Lil Nas X sneakers, Potato Head, Dr. Seuss, and more; right-wing media in the U.S. has spent the Biden era so far hopping from manufactured outrage to manufactured outrage, riling up their audiences along the way. What was once a hallmark of YouTube grifters seeking clicks has seemingly consumed the mainstream GOP. Media Matters editor-at-large Parker Molloy has been writing about this phenomenon for years and she joins the show to explain the trends and what they mean for the rest of us.

Follow Parker Molloy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy

Read her latest: Right-wing outrage over Lil Nas X exposes the fraud of their campaign against “cancel culture”

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