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Gideon Taaffe

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Written by Gideon Taaffe & Helena Hind

    The Navy disclosed 8 suicide attempts after right-wing media dismissed reporting about conditions on the USS Lincoln as "Persian propaganda" (opens the original)

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    As reporting emerged in August that the servicemembers on the USS Abraham Lincoln faced poor conditions and declining mental health — evidenced by at least one servicemember overboard incident — right-wing media dismissed the stories as a “misrepresentation in the media,” “an information op,” and “Persian propaganda.” The carrier was deployed in the Middle East for nine months during the Trump administration’s Operation Epic Fury. On September 22, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao disclosed that ei

  2. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Written by Gideon Taaffe & Helena Hind

    Traditional conservatism or "traditional" families: Right-wing media are divided over the White House plan to give stay-at-home parents $9,000 (opens the original)

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    Right-wing media are split over the Trump administration’s new proposal that would use money from an existing childcare program for working parents and redirect it to stay-at-home parents to receive up to $9,000 per child. Some right-wing figures labeled the plan as “socialist,” saying it is akin to “robbing Peter to pay Paul” and will incentivize “more U.S. citizen children of illegals.” Others supported the plan, saying it will “incentivize people raising their own kids” and can “change the cu

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Written by Gideon Taaffe & Jack Wheatley

    Candace Owens and Andrew Wilson debate continues the grift over Charlie Kirk's murder, amassing millions of views (opens the original)

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    On August 14, right-wing podcaster Candace Owens and conservative online debater Andrew Wilson debated conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk’s killing in 2025, with the participants and moderator Patrick Bet-David receiving millions of combined views. In addition to the participants, dozens of other accounts capitalized on the debate by airing or reacting live to the event, amassing millions of additional views. A review by Media Matters found that Owens, Wilson, and Bet-David earned at l

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · Written by Gideon Taaffe

    DA confirms no drugs were found after Fox News anchor previously claimed Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his car (opens the original)

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    Update (7/30/26): Five days after the Harris County District Attorney’s Office confirmed the bags in Araujo’s work van did not contain methamphetamine, Gallagher provided an on-air update, adding, “To clarify, no drugs were found” in the van. After Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed a Mexican national during a Houston traffic stop in July, Fox News anchor Trace Gallagher parroted FBI claims, saying that agents “found three bags of methamphetamine” in the vehicle and “ther

  5. Article · Jul 22, 2026 · Written by Gideon Taaffe

    John Solomon is on a media tour hyping claims from Trump's election address (opens the original)

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    Following President Donald Trump’s July 16 prime-time address regarding supposed interference in U.S. elections by China, Trump adviser and election conspiracy theorist John Solomon has been on a media tour claiming that Trump’s speech was “100% accurate,” that he “proved election interference by showing that China had targeted our voter registration data,” and that “the SAVE Act has to be mandatory.”

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