Tag Archives: Media Matters

Media Matters quotes the actual poll: Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law. Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Republican …

Media Matters founder David Brock claims that the perpetrators of three recent attacks on public figures were all dedicated viewers of Glenn Beck.

Media Matters has launched Equality Matters, a new LGBT activism site meant to serve as a “communications war room for gay equality.” It will be run by Richard Socarides, a former domestic policy adviser to President Bill Clinton who has been deeply critical of President Obama’s record on gay rights. A well-known gay journalist, Kerry Eleveld, the Washington correspondent for …

Journalism watchdog group Media Matters says that it’s time to drop Fox News. To that end, they have partnered with People For The American Way to pressure advertisers to completely suspend their relationships with Fox.

Media Matters takes on Rupert Murdoch over News Corp’s $1M donation to the Republican Party. By the way, the voice over is by D.C. Douglas, whom you may recall was fired by Geico after he left a ranting voicemail for Dick Armey’s astroturf outfit.

Read Media Matter’s analysis of where Glenn Beck’s fear-mongering is taking us. And definitely check out Mother Jones’ expose of Goldline, his primary advertiser.

Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch actually supports comprehensive immigration reform. Watch how his anchors suddenly get all PC with their rhetoric when he is the guest.

Media Matters enjoys some post-election gloating over the defeat of teabagger Tim Burns, which came despite relentless promotion by virtually every talking head on Fox News.

Media Matters reminds us what the right wing put Sonia Sotomayor through before her confirmation to the Supreme Court and wonders if we’re about to go through it all again.

Media Matters reports: During a “jobs summit” in New Orleans, former Speaker Newt Gingrich allowed an audience member refer to President Obama as “the Kenyan.” When the man was finished speaking, Gingrich complimented his contribution to the discussion and instructed his staff to take note of the man’s ideas.

Wannabe wingnut attack dog Jason Mattera ambushed Sen. Al Franken with a crazy-ass claim that the health care reform bill provides $7B for “playground jungle gyms.” Watch how Franken handles him (even after being called “Sen. Smalley”) and keep in mind that this Mattera’s own edited video. What the bill really says: In the “Creating Healthier Communities” portion of the …

Media Matters shows us how we got to the results of the recent poll that showed many Americans believe the president is a Muslim/socialist/Nazi etc.

Media Matters reports that a conservative blogger has accused a charity affiliated with Fox News’ Sean Hannity of deceptive fundraising practices. The blogger claims: For the last several years, Sean Hannity and the Freedom Alliance “charity” have conducted “Freedom Concerts” across America. They’ve told you that they are raising money to pay for the college tuition of the children of …

Today Media Matters and a coalition of LGBT and progressive groups co-signed a letter calling on the media to be truthful when covering the attempt to repeal DADT. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell proponents too often paint a distorted picture of what a repeal would mean. Today, Media Matters for America released a comprehensive review detailing how opinion pages and cable …

Media Matters has some fun with the CPAC asshole who mentioned Obama’s cocaine use and mixes it with a clip of Glenn Beck admitting that most of his early earnings went “up his nose.”