Media Matters
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Media Matters for America is a progressive non-profit organization founded by former journalist David Brock. Media Matters scrutinizes news reporting and political commentary that it perceives to have a conservative bias. Conservative commentators such as Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, as well as self-described independent Bill O'Reilly are often targets, but reporting from mainstream news outlets and objective news analysts that Media Matters believes to show conservative bias is also scrutinized. Through the group's web site, launched in May 2004, Media Matters describes itself as "a ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
Overview
Media:
Online
Audience:
(English)
Scope:
National
Political Viewpoint:
Left
Owners:
nonprofit_organization
Research
Location:
Washington, DC, US
Editorial
Edited By:
Kaizar Campwala
Last Edit:
Nov 16, 2006 - 3:30 PM PST
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Bill O'Reilly "Doesn't Really Do Much" Fact Checking Before Dismissing Cancer Services Provided By Planned Parenthood
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How Much Did Media Companies Spend Lobbying On SOPA And PIPA? | Media Matters for America
Media Matters for America (blog)How Much Did Media Companies Spend Lobbying On SOPA And PIPA?Media Matters for America (blog)Last fall, while television news outlets were ...via Google News -
STUDY: The Press And The Pipeline
A Media Matters analysis shows that as a whole, news coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline between August 1 and December 31 favored pipeline proponents. Although the project ...Posted by Patricia L'Herrou -
The Right Wing's Insurrectionist Mindset | Media Matters for America
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Pat Buchanan Promotes Book On “Pro-White” Radio Show
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America: Pat Buchanan Promotes Book On “Pro-White” Radio Show — On Saturday night, Pat Buchanan appeared on the white nationalist ...via Memeorandum -
A Guide To The Smear Campaign Against Occupy Wall Street | Media Matters for America
The right-wing media have engaged in a relentless smear campaign against the Occupy Wall Street movement, including calling the protesters socialists and Marxists, saying they ...via Saed Abu Hmud (t) -
CNN's Kosik Regrets Occupy Wall Street Tweet As Industry Criticism Mounts | Media Matters for America
CNN business correspondent Alison Kosik, whose recent tweets referred to Occupy Wall Street protesters as whiners and interested in "smoking weed," now regrets at least one ...via Jay Rosen -
Progressive Economists Refute AP, Defend The Buffett Rule | Media Matters for America
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Fox Continues To Fabricate Obama Administration Bullying
On its Fox Nation website, Fox accused the Obama administration of "pressur[ing]" the Ford Motor Co. to pull a television ad promoting the fact that the company didn't take ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Economists Shut Out of Debt-Ceiling Debate
Of the 1,258 guest appearances during segments that discussed the issue in the month leading up to the debt deal, only 52 -- or 4.1 percent -- were made by economists.Posted by Dwight Rousu
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