Several prominent right-wing voices are accusing Fox News of misleading its viewers about the ongoing war with Iran. The criticism began through a series of social media posts from conservative media figures.
Ann Coulter was among the first to speak out. She wrote on X, “Watching Fox News assure viewers the Iran war is going SUPER well and Trump is a total stud is like watching the same network assure viewers that Dominion Voting Systems rigged the 2020 election and Trump was the winner.” Fox News paid Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in 2023 to settle a defamation lawsuit over those election claims.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene responded to Coulter’s post, writing, “Fox News is now the fake news. Brainwashing boomers to support what we voted against.” According to Mediaite, Greene has previously had public disagreements with President Trump over the Epstein files.
Right-wing media figures warn of a long war and a coming wave of gaslighting
Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire also shared his concerns. He said that when the Iran war started, people who raised worries were “shouted down and condemned as ‘panicans’ and ‘blackpillers’ and even Islamist sympathizers.”
Walsh believes those early concerns were “absolutely reasonable and legitimate” given how things have developed, and he is not convinced Trump will end the conflict quickly. Reports suggest that Trump’s Iran war briefings have raised concerns among his own allies who feel he is not getting the full picture of the conflict.
Walsh criticized what he called “blind allegiance and unthinking ‘trust’ in our elected leaders,” calling it irrational. He also pushed back against “trusting the plan” when no clear plan has been explained, drawing a comparison to how that thinking played out during COVID.
Walsh warned his followers to expect “the most shameless gaslighting campaign we’ve ever witnessed” if ground troops are deployed in Iran. He predicted that those currently giving “breezy assurances that there won’t be boots on the ground” would later claim they never made such promises. The conflict has also grown beyond Iran’s borders, with the Houthis entering the war and threatening key oil routes that have so far kept global oil prices from spiraling.
Despite these criticisms from high-profile conservative figures, polling shows Trump’s base largely supports the war. A Quinnipiac University poll from earlier in March found that 85% of Republicans support military action against Iran.
A YouGov-Economist poll reported that 91% of MAGA voters support the war, and CNN’s Harry Enten noted that nearly 90% of the MAGA base is behind the conflict. So while figures like Coulter, Greene, and Walsh are pushing back, their criticism does not appear to be shifting broader Republican opinion, at least not yet.
Published: Mar 30, 2026 02:30 pm