The Group Behind Smear Campaigns Against Limbaugh and O’Reilly

News Busters ^ | September 30, 2007 | Noel Sheppard

[libstripper]

Last week, two of the leading conservatives in the media, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly, were dishonestly and unprofessionally attacked by press outlets that cherry-picked out of context remarks from lengthy radio broadcasts in order to vilify outspoken personalities whose opinions they don’t agree with.

Unfortunately, as folks around the country saw this play out on their television sets and newspapers, few were at all familiar with the organization behind the smear campaigns, or that this same group started the firestorm which ended with radio host Don Imus being terminated by NBC and CBS in April.

Maybe more importantly, even fewer citizens are aware that this organization is linked directly to Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as billionaire leftist George Soros.

For some background, John Perazzo wrote a column for FrontPage Magazine in July entitled “Media Matters: Hillary’s Lap Dogs,” that should be must-reading for all citizens interested in who's targeting America’s leading conservative personalities (emphasis added throughout):

[libstripper]

Since Media Matters is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization that's blatantly involved in the Clinton campaign, we should all be writing our Representatives and Senators, urging them to have the IRS investigate MM.

[PGalt]

Anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-individual, anti-life Democrat Crime Syndicate collective, players, enablers, method-of-operation BUMP!

[aberaussie]

bttt

[sono]

[TexasCajun]

I just love the way the Liberal Media can’t figure out what is racist, demeaning, inappropriate or scandalous without first asking Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry or Ted Kennedy.

[Red Badger]

Is there ANY left wing liberal group that is NOT TIED TO HILLARY and / or GEORGE SOROS?...................

[syriacus]

Media Matters could point out that Charles Gibson used the word "phony" to describe phony soldiers, just like Rush did.

Gibson used the word "phony" several days before Rush did.

YouTube has a video clip of ABC's program about phonies at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUJJoFaiVI

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

[shankbear]

Soros is so prime for a little visit from the Mossad.

[scannell]

Soros is so prime for a little visit from the Mossad.

Now someone has piqued my interest, keep us up to date.

[jonrick46]

I contacted the FBI and they told me to contact the IRS. Media Matters is not operating as a 501(C)(3). Time to flood the IRS with protests.

[Arrowhead1952]

You beat me to that post. Here is the FR thread for the other FReepers.

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ABC Reported on ‘Phony Heroes’ Three Days Before Rush Limbaugh Did (This is really hysterical)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1904630/posts

[preacher]

ping

[elpadre]

the left will do anything to marginalize or silence these conservative voices - and others like them. Conservatives need to unite behind them!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

The organization was founded by the conservative-turned-leftist journalist David Brock, who says he created Media Matters “to combat” what he characterizes as the largely successful effort of “the right wing in this country” to “mov[e] the media itself to the right” and to “mov[e] American politics to the right.”

David Brock, who experienced some sort of political "epiphany" after writing "The Real Anita Hill." He decided all of a sudden he was a liberal after all and started going after those nasty right-wingers. I wonder what Hillary has on him?

[Edgerunner]

In fact, after Imus was fired by NBC and CBS, Media Matters published a 6,000-word article entitled “It’s Not Just Imus,” listing other political enemies of the Clintons such as Glenn Beck, Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Michael Savage, Michael Smerconish, and John Gibson.

I don't see Ann Coulter on this list...

[MizSterious]

Yes, good to report on these. But what group is behind O’Reilly’s smear of Free Republic?

[EdReform]

BTTT

[Noumenon]

Soros is in serious need of a dirt nap. IMHO, of course.