EDT