Alyssa Tirrell
@alyssatirrell.bsky.social
senior researcher @MMFA // opinions are my own
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
We recently wrote about the media figures and influencers who have been peddling Vitamin K shot skepticism for years via @alyssatirrell.bsky.social and @vandowe.bsky.social mediamatters.org/propublica/new-reporting-links-skepticism-vitamin-k-shot-newborn-deaths-influencers-and-media
ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo agoNEW: After ProPublica contacted leading vaccine skeptic Dr. Joseph Mercola for an article on babies dying after parents turned down vitamin K shots, he publicly reversed his long-held stance that the shots weren't needed. “The data is clear: vitamin K saves lives,” he wrote.
Moms Across America founder Zen Honeycutt on data center construction: “We are losing our water sources, we're losing our power. … This is one of the most important issues in front of America today.” new from me for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/health-care/...
MAHA moms are taking on data centers
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I am heartbroken to announce that I am no longer at Media Matters for America due to the hostile litigation campaign against the organization. I dedicated nearly four years to improving LGBTQ coverage in mainstream media & challenging right-wing propaganda. It wasn't easy, but I am proud of it. 🧵
New reporting links a “meaningful portion” of the 700 newborn deaths in 2024 from brain bleeds to skepticism of the vitamin K shot. Influencers have been fearmongering about it for years. From @alyssatirrell.bsky.social and me for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/propublica/n...
New reporting links skepticism of the vitamin K shot to newborn deaths. Influencers and media figures have been fearmongering about the shot for years.
Amid a rise in broader anti-vaccine sentiment, some influencers and media figures have cast doubt on the routine vitamin K shot given to newborn infants – and new reporting from ProPublica suggests su...
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we're tracking local coverage of gas/diesel/fertilizer/jetfuel shortage and we've already seen coverage on the impact on school districts www.mediamatters.org/fuel-files-r...
A Pennsylvania NBC station reports rising fuel prices are making school buses more expensive to run
This post is part of a series chronicling news coverage of rising gas prices in the United States. See more here.
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Malaclypse the Middle@malaclypse.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere's a fun thought - school budgets were set months ago, and cannot run a deficit. What happens when schools cannot afford diesel for busses?
“They hope everybody folds because the process is the punishment, and that paves the way for them to do it to more people and exert power, especially over the media.” www.mediamatters.org/ms-now-msnbc...
“You have to fight, not fold”: Angelo Carusone discusses Media Matters' victory against the Federal Trade Commission
Media Matters has secured a complete and total victory in its case against the Federal Trade Commission (Media Matters v. FTC). For more details, click here.
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important to realize that even their audience isn't buying this stuff
After Megyn Kelly lashed out at Jimmy Kimmel, some of her callers pushed back: "I thought it was kind of funny"
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Right-wing groups are urging the Trump administration to curb abortion access as part of its MAHA platform.
Right-wing pundits are pressuring Trump to satisfy MAHA by restricting the abortion pill
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Right-wing pundits have accused the administration of taking “a kitchen sink approach” that makes it “impossible … to have an informed opinion”
Even some right-wing media suggest they don’t know the goal of Trump’s war in Iran
A number of right-wing media figures have questioned the goals of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran and suggested they found the administration’s explanations lacking. Some have called the administ...
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With the US on the brink of war with Iran, Fox's biggest stars are more focused on the left being mean to the US men’s hockey team. Fox aired 19 minutes of coverage on the Iran war the last two nights -- and 48 minutes on their newest culture war. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/us-...
Anti-abortion activists pushed back against Trump after he advertised IVF and failed to mention abortion in his SOTU speech.
Trump's State of the Union drew backlash from anti-abortion figures
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CBS Evening News just inverted CBS News' own reporting, which found very low rates of so-called criminal histories for ICE arrestees. But the Evening News distorted its own network's article, making it seem like the Trump admin was rounding up the "worst of the worst." Very cool editorial process
CBS Evening News inverts its network's own reporting on ICE arrestees’ low rates of violent criminal histories
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A federal judge just smacked down Kristi Noem's attempts to end TPS for Haitian migrants -- and in doing so, exposed the years of right-wing media smears behind the effort New from me and @alyssatirrell.bsky.social for @mmfa.bsky.social www.mediamatters.org/immigration/...
A federal judge's ruling debunks right-wing media smears about Haitian immigrants
On February 2, federal Judge Ana Reyes blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to rescind Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Haitian immigrants in the United States. In the judgement, Reye...
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