And it appears NPR David Folkenflik cites and credits Media Matters as well...another reason they’re falling down the drain (with our tax dollars) into obscurity...
In 2008 Jacques Steinberg of The New York Times reported on how Media Matters is viewed. DAVID FOLKENFLIK of National Public Radio (NPR) told him that though Media Matters looked “at every dangling participle, every dependent clause, every semicolon, every quotation” for the benefit of “a cause, a party, a candidate, that they may have some feelings for”, THEY WERE STILL A USEFUL SOURCE FOR LEADS, partly due to the “BREADTH OF THEIR RESEARCH.” Conversely, political analyst and columnist Stuart Rothenberg told Steinberg that he did not pay attention to them, as he had no confidence in “ideological stuff”. In Steinberg’s view, Media Matters was a NEW WEAPON FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY employing “rapid-fire, technologically sophisticated means to call out what it considers ‘conservative misinformation’ on air or in print, THEN FEED IT TO A ROLODEX OF REPORTERS, CABLE CHANNELS AND BLOGGERS HUNGRY FOR GRIST.”[31]
Some NEWS ORGANIZATIONS have CITED Media Matters reports and CREDITED it for bringing attention to issues including the story of James Guckert, formerly a reporter for the web-based Talon News. During George W. Bush’s administration, Guckert gained access under the pseudonym of Jeff Gannon to 155 White House press briefings, while he was concurrently a prostitute soliciting male clientele on the internet with photos of himself fully naked.[32]
Progressive op-ed writers such as MOLLY IVINS and PAUL KRUGMAN have cited Media Matters or identified it as a helpful source.[33][34]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Matters_for_America
It would be interesting to follow up which stories and author they cited at Media Matters...
NPR Ombudsman Q&A -
How many of my tax dollars go to NPR?
NPR RECEIVES NO DIRECT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Less than two percent of the budget is derived from competitive grants from federally funded organizations such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Science Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2008/01/frequently_asked_questions_1.html
One complete sentence misleading sentence...no wonder their reporters cite media matters as a source. It’s like Soros saying he never gave to Media Matters before 2010.