Media Matters Pays $86,000 In Auction To Have Lunch With Murdoch

WASHINGTON -- In one of the more clever moments of issue advocacy in recent memory, the progressive media watchdog group, Media Matters for America, successfully won an online auction Thursday to have a "friendly lunch" with its long-time nemesis, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch.

The item, which was listed on the site Charity Buzz, was billed as a chance to "propose your business ideas" with the media mogul. The winning bid, according to a Media Matters representative, went for $86,000 -- the proceeds of which will be sent to The Global Poverty Project. The estimated value of the lunch is $15,000.

When the lunch will take place is not yet determined. But it will involve the watchdog group's founder and CEO, David Brock, along with five additional guests, dining with Murdoch.

"I look forward to this opportunity to have a friendly lunch with Rupert Murdoch, along with five of my invited guests," said Brock, in a statement provided by Media Matters after the bid was finalized. "I will soon contact Mr. Murdoch's office to determine a mutually convenient time and place in New York."

The pairing will be the first time that the Brock and Murdoch have broken bread together and there will certainly be no lack of conversation topics. Media Matters recently received a $1 million check from longtime progressive donor George Soros for the express purpose of pushing back on Glenn Beck, the conservative television personality granted a megaphone by Murdoch's Fox News. Brock, meanwhile, has been leading nascent discussions to build a Democratic Party attack arm to counteract outside conservative interests including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which this past cycle was funded partially by News Corp. There are, of course, more conventional topics as well including, for one, Fox News's editorial slant.

If anyone is to blame for the occurrence, it would be Murdoch himself. He donated the gift. But there may be a loophole buried in the fine print for the News Corp. CEO to back out. According to Charity Buzz: the meeting will "take place over a friendly lunch at a mutually convenient time in New York City, exact location to be determined. Winner will be subject to security screening and background check."

Comments

[Bernique]

08:35 PM on 11/14/2010

If Rupert Murdoch is smart he will start slanting his fortunes with the Media Matters crowd.

--There are many more of us, Mr. Murdoch, than there are of them, and what do you want your epitaph to read, Sir?

[Tsunami effect]

06:29 PM on 11/15/2010

What a D!CK!!

Progs are a small percentage of the population as compared to the folks who love our Republic.............................I think Mr. Murdoch realizes where what the future holds by encouraging Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Hannity et al.

Long live the Republic & Rupert Murdoch, a true American Patriot.

[Bernique]

07:36 PM on 11/16/2010

Tsunami -- what are you doing here (unless being paid)? Go hang out at Drudge or Little Green footballs, if they still exist.

[Bernique]

08:19 PM on 11/16/2010

There are MANY more of us. Exhibit A -- just an example, the Beck rally on the National Mall 80,000 , Stewart/Colbert rally, 250,000. Just sayin'

[jaslyn]

01:06 AM on 11/14/2010

How can anyone keep their lunch down eating with this clown?

[Tsunami effect]

06:30 PM on 11/15/2010

I know what you mean but I'm sure Mr. Murdoch has eaten with some equally unsavory individuals previously.

[the964kid]

11:36 PM on 11/13/2010

How much more to throw an egg at him?

[JHKH]

07:31 PM on 11/13/2010

Bet Rupert won't show.

[Tsunami effect]

06:31 PM on 11/15/2010

Bet you he will

[totalliberal]

06:58 PM on 11/13/2010

It's quite appropriate that Homer's yellow butt is just below Murdoch on this page, considering it was Homer that saved Fox's butt when they first started.

[ghunt]

04:10 PM on 11/13/2010

Fox attacks black America.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY04gIruZ4E&feature=related

[ActualAmerican]

06:33 AM on 11/13/2010

"media watchdog group, Media Matters for America"

LOLZ... HAHAHA...

Man, does this BS site constatly lying to you not bother you even a little?
I mean its all day long here.

[The Unknown Citizen]

12:31 PM on 11/13/2010

quit trolling for comments tea-bagger. clearly you have nothing constructive to offer here.

[ActualAmerican]

09:39 AM on 11/14/2010

teabagger... hmmmm that's very constructive.

I will be sure to post three more times than I would have before I log off.

Thanks for helping me remember why I come here to steal your sheep.

[nixrox04]

03:28 PM on 11/13/2010

I urge you to visit the FreedomWorks web site where you find absolute fulfillment on a scale you can't imagine.
Good luck and goodby!

[ActualAmerican]

09:41 AM on 11/14/2010

I urge you to visit the link where you will find truth that you can't handle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5UOJXGxLLM&feature=related

Good luck and goodbyE!

[dragonladywaltham]

10:59 PM on 11/12/2010

Aren't you afraid you will choke eating crow?

[Cosmic Duster]

09:14 PM on 11/12/2010

I love the Homer picture just below RM on the Media page. Fits to a "T".

[keepemguessing]

03:35 PM on 11/12/2010

Oh to be a fly on the wall at THAT lunch!

[tulane-grad]

02:27 PM on 11/12/2010

Remember this next time you see a "Feed the Children" commericial. Donating mega-millions to political front groups does not a philanthropist make.

[Zuit Soot]

12:38 PM on 11/12/2010

Am I the only person who hasn't heard George Soros's name until this year? And I follow politics, as presented in the blogosphere. So why is this all news to me? Is it because I don't watch FOX News in the slightest?

[ActualAmerican]

06:37 AM on 11/13/2010

That is probably exactly it, if you only rely on mainstream media outlets that is.

It was on purpose, you do know that this site is one of his mouthpieces right?

You can't expect him to talk about the s**t he does on his on outlets.

[rakrobn]

03:16 PM on 11/13/2010

Hence why you joined right? You need to adjust your tin-foil hat.

[Bernique]

07:39 PM on 11/16/2010

yep, Zuit.

[kareemachan]

12:25 PM on 11/12/2010

Okay, 7 people to lunch for $15,000 worth of food. That's about $2000/person. What the hey are they serving, anyway?

[ActualAmerican]

06:38 AM on 11/13/2010

I would serve my d**k in a box.

Right on the media matters forehead.

[rakrobn]

03:16 PM on 11/13/2010

You're that scared of Media Matters? Aww poor teabagger.

[Tsunami effect]

11:01 AM on 11/12/2010

More classic Soros Reg!me cr@p........

"School Makes Boy Take American Flag Off Bike
Elissa Harrington

DENAIR - 13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was asked told to take it down. A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property. "In this country we're supposed to be free," said Cody. "And I should be able to wave my flag wherever I want to. And they're telling me I can't." Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week. "No action should be taken. We don't want any repercussion," said Roger. "We just want Cody to be proud of what he's doing.""

http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-americanflagbike11122010,0,3045879.htmlstory

[ItsBarranti]

05:45 PM on 11/12/2010

Who's Roger? Who's Robert? Which one is actually the boy's Grandfather? Why does this sound fake? What does George Soros have to do with this?

[Tsunami effect]

11:17 AM on 11/13/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEJzNpvoJAc

All part of Soros' Open Society Institute which is determined to destroy our Republic & our value system in favor of his one world dream.............

[Tsunami effect]

06:25 PM on 11/15/2010

Thought you'd enjoy the follow up to the story.......................

Hundreds ride with boy to show support for his U.S.-flag-decorated bike after school banned it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U2hB-Pz4zs&feature=player_embedded

http://www.fox40.com/videobeta/0228b182-739b-4cd9-9c89-65642b4803ff/News/Video-Supporters-Students-Gather-at-Denair-Middle-School

[Chris 54321]

10:27 AM on 11/12/2010

Ferengi Rules of Acquisicion

Rule: 144 - There's nothing wrong with charity ... as long as it winds up in your pocket.