Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 30, 2026
Media Matters weekly newsletter, January 30 WRITTEN BY JASON CAMPBELL PUBLISHED 01/30/26 11:08 AM EST Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Right-wing media’s depraved response to federal agents killing Alex Pretti . Fox’s absurd attempt to cast Tom Homan as the good cop with immigration. Right-wing media attempt to justify baseless conspiracy theories that the attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar was staged. If you want this delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here . Jump to section This week in stupid Podcaster Tim Pool : “I’m a 2A absolutist. I’m more 2A than all y’all combined. I have argued for the private ownership of nuclear and biological weapons.” Podcaster Benny Johnson said there was “dark spiritual energy” during the 2020 election: “My wife swears that she saw a demon.” Fox’s Jesse Watters praised...
