How the ‘dumbest news show’ on TV influences the White House Fox & Friends has spent years being a fever swamp of conspiracy theories, right-wing propaganda, smear campaigns, and general absurdity. Now, it’s President Trump’s favorite show, with the power to hijack the news cycle for days at a time. […]
For leaders like Trump and Putin, telling big lies isn’t about persuasion — it’s about power. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO At first glance, US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin seem to have wildly different communication styles. But what they share is a tendency to repeat big, […]
Neither party is perfect, but Republicans in Congress have been drifting towards political extremism since long before Trump, and they’re making it impossible for Congress to work the way it’s supposed to. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Over the past few decades, both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have moved […]
Trump’s fear mongering about a migrant caravan is a perfect example of how politicians’ exploit last-minute news stories to try to distract voters before a big election. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO October is a tense month in American in politics. The closer a political campaign gets to election day, […]
Government shutdowns are disasters for Republicans, but right-wing media makes it almost impossible for the GOP to compromise in a budget fight. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The U.S. government has experienced three major shutdowns over the past twenty-five years. In 1995, it was a fight over programs like Medicare. […]
Political news coverage tends to focus on strategy over substance, and that’s making it less likely that the public will agree on big policy ideas when we need them the most. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The Green New Deal is an ambitious proposal that outlines how the U.S. might […]
Fox News was created to push right-wing nonsense to the mainstream, and now there’s no escape. Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab Read more about the hack gap on Vox.com: https://www.vox.com/2018/10/23/18004478/hack-gap-explained We tend to assume that if a story is being covered by major news networks, it’s because journalists have decided […]
