Posted on 07/12/2011 9:57:39 AM PDT by Nachum
When Media Matters can’t find evidence of any “right wing media misinformation” – you know, the stuff that they’re supposed to be correcting which affords them the ability to claim tax-exemption – they do the next best thing: They make stuff up.
At around 3pm Eastern on Monday, July 11th – a few hours after both President Obama and Speaker Boehner had both concluded press conferences signaling they were meeting to continue the negotiations – the Soros-funded smear factory posted an article titled, “Right-Wing Media Figures Pushed Boehner To Abandon Talks.”
Prominent media conservatives such as Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh have been pressuring House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) not to accept a $4 trillion debt deal that would stave off economic catastrophe by allowing Congress to raise the debt ceiling and prevent the government from defaulting on its obligations. On July 9, these conservatives met success, as Boehner abandoned negotiations aimed at a $4 trillion debt deal.
(Excerpt) Read more at bigjournalism.com ...
More smatterings from Media Smatters
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