Media Matters for America

Media Matters Takes a Stab at Satellite Radio

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:55:35 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Brian Stelter
Media Matters for America, the media monitoring group that directs most of its ire at Fox News and talk radio, is getting a radio show of its own, albeit temporarily. For six weeks, the group will have a two-hour show on Sirius XM Radio.

Media Matters Launches Campaign Urging Advertiser Boycott of Fox News Channel

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 19 May 2011 11:49:56 -0400

Full article: Hollywood Reporter
Paul Bond
Glenn Beck, it turns out, was just a warm-up for Media Matters. This week, the watchdog group launched a campaign targeting all companies that advertise on Beck's TV home, the Fox News Channel.

Media Minutes: January 28, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:32:27 -0500

Oscar will have plenty to be grouchy about if bills in Congress become law. Three bills are circulating that would cut or even entirely eliminate federal funding for public broadcasting. And what is it about a 78-year old widow that Fox News commentator Glenn Beck finds so terrifying?

George Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters to Combat Fox News

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:23:24 -0400

Full article: Mediaite
Glynnis MacNicol
In a statement about George Soros' $1 million donation to Media Matters for America, the organization's found, David Brock, said, "We are especially pleased that in this moment of hidden right-wing billionaire money corrupting our democracy, Mr. Soros, upon deciding to support our efforts, quickly and transparently has made that support public."

Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters

Stevie Converse — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 07:18:37 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Michael D. Shear
Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce the receipt of a $1 million donation from the philanthropist George Soros. Despite claims to the contrary, Soros has not been a funder for Media Matters in the past. He hopes the money will be used "in an effort to more widely publicize the challenge Fox News poses to civil and informed discourse in our democracy."

Left Gears Up to Fight Media Wars

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:36:45 -0500

Full article: Politico
Michael Calderone
Six years after its founding to counter what it said was "conservative misinformation," Media Matters for America employs a staff of 70 that spends 19 hours a day monitoring newspapers, magazines, broadcast and cable television, talk radio, and the Internet to counter reporting or commentary it deems to be inaccurate or biased.

White Males Rule Sunday News Shows

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:46:18 -0500

Full article: San Francisco Chronicle
Joe Garofoli
David Gregory's promotion to host of NBC's "Meet the Press" ensures that all the Sunday news shows will continue to be hosted by white men. Media Matters for America further reports that roughly 80 percent of newsmakers and pundits who have appeared on the shows over the past eight years also have been white men.

Media Minutes: November 21, 2008

Candace Clement — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:52:08 -0500

A new report documents how conservative talk radio shock jocks create an echo chamber that reaches across the country. And talk of resurrecting the Fairness Doctrine never fails to rile up the conservative base. But there's no plan to bring it back.

Women, Minorities, Autistic Children: Conservative Radio's Vitriol Not Reserved for Obama

Stevie Converse — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:20:43 -0500

Full article: Media Matters for America
Conservative radio shock jocks have participated in an echo chamber of smears and falsehoods about candidate and now President-elect Barack Obama. And their vitriol spread to immigrants, female politicians (and women in general), the LGBT community, the poor and homeless, minorities, progressives, unions, college students, and even autistic children.

Tough Questions, Please

Stevie Converse — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:01:42 -0400

Full article: Washington Times
Paul Waldman
With the first presidential debate, Americans will finally get an extended look at Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama talking about issues. That is, we will if the journalists moderating the debates will let us.