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Charles Koch + Roger Ailes = Ohio University?

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Education, Brave New Foundation, Media Matters, Koch Brothers, Charles Koch, Fox News, Roger Ailes, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Ohio University, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

Might this act of selling out have something to do with the fact that the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation serves as an underwriter of the George Washington Forum, which is the OU group hosting the speech?

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Sam Stein

'Hybrid PAC' Launches To Combat Super PACs

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Super Pac, Hybrid Pacs, Super PACs, Money in Politics, David Donnelly, Ilyse Hogue, Public Campaign Action Fund, Political Cash, Super Pac Donations, Pacs, Moveon, Video, Media Matters, 2012 Election, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hoping to put a harsh spotlight on the coercive effect super PACs are having on the political process, a prominent progressive activist ...

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The Right Has It Wrong on Media Matters' Campaign Against Limbaugh

Tom Mullen | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Sandra Fluke, First Amendment, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Rush Limbaugh Apology, Censorship, Free Speech, Media News
Tom Mullen

There is no question of rights here. Media Matters is fully within its rights to run ad campaigns against Limbaugh. They are exercising their right to free speech.

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LISTEN: Media Matters Releases Radio Ads Against Rush Limbaugh

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Radio Campaign, Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Video, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh, Ap, Media Matters Rush Limbaugh, Media News

Progressive media watchdog Media Matters released two of the radio ads it plans to use against Rush Limbaugh on stations that play his program. Fo...

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Rush Limbaugh's Three-Week Train Wreck

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Media Matters, Dana Loesch, Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Media News
Eric Boehlert

Fueled by a heady bout of denial as practiced by an egomaniac, and cheered on by a fan base of enablers, Rush Limbaugh's Sandra Fluke saga is still generating national headlines on its 22nd day. How has the story of an AM talker's offensive chatter been able to sustain itself for so long?

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Rush Limbaugh Opponents Open A New Front Against Him

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Rush Limbaugh Radio Campaign, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh Advertisers, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh, Ap, Media Matters Rush Limbaugh, Media News

NEW YORK (AP) — Rush Limbaugh's opponents are starting a radio campaign against him Thursday, seizing upon the radio star's attack of a Georgetown l...

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Limbaugh's Hurt: But This Giant Isn't Dead Yet

Tom Athans | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Ed Schultz, Talk Radio, Media Matters, Rush Limbaugh, Democrats, Stephanie Miller, Think Progress, Media News
Tom Athans

The fallout from Rush Limbaugh's verbal attack of Sandra Fluke has Democrats doing cartwheels. Progressive organizations across the country are gleef...

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Ryan Grim

Harry Reid Mocks His Own Chamber

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Senate, David Brock, Media Matters, Senate Republicans, Filibuster, Harry Reid, 112th Congress, Transportation Bill, Fox Effect, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Today's Senate is such a dysfunctional mess that it has become a joke even to the beleaguered man tasked with running it. Senate Majo...

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Ryan Grim

Liberal Donor Network Dumps Progressive Organizations

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Democracy-Alliance, Video, Koch Brothers, The Advancement Project, Media Matters, Crew, Fox News, Center for Progressive Leadership, The Democracy Alliance, Robert Greenwald, Third Way, Color of Change, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The Democracy Alliance, a private network of major progressive and Democratic donors, has dropped a number of prominent organizations, a...

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When Fox News, David Brock, Identity and Adoption Intersect: Where's the Outrage?

Adam Pertman | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Religion, David Brock, Media Matters, Identity, Disability, Fox, Keith Ablow, Adoption, Adopted Children, Fox News, Media News
Adam Pertman

The part of David Brock's identity that was denigrated by psychiatrist Keith Ablow on Fox News was the fact that he entered his family through adoption and, alas, there was barely a peep of reaction.

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Washington Post Blogger Busts Media Matters On 'Fox Effect'

The Washington Post | Hide This | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Media Matters, Erik Wemple, Roger Ailes, Fox, Media Matters Book, Fox Effect, Politics News

Media Matters for America (MMfA) has been called many things. "Liberal media propaganda outlet." "A "propagandist" organization. "Partisan activists."...

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'Green News Report' - December 22, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Epa, Arctic Ice Melt, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Power Plants, Green News Report, Pollution, Climategate, Coal, Methane, Offshore Drilling, Video, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Carbon Emissions, Environmentalism, Permafrost, State Department, Shell Oil, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mercury, Green News, Toxic Waste, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, Lisa Jackson, Africa, Plastic, Occupy, Genetically Modified Foods, Factory Farming, Famine, Gmos, China, Salmon, Nigeria, Innovation, Drought, Toxic Water, Texas, Arsenic, Occupy Wall Street, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking:...

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'Green News Report' - December 20, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: John Boehner, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Radiation, Methane, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Video, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Americans for Prosperity, Big Oil, Corporate Media, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Tea Party, Solar Power, Global Warming, Energy, Fukushima, Carbon Emissions, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism, State Department, Toxic Chemicals, Water Pollution, BRAD BLOG, Water, Keystone XL Pipeline, Green News, Toxic Waste, Japan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Power Plants, Light Bulbs, Philippines, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill, Oil Drilling, Rush Limbaugh, Shell Oil, Energy Efficiency, Media Matters, Mercury, ABC News, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Arctic Ice Melt, Corn Sugar, Climategate, Corn, Permafrost, Arctic, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Rush Limb...

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Ryan Grim

Another Journalist Sting Bungled

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: To Catch a Journalist, 99 Percent, Andrew Breitbart, Verizon, Video, Media Matters, James O'keefe, Sam Stein, Media Criticism, Eric Boehlert, Mike Flynn, Mandy Nagy, Politics News

It was the middle of the day on Friday, and Eric Boehlert heard a knock on the door. A senior fellow at Media Matters, a nonprofit watchdog that chall...

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Lou Dobbs Needs to Back-Up His Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims

Jamie Henn | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Keystone XL, Media Matters, Keystone XL Pipeline, Keystone Pipeline, Green News
Jamie Henn

Time and again jobs claims associated with the pipeline have been thoroughly debunked, yet Fox News commentators continue to parrot falsehoods, if not amplify them.

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'Green News Report' - October 18, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Australia, Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Oil Spill, Conservatives, Fracking; Hydraulic Fracturing, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, New Zealand, Environmentalism, Iraq Contractors, Subsidies, State Department, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Peak Coal, Media Matters, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Green News, Sustainability, Koch Industries, Natural Gas, Endangered Species, Hillary Clinton, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Solyndra, China, Floods, Thailand, Rick Perry, Sea Level Rise, Texas, Herman Cain, Extreme Weather, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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'Green News Report' - October 11, 2011

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Epa, Renewable Energy, Regulation, Green News Report, Pollution, Coal, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Big Oil, Climate Science, Gop, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Bp, Energy, Lobbying, Environmentalism, Koch Brothers, BRAD BLOG, Mining, Keystone XL Pipeline, Occupy Wall Street, Green News, Sustainability, Koch Industries, Natural Gas, BP Oil Spill, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Australia, Sharks, Conservatives, Fracking; Hydraulic Fracturing, Bill Mckibben, Biofuels, New Zealand, Iraq Contractors, Subsidies, Barack Obama, State Department, Iraq War, Peak Coal, Media Matters, Algae, Endangered Species, Hillary Clinton, Unfccc, Solyndra, China, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!. IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Occupy Wa...

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Cable News' Big Failing During Debt Debate

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Media Matters, Debt Ceiling, Cable News Debt Ceiling, Cable News Economists, Cable News, Debt Ceiling Debate, Media News

NEW YORK — Economists aren't necessarily the first in line at cable news networks when someone is needed to talk about economic issues. The wat...

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Shame on CNN For Mainstreaming the Fringe

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Cnn, Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul, Media Matters, Rick Santorum, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Tea Party, Rick Perry, Cnn Tea Party Debate, Media News
Charles Karel Bouley

The CNN/Tea Party Express Debate leaves liberals like myself in a precarious position: while many of us are upset with the Democratic Party up to and ...

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Global Warming: Fox News Separates Fact From Fiction

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Conservation of Energy, Climate, Climate Skeptics, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Svante Arrhenius, First Law of Thermodynamics, John Tyndall, Greenhouse Effect, Roy Spencer, Ice Age, Venus, Joe Bastardi, Joseph Fourier, Media Matters, Climate Change, Climate Science, Carbon Dioxide, Fox News, Greenhouse Gases, Rasmussen, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Le Chatelier?S Principle, Global Warming, Global Temperatures, Eocene, Green News
Bill Chameides

Fox News called the three-and-a-half-minute segment "Climate Change Myths: Separating Fact From Fiction" -- an apt name because as far as the science is concerned, there's very little that could be characterized as fact, and a whole lot that could pass for fiction.

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Wayne Lapierre: Old Dog, Old Tricks

Cliff Schecter | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Firearms and Explosives, Mexico, Media Matters, Manufacturing Doubt, Nra, Bureau of Alcohol, Wayne LaPierre, Mexican Drug Cartels, Long Guns, Political Correction, Arms Dealers, National Rifle Association, US Border, Lawrence O'Donnell, Violence Policy Center, Tobacco, Pete Forcelli, Atf, Politics News
Cliff Schecter

To quote Lawrence O'Donnell from his show back in February, Wayne LaPierre is "Washington's lobbyist in favor of murderer's rights, always to use the gun of their choice."

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WATCH: Fox News Anchors Blast 'SpongeBob Squarepants'

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Video, Fox and Friends Climate Change, Gretchen Carlson Climate Change, Maya Soetoro-Ng, Fox and Friends, Steve Doocy, Media Matters, Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy Climate Change, Fox News Global Warming, Spongebob Fox, Fox Spongebob, Fox News, Fox News Climate Change, Climate Change, Fox, Global Warming, Green News

Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson aren't big fans of "SpongeBob SquarePants." As MediaMatters reports, the "Fox & Friends" co-hosts on Wednesday att...

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"I'm Afraid Fox Loses This Round."

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Bill Sammon, Media Criticism, Fox News, Glenn Beck, C-Boyden-Gray, Media Matters, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch, Media News
Ari Rabin-Havt

Fox News has launched a flurry of attacks on Media Matters, making the ludicrous argument that the IRS should revoke our nonprofit status. Because of its size and influence, News Corp. believes it can intimidate anyone who takes issue with its agenda.

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Zach Carter

WATCH: Media Matters Toasts Final Glenn Beck Show With Silly Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Media Matters, Soros, Glenn Beck Leaving Fox News, Party, Glenn Beck Leaving Fox, Media Matters Glenn Beck, Gold, Glenn Beck Leaving, Glenn Beck Media Matters, Glenn Beck, Velvet Revolution, Paul Begala, Fox, Eric Cantor, Video, Politics News

Glenn Beck's tenure at Fox News will come to an end on Thursday, and no organization seems happier about his impending signoff than Media Matters, the...

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Fox Host Accused Of 'Revolting Racism' For Obama Comments

Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Eric Bolling Obama, Video, Fox Business, Eric Bolling, Media Matters, Eric Bolling Obama Gabon, Eric Bolling Racism Accusations, Media News

UPDATE: On his Monday show, Fox Business host Eric Bolling apologized for his comments about President Obama. "On Friday, we did a story about the ...

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