A man who was falsely accused of carrying out a deadly mass shooting in Allen, Texas has sued multiple prominent right-wing influencers and conservative media outlets for libel over their coverage of the massacre. According to HuffPost, which first reported the lawsuit, Mauricio Garcia — a 36-year old Texas resident …
Read More »The Pro-Trans Activists Buying Up Ad Space Across Right-Wing Media
Activists recently launched a TV campaign to convince Republican state lawmakers not to demonize or target trans people — using conservative cable news channels to spread a message that attempts to appeal to politicians’ basic human decency. “This is our home — and here’s us at work,” says a narrator. …
Read More »Republicans Struggle to Cope With Another Election Night Disaster
Voters have delivered yet another resounding blow to the Republican myth that Americans want less bodily autonomy and individual freedom is what the people actually want. Tuesday’s elections saw the passage of a pro-choice ballot measure in Ohio, the failure of GOP efforts to oust Kentucky’s Democratic Governor Andy Beshear, …
Read More »Trump Says He Didn't Learn About Mugshots in Business School
Shortly after submitting to his fourth arrest this year, Trump called up his backup right-wing propaganda machine Newsmax to discuss the experience of jail. “What was the experience like today in jail?” host Greg Kelly asked on Thursday. “Terrible experience,” Trump responded. “I came in, I was treated very nicely, …
Read More »Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit
Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News laid bare how the network communicated behind the scenes about broadcasting 2020 election misinformation, ultimately leading the network to fork over a massive settlement. Newsmax could be next, as voting-technology company Smartmatic has subpoenaed several of the right-wing cable network’s current and …
Read More »RFK Jr. Claims China and the US Are Developing Race-Based Bioweapons
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his right-wing media tour on Wednesday with an appearance on Newsmax, during which he claimed that the Chinese government is developing race-based biological weapons. “We know that the Chinese are developing ethnic bio-weapons. Bio-weapons that are designed to attack people of certain …
Read More »Right-Wing Media Is Saying the Wildfire Smoke Is Good, Actually
Wildfires raging in Canada shrouded the East Coast in smoke this week, leading to hazardous air quality that has led cities to cancel outdoor events. The unprecedented rash of fires is a clear result of climate change, but nothing — not even a post-apocalyptic orange tint or the ever-present smell …
Read More »Republicans Want to Force AT&T to Carry Trumpy Propaganda Network
Republican lawmakers have rushed to the defense of far-right TV network Newsmax after the channel was dropped by AT&T’s DirecTV. According to the satellite television provider, the split stemmed from a carriage fee dispute that would have resulted in “significantly higher costs” and increased customer fees. The channel claims they …
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