Media Matters weekly newsletter, Friday, August 7, 2026
Media Matters weekly newsletter, August 7 WRITTEN BY JASON CAMPBELL PUBLISHED 08/07/26 10:46 AM EDT Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Fox News gave no airtime to the Trump administration withholding funds to Democrat-led states. Major broadcast networks failed to link extreme heat waves this summer to climate change . Jesse Watters was instrumental in pushing Trump’s bogus Reflecting Pool vandalism story. Fox panel celebrates report showing loss of 23,000 jobs : “This is great news.” If you want this delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe here . Jump to section Right-wing moment This week's infighting After a college student complained to a Turning Point USA spokesman about the price of burritos, right-wing figures are bickering about affordability and grocery prices . A Fox News guest complained that the college student was pushing a socialist agenda — while even the Fox host admitted that “Let's be honest, the squeeze is real, pric...
