right-wing media Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/right-wing-media/ A platform for change Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:40:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Right-wing media has become too big for the center-left to ignore https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/09/right-wing-media-has-become-too-big-for-the-center-left-to-ignore/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 21:44:29 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=14226 For years, Stephen Colbert dined out on the line “reality has a well-known liberal bias,” not just because it’s a good turn of phrase, but also because it’s true. Reactionary elites know that their arguments can’t hold up under scrutiny. It’s why Fox News and Newsmax host far fewer left-wing commentators on their debate panels […]

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]]> Donald Trump never learned the first rule of Republican politics: Don’t believe right-wing media https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/06/donald-trump-forgot-the-first-rule-of-republican-politics-never-believe-right-wing-media/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:35:14 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13788 “Never believe your own propaganda” has long been a catchphrase in foreign policy circles, a warning that materials distributed to the masses are not designed to correspond with reality. This has long been the attitude of national Republican elites toward right-wing media outlets, whom they saw as useful partners, good for attacking opponents and motivating […]

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]]> Right-wing media’s lies about Covid shots are making Republicans more skeptical of other vaccines https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/05/right-wing-medias-campaign-against-covid-shots-is-making-republicans-more-skeptical-of-other-vaccines/ Wed, 17 May 2023 20:32:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13480 A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that fear and anger stoked by right-wing media outlets against Covid-19 vaccinations seems to have also increased Republicans’ distrust of childhood vaccinations against other diseases, such as measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). Overall public confidence that the benefits of the MMR vaccine outweigh the risks appears […]

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]]> Tucker Carlson’s departure and Fox News’s expensive legal woes show the problem with faking ‘authenticity’ https://flux.community/jacob-l-nelson/2023/04/tucker-carlsons-departure-and-fox-news-expensive-legal-woes-show-the-problem-with-faking-authenticity/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 23:18:06 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13289 For decades, Fox News thrived because the people behind it understood what their audience wanted and were more than willing to deliver: television news – or what Fox called news – from a populist perspective. Fox is consistently the most-watched cable news channel, far ahead of competitors like MSNBC and CNN. That’s in large part due […]

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]]> Are Republicans are losing the ability to communicate to people outside the Fox bubble? https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2023/02/republicans-are-losing-the-ability-to-communicate-to-people-outside-the-fox-bubble/ Thu, 09 Feb 2023 03:23:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13240 One of the most underappreciated facts of American politics is that the reactionary movement that controls the Republican Party is much more radical than many of its voters. Most of them don’t want to cut spending on various federal budget items; they also support same-sex marriage, unlike their members of Congress. So why do tens of millions […]

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]]> ‘Once we take control’: Far-right broadcaster lays out his Christian fascist agenda https://flux.community/kyle-mantyla/2022/08/once-we-take-control-far-right-broadcaster-lays-out-his-christian-fascist-agenda/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 18:00:40 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12124 Earlier this year, far-right conspiracy theorist Stew Peters gave white nationalist, Christian fascist Dalton Clodfelter a nightly program on his Stew Peters Network called “The Right Dissident.” Peters is a white nationalist-promoting broadcaster who, despite using his nightly program to spread wild conspiracy theories and calls for violence, has managed to build close ties to various far-right political candidates and to interview several elected officials, GOP candidates, and former members of the Trump administration. Peters clearly saw something […]

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]]> Why Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned her blue suit at a disability rights meeting https://flux.community/sara-luterman/2022/07/why-vice-president-kamala-harris-mentioned-her-blue-suit-at-a-disability-rights-meeting/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:00:39 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11886 The ongoing dustup over Vice President Kamala Harris describing herself during a meeting with disability rights leaders this week is much ado about an increasingly common practice and a distraction from the substance of the gathering, advocates say. On Tuesday, Harris began the meeting marking the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by […]

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]]> Unsuccessful attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson are a sign of political smears to come https://flux.community/kristen-doerer/2022/04/unsuccessful-attacks-ketanji-brown-jackson-are-sign/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:04:07 +0000 https://flux.community/2022/04/unsuccessful-attacks-ketanji-brown-jackson-are-sign/ The post Unsuccessful attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson are a sign of political smears to come appeared first on Flux.

]]> Right-wing pundits are glorifying accused murderer Kyle Rittenhouse https://flux.community/kristen-doerer/2021/11/right-wing-pundits-are-glorifying-accused-murderer-kyle-rittenhouse/ Thu, 11 Nov 2021 21:43:02 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/11/right-wing-pundits-are-glorifying-accused-murderer-kyle-rittenhouse/ The post Right-wing pundits are glorifying accused murderer Kyle Rittenhouse appeared first on Flux.

]]> Right-wing media are brainwashing their followers about vaccines, but the mainstream press won’t cover the story https://flux.community/eric-boehlert/2021/10/mainstream-press-barely-covering-huge-story-how-trump-supporters-were/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 19:29:31 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/10/mainstream-press-barely-covering-huge-story-how-trump-supporters-were/ The post Right-wing media are brainwashing their followers about vaccines, but the mainstream press won’t cover the story appeared first on Flux.

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