An All-Out Attack on 'Conservative Misinformation'

Bust it?

Do you get all your information from right wing media outlets? You know, like Fox, Rush, Glen Beck, Hannity and conservative blog sites? Do you take all the say as gospel?

the difference between pundits like beck and pundits like media matters.
media matters attacks GOP with their own words.. they show video clips of gops and copies of gop shows..
they show when oreilly goes ape @!$%# telling a 4 star general that he is wrong and that our troops murdered germans at amalady when anyone with google can find out that isnt true.

now contrast that with fox.. who claims a moderate republican that droped out of a race due to preasure fromt eh wacko far right republicans supports the wacko republican they replaced her with.. when just turning the tv to any other chanel for two seconds you would see the big news was the moderate republican was supporting the dems./

the big difference between right wing punditry and left wing punditry.. is the left wing uses facts.. spun facts but actually facts to attack the right..

teh right on the other hand make up bull@!$%# about fake birth certs.. about being trained as a terrorist at age of 5.. about how gov sanford who cheated on his wife is a dem.. about how oabam care with the gop idea of providing end of life counsoling is now a death panel about to order granny to commit suicide.

and let me boild a peace of the article you seeded.. since you missed it.

Ripping a page from an old Republican Party playbook, Media Matters has given the Democrats a weapon they have not had in previous campaigns:

exposing misinformation is good - it is SOP today...standard operating procedure...

Typical conservative attempt at spinning. This 'news' article is from Oct 2008.

Bias is not necessarily wrong. I'm biased towards the truth. Everything I've seen from Media Matters indicates they are too. Wish the same could be said for Faux Noise, Beck, and Limbaugh.

If anyone finds the reporting of Media Matters in error, point it out.

The truth shall set you free.

I'm biased towards the truth.

Exactly. Media Matters attaches the actual video, audio or transcript to any of its articles about "conservative misinformation"...proving that the lie or spin actually happened. They do not express opinion as fact...they just point out what was really said and what the contradition or lie was in the statement. They source all of their allegations....if they are wrong....give an example. And why the article from 2008?

Brock does have a liberal bias, but he came by it honestly, having been part of the right-wing smear machine for many years.

He was finally forced to walk away by his own sense of journalistic integrity. He was more interested in getting at the truth than in producing propoganda.

That same instinct will produce honest reporting regardless of the underlying ideology.

Joules, please say Amen after that.

Bust it, it appears you haven't actually taken the opportunity to look into the issue yourself. I welcome you to go to Media Matters and find something about Fox News that MM says is incorrect. Then look into it yourself.

As "G" pointed out, this is an old piece of spin.

Media Matters provides clips of rightwing bull@!$%# and then refutes them.

Truth's a @!$%#, ain't it?

The best you have for an attack is "may have a connection"???

Fox News regularly goes over republican talking points and then has a skewed poll on the talking points right after discussing them...

And you are talking about somebody giving a political dontaion on the other side?

That's all you have?

Liberals need Media Matters to help them find the moments when conservatives slip up.

Conservative don't need Media Matters because liberals mess up so often, it is not hard to throw their words back at them. Just ask Van Jones.

Conservative don't need Media Matters because liberals mess up so often, it is not hard to throw their words back at them.

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One instance does not a generalization validate. Your comment is silly and you cannot prove it true. As far as 'Conservatives not needing blah blah blah...' is this why Conservapedia exists? Or Big Hollywood? Glen Beck? the thousands of hrs of conservative hate talk radio boradcast in ths country every week?

BTW, Bill O'Reilly has claimed that Media Matters has tried to smear him by QUOTING HIM DIRECTLY, WORD FOR WORD...

Dang... using O'Reilly's OWN words against him... talk about dirty... and low down...

Just having some fun. This whole topic is silly. We both know that each side behaves in similar ways when it comes to the war of words. That's why they call it politics.

I've got more votes on my comment then yours so I guess I'm winning the debate. 8-)

Yes, KS, and I have more than you do. So, what were you saying again?

You are the winner so far. Congrats Kim

The topic is the supposid liberal media watchdog (Media Matters) criticizing and attacking primarily Conservative media outlets

What do you mean, "supposed" liberal? They are liberal, and they do primarily criticize conservative media outlets. What's wrong with that, as long as they tell the truth, and (unlike Fox) don't try to misrepresent themselves? Yes, they're liberal.

Also, unlike Fox, they tell the truth.

I'm still waiting, but not holding my breath, for someone to show us where Media Matters has misinformed us on anything.

Give me a break

Bust it,

You know that isn't going to happen with these rabid, hate filled, neo-lib nut jobs.

I'm not sure what the discussion is about.

At this point, I would think that the phrase "conservative misinformation" would be widely considered to be simply redundant.

It's about right-wing projection, Iceman. Everything these people are saying about MediaMatters is true...of WorldNetDaily, Accuracy In Media, Fox, Drudge...

*2. "Other" includes political affiliation (CA, DC, IA, LA, WV), taken from http://www.adl.org/99hatecrime/state_hate_crime_laws.pdf So people this is just an FYI if you reside in any of the above listed states refrain from political abuse or you may be prosecuted !

I just found this amusing, to be arrested because you call someone a left/right wing nut job !

MEDIA MATTERS!!!??? Does anyone buy anything from this lunatic-fringe left-wing pack of subversives?

The most open, transparent administration in history. What a bunch of hypocrites!

Media Matters is control by George Soros

So much for Obama's promise of bringing hope and change to Washington. He's just a liar and a thug like the rest of them. And I'm not shocked that Media Matters is attacking this story because Media Matters is in the tank for Obama.

Now ZeroX hold on the big O has brought us "hope" (hope he serves 1 term or less) and we have "change" (from despair to anger !)

The most open, transparent administration in history. What a bunch of hypocrites!

ZeroX,

Why don't you enlighten us as to where Media Matters has lied in it's reporting?

The most open, transparent administration in history. What a bunch of hypocrites!

What don't you know that you'd like to? What did you think of the openness and transparency of King W's administration? The Most Secretive Govt Ever?

Bush and Obama are hypocrites and liar.

The media should not side with any administration.

ZeroX,

Bush and Obama are hypocrites and liar.

OK, we know Bush lied. Can you point out where Obama has lied?

The media should not side with any administration.

Surprisingly, on this point I'll agree with you. Do you believe Media Matters is not telling the truth? If so, on what?

Does anyone buy anything from this lunatic-fringe left-wing pack of subversives?

What policy positions do the support which prove them to be "lunatic-fringe left-wing"?

Bust it,

You still haven't provided any links, as most of the previous people posting have requested. Anyone can post names; it's time for you to post the lies of the liberals.

The republican elite use the extremist conservative to pass on its message. When are these people going to start thinking for themselves? And not let the puppet masters do their thinking for them?

I've got 40 buses for 1,000,000 people wanting a D.C. vacation.

Great cut and paste job, Bust it.

http://honestquestions.com/articles/people-surrounding-president-obama.asp#jh

Lot's of innuendo and accusations with no teeth.

Bust it, keep the lies and innuendo going.

Once again, provide links, not your opinion.

Thanks CuriousG.

Bust it have you read the CoH/UA about cutting a pasting?

You still haven't provided any links, as most of the previous people posting have requested. Anyone can post names; it's time for you to post the lies of the liberals.
I'll post A small sample what the Conservative media outlets have helped to expos;

Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the President's pastor for 20 years, whose disdain for America, or at least certain parts of it, is perhaps the most animated of anyone around the President.

Frank Marshall Davis, alleged mentor of the President in his younger years, member of the Communist Party of the U.S.A. Obama refers repeatedly to a man named "Frank" in his memoir Dreams From My Father

Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary, leads the Treasury Department at the White House, He is responsible for the IRS and plays a big role designing and executing the administration's economic policies. Geithner is charged with tackling this challenge, but there's one problem: Tim Geithner has repeatedly cheated on his own taxes.

Cass Sunstein, heads up the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. He argues for the good of federal broadcast regulations in his book The Bill of Rights in the Modern State, suggesting that regulation of content is akin to regulation of pollutants and endangered species.

William Ayres, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a terror organization responsible for various bombings of government buildings in the 1960's. Ayres founded the Chicago Annenberg Challenge in 1994 and coordinated with a small panel to name a board, ultimately approving appointment of Barack Obama, who served on the board from 1995 through 1999.

Jeff Jones, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a terror organization responsible for various bombings of government buildings in the 1960's. Jones is now director of the New York chapter of the Apollo Alliance, the very organization that takes credit (and is given it by Sen. Harry Reid) for crafting the stimulus package.

Van Jones, former special adviser to President Obama on "green jobs", resigned the position on September 6, 2009 over controversy surrounding his past. He is a former board member of the Apollo Alliance, founder of Green For All, founder of ColorOfChange. Van Jones landed in prison mixed up in riots after the Rodney King verdicts were announced, and while there, in his own words

"I met all these young radical people of color -- I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'... I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary... I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th... By August, I was a communist."
John Holdren, confirmed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology. Holdren co-authored several books, including the 1977 text Ecoscience, which discusses in depth the array of techniques available to governments to control and reverse human population growth, often by forceful methods.

Ezekiel Emanuel, adviser of health policy in the Office of Management and Budget, member of Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research. Emanuel is also the brother of President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Ezekiel Emanuel has made numerous comments that imply a bias toward reducing end-of-life care, mainly for financial and societal cost reasons.

Mark Lloyd, Chief Diversity Officer at the FCC
Mark Lloyd's 2006 book Prologue to a Farce: Communication and Democracy in America, Mark Lloyd puts his philosophy in these terms:

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. . . . This freedom is all too often an exaggeration. . . . At the very least, blind references to freedom of speech or the press serve as a distraction from the critical examination of other communications policies.
ACORN, a community organizing group founded by Wayne Rathke, engages in fights for social justice through mobilizing primarily lower-income people in urban areas. President Obama proudly acknowledges his ties to and work with ACORN

ACORN is under active investigation for:

Voter registration fraud in 14 states.

Financial misrepresentation, as charged by former workers.

Embezzlement of nearly $1 million from by Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN founder Wayne Rathke, and concealment of this from the ACORN board of trustees for nearly 10 years

Advising possible partners and members to break laws and hide illegal activity as needed.

Carol Browner , special adviser on environmental issues, works directly for the President and was hired away from Socialist International, a global organization which promotes one-world governance to facilitate environmental change and social justice.

Anita Dunn, White House communications director, Looks to Mao Zedong (the Communist revolutionary who ran China for nearly 30 years and was responsible for an estimated 70 million murders during his tenure.) as one of her two favorite philosophers along with Mother Teresa as someone she "turns to the most" for inspiration on how to define your own fight and "fight your own war" to HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

google, youtube or read the excerpts of the views those whom surround the President for yourself. Its all out there.

It looks like you did all your homework. Great job. It will be interesting to see if they defend those who were quoted or admit they were wrong or if they simply attack the messenger, you. Again, thanks for the research!

Husker, you're too easy. Just a single shot.

I know you hate MMFA. It's because you hate the truth about republican stormtroopers.

The truth will set you free, and also from being a husker fan, that's gotta suck.

http://mediamatters.org/

I'll post A small sample what the Conservative media outlets have helped to expos;

A fishing pole and broken string has left your bucket empty.

Cornhusker4Palin,

What exactly is there to defend, innuendo and accusations?

Come on, where's the beef?

OH, and FYI, there was no homework done by Bust It, he simply cut and pasted someone else's work. When I was in school, they called that plagiarism. See my link in #7.3 for the source of his 'work'.

The truth will set you free, and also from being a husker fan, that's gotta suck.

That must be it! It really sucks being a fan of one of the all time best college football programs and traditions. Looking back from now to the beginning of college football, the Huskers are one of the most storied and successful programs around. Over the last 50 years, no one is close to the number of wins NU has had and dating back to 1890 when NU started playing football, only Michigan, Notre Dame, and Texas have more all time wins.

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they called that plagiarism.

They must be reading and using the Joe Biden book "How To."

The new ACORN video released today clearly disputes most of the claims made by Ms. Katherine Conway Russell in her September video that eerily resembles a hostage message. Russell is the ACORN employee featured in O’Keefe’s video. The footage clearly disputes claims that they were not dressed in any strange way, that they never mentioned prostitution, etc. In the latest attack/defence from ACORN apologist and George Soros-funded Media Matters, none of these points are addressed in any way whatsoever. They seem to simply fall back on the fact that the Philadelphia ACORN office had filed a police report and that the mere existence of that report proves all of their other claims:

“O’Keefe did not dispute the authenticity of the police report ACORN filed with Philadelphia police following their visit. The filing of the police report by ACORN — Russell can be seen holding a copy of it in O’Keefe’s video — indicates the Philadelphia ACORN office had no intention of helping O’Keefe and Giles conduct any illegal activities, and ACORN said the police report “proves our clear understanding of this scam that was being portrayed.

So, about that police report…

1. The video clearly shows Giles mentioning prostitution, wouldn’t this have been something to mention to the police if you go to the trouble of filing a report?
2. The copy of the police report also makes no mention of the under-age girls from El Salvador that Ms. Russell herself admits were a subject of discussion with Giles and O’Keefe. Again, wouldn’t it make logical sense to mention this point to the police as well?
3. The name of the “Complainant” on the police report is “Keith Crosby” not Katherine Conway Russell. If Ms. Russell was the person who witnessed the “Verbal Disturbance” then why didn’t she file the complaint? Russell was so busy that day at ACORN that she delegated the duty of relaying this “Verbal Disturbance” to Mr. Crosby?
4. In the police report, under the heading of “Offender Information” only O’Keefe’s name is listed, not even mention of a second party whose name was unavailable. Only O’Keefe. But, in Russell’s video message, she continues to refer to “them” and details Giles’ contributions to the conversation.
5. According to the Media Matters web site’s description of the police report:

Fox News cites Philadelphia police report posted by Media Matters. In his October 21 report on the press conference and video released by O’Keefe and Breitbart, Shawn stated that Media Matters for America, “a group that has been very critical of coverage of ACORN, released this police report. It’s from the Philadelphia Police Department. It shows, they say … basically James O’Keefe was in that office causing a ‘verbal disturbance.’ “

Look again… that is not what the report says… it can’t possibly say that because this is not a first hand account from the police. This is merely a recording of the claims made by Mr. Keith Crosby who, himself was not a witness to the encounter, Ms. Russell was.
All the incident report can claim is: “Mr. Crosby says that Ms. Russell says that Mr. O’Keefe caused a verbal disturbance.” That is a far cry from Media Matters’ position.

Does that help, taken from
http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/21/media-matters-never-mind-about-all-thos-facts-we-have-a-police-report/

here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af9DDayHwbg&feature=player_embedded