Latest Stories By Bill McCarthy

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld was riffing about a COVID-related standoff keeping Chicago teachers out of the classroom when he made a bold claim about the state of the COVID-19 crisis.  “This is the double destruction of the pandemic and of the teachers unions happening at exactly the same time, right? We now know that […]

Video of Spotify host Joe Rogan’s controversial interview with a doctor known for making false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines was removed from YouTube, just days after Twitter banned the doctor’s account for violating its COVID-19 misinformation policies. Dr. Robert Malone, who gained hundreds of thousands of Twitter followers in recent months as he promoted […]

As supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, three Fox News hosts known for supporting the president texted his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, calling on Trump to speak out against what was unfolding. “Mark, the president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home,” primetime host Laura Ingraham said […]

Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, supporters of President Donald J. Trump breached the U.S. Capitol, turning the seat of American democracy into the scene of an unforgettable crime.  Inside, lawmakers had been preparing to count the Electoral College votes that would bring Trump’s presidency to a close. Outside, the rioters erected a hanging […]

Conservative media outlets and a number of Republican lawmakers are sharing a misleading, abbreviated clip of President Joe Biden talking about gas prices during a recent address. The shortened clip they’re circulating make it seem as though Biden said the high prices at the gas pump in recent months are what Americans should be paying, […]

In his controversial and conspiratorial documentary series attempting to rewrite the events of Jan. 6, Fox News host Tucker Carlson described the attack on the U.S. Capitol as a false-flag operation contrived to frame, trap and “purge” Trump voters in a “new war on terror.” The series started airing Nov. 1 on Fox Nation, Fox […]

If you’ve seen media reports or social media postings about beagle puppies and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, you might be wondering what’s going on. Recent blog posts from a conservative watchdog group interested in animal research spending have prompted a wave of criticism aimed at the nation’s top infectious diseases […]

Newsmax and Fox News have aired old, out-of-context photos of empty grocery store shelves in recent segments bashing President Joe Biden for the jammed-up supply chain that experts say is backlogged due to the coronavirus pandemic’s strain on the global economy. Shortages of labor and raw materials have certainly created bottlenecks at a time when […]

Grocery shoppers are paying more for their favorite foods. Assembly plants are waiting for parts. Trucking companies are scrambling to recruit new drivers. And Americans are worried about gifts arriving in time for the holidays.  Businesses and consumers are feeling the squeeze of a global supply chain under duress as the world economy navigates the […]

After the Pentagon mandated the COVID-19 vaccines for the U.S. military in late August, a viral story describing an intense backlash among service members exploded online.  “27 U.S. Air Force Pilots Resign Over Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate,” said the headline on the Sept. 1 article. The story spread widely, shared by the likes of journalist Lara […]

Outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a New Jersey man held up his hand for a camera as he told a local TV reporter about the chaotic scene he’d just witnessed inside the building.  His palm was smeared with blood — blood that belonged to Ashli Babbitt, the woman fatally shot by law enforcement […]

Shortly after the Taliban seized control in Afghanistan, Fox News hosts and other media claimed that President Joe Biden hamstrung U.S. ability to evacuate Americans from crises overseas by dismantling a Trump-era program. The Biden administration said the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau, as the relatively obscure program was called, never existed in a functioning […]