The Propaganda FilesJim VandeHei
Co-founder and CEO of Axios, and before that co-founder and executive editor of Politico. Writes signed commentary columns ('Behind the Curtain', 'Finish Line').
Thin record: fewer than a handful of documented items, so this score is pulled toward the center and could move a lot as evidence is added.
The receipts (3)
'Advice for MAGA' column urges restraint, criticizes MAGA media
His column told MAGA supporters 'you won!' but urged them not to retaliate ('If you hated what they did to you, why would you think it's right to do the same to them?'), criticized provocative MAGA media and warned of 'presidents without limits.' It was a companion to an earlier 'Advice for Liberals' column.
Source: Axios →Called Twitter a 'hotbed of liberal groupthink'; said liberal media is at its weakest
In an April 2025 interview, he said Twitter 'was a hotbed of liberal groupthink for a long time' and had earlier said liberal media 'has probably never been weaker in my lifetime than right now.'
Source: Fox News →Defended Axios breaking with AP on 'Gulf of America'
In Axios 'Finish Line' he answered readers angry that Axios broke with AP on the Gulf of America naming dispute ('Some of you were pissed...'), saying Axios covers Trump 'clinically and unemotionally.'
Source: Mediaite →