Publication: A Righting Original

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By Kevin Howley: Conservative media outlets are working overtime tossing out excuses to see what sticks in the wake of an unambiguous repudiation of the Republican-led assault on reproductive rights, election integrity, and the rule of law.

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By Howard Polskin: Do TV news executives want to play a role in the resuscitation of Trump’s political fortunes, starting with live coverage of his Tuesday night event (assuming it happens as planned)? Because that’s what could happen if they broadcast the entirety of the announcement.

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By Kevin Howley: While Kevin McCarthy is still down at the beach waiting for the red wave that never arrived, here are some classic examples of right wing media working the Republican base into a frenzy to further erode public confidence in the outcome of the 2022 midterm election.

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By Jaden Satenstein: As we wait for the GOP to recover from its historically weak midterm performance, let’s recall the deranged lengths that the right wing media went to in its effort to distort the truth about a hammer attack on a man who happened to be married to MAGA enemy No. 1. It’s a textbook example of the kind of lies we can expect during the long partisan slog to 2024.

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By J. Max Robins: It’s easy to wonder if, had Oprah denounced Oz and given a full-throttle endorsement of Fetterman months ago – as she had done for other Democrats – the Pennsylvania race would still be the dead heat it is now on Election Day. Instead, she stayed calculatingly neutral about the former surgeon she made into a daytime TV star.

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By David Lieberman: Salem Media Group’s stock plummeted 27 percent on Friday touching a 52-week low of $1.31 after it disclosed that its hard right content failed to deliver for its bottom line in the quarter ending in September – and will continue to be weak through the year end.

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By Kevin Howley: Republican operatives know a thing or two about kicking a man when he’s down. But, to his credit, Fetterman isn’t out. Not yet. It remains to be seen if the good people of Pennsylvania will support a Democratic candidate struggling to overcome health challenges

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By Michael Lovito: Richard Viguerie is the chairman of ConservativeHQ, a right-wing website that features calls to action just as provocative as the direct mail pleas he sent to voters in the 1970s and 80s. His writing staff, which is heavy on Republican political operatives, make it clear that Viguerie is less interested in publishing compelling content than he is in converting readers into donors and grassroots organizers.

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By Kris Parker: One theme that has unified the Tulsi Gabbard and Tucker Carlson recently is criticism of the Biden administration’s response to the Russian war on Ukraine, which Gabbard frames as Democrats “dragging us ever closer to nuclear war.” Both Gabbard and Carlson have been routinely criticized for repeating Kremlin propaganda.

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By Jaden Satenstein: Right-wing media outlets are obsessed with a slew of topics this month including voter fraud, John Fetterman’s health and Kari Lake’s rise to the top of the GOP.

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By Kevin Howley: While the Hall of Fame NFL quarterback has made headlines for his involvement in the alleged mishandling of millions of dollars allocated to Mississippi welfare funds, conservative outlets have all but buried their heads in the sand on the growing scandal.

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By Kevin Howley: Right-wing news outlets and the Trump-dominated GOP are engaged in an intensifying campaign just before the midterms to scare senior citizens with leftist boogeymen like border security, crime and inflation.

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By Ade Adeniji : The conservative-friendly social platform has lost almost all of its traffic since January 2021 when it generated more than 12 million unique visitors. In August 2022, Parler attracted only 137,000 unique visitors.

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By J. Max Robins: The impact of the late night talk shows like “The Late Show” on political discourse will continue to be huge despite some softness in the genre. Colbert , Fallon and Kimmel have millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram, as well as millions of subscribers to their YouTube channels that magnify their real-time impact exponentially.

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By Jaden Satenstein: Where are the women? Men in general are more likely to swing right than women, making for a larger audience of conservative male listeners for conservative male podcasters to target.

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By Liv Styler: If her feverish and unpolished style might make mainstream journalists cringe, it’s thriving on the right side of the media fence. Indeed, right wing bloggers like Paige are succeeding with little effort in much the same way Donald Trump managed to get himself elected president.

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By Kevin Howley: Offering unqualified people “huge benefits” to staff shorthanded police departments may be sound reasoning for fans of authoritarian rule, but lowering the bar for domestic law enforcement will have the same results we’ve seen in recent US military adventures across the globe: well-armed and unqualified mercenaries wreaking havoc in the name of public safety, national security, and a quick buck

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By J. Max Robin: How appropriate that the first episode of The Lincoln Project, a new Showtime docuseries debuting tonight about the infamous PAC of never-Trumper GOP consultants including Steve Schmidt, is called “Gunslingers.” The riveting inside look at their win-at-any-cost campaign is a wild west modern morality tale of deadly effective media marketing run amuck.

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By Michael Lovito: Even the most hardened Dem loyalists have to tip their caps at its editor Eliana Johnson for her site’s dogged pursuit of scandalous stories and its ability to shape the public discourse. Like it or not, the rabblerousers at the Free Beacon do the work, and they get results.

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By David Lieberman: The news follows Salem’s disclosure that its revenues for the quarter ending September 30 would be lower than expected due to the postponement of the forthcoming book, 2000 Mules by Dinesh D’Souza and lower than expected revenue on its streaming platform SalemNOW…

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By J. Max Robins: The CNN documentary Empire of Influence builds a potent case for how Rupert Murdoch’s insatiable lust for power and profit has turbocharged white nationalism and the decline of democracy.

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By Michael Lovito: The Epoch Times is a newspaper and website that has become one of the fastest growing right-wing news outlets in the United States.

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By Kevin Howley: Is it any wonder that GOP operatives, and the conservative media outlets that echo and amplify their hate-filled talking points, never miss an opportunity to lambaste White House Press Secretary Jean-Pierre? There must be at least ten reasons why right wing media hate her.

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By Jacob Gries: This two-day Republican extravaganza beginning Sept. 16 has become infinitely more star-studded in the two years since Donald Trump left office. GOP stars speaking include Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kayleigh McEnany, Ted Cruz and Candace Owens.