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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMedia Matters Declares Victory: 'The War On Fox Is Over'
WASHINGTON -- Since its founding in 2004, the progressive watchdog group Media Matters for America has been a thorn in the side of Fox News. Its dozens of staffers monitor the network's leadership, hosts, guests and financial dealings incessantly, calling out misinformation, conflicts of interest and evidence of a partisan agenda, in a bid to shed light on the workings of the right-wing echo chamber.
But in the coming years, Fox will no longer be the center of Media Matters' universe. That's because the group believes it has effectively discredited the network's desire to be seen as "fair and balanced."
"The war on Fox is over," said Media Matters Executive Vice President Angelo Carusone. "And it's not just that it's over, but it was very successful. To a large extent, we won."
full: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/13/media-matters-fox_n_4433207.html
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libodem
(19,288 posts)This has to be an Onion article.
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)They have a done good job on Faux
Laelth
(32,017 posts)I look forward to seeing what more that team can do. I suspect their talents are wasted focusing exclusively on Fox.
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BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)What the phuck are they smoking at Media Matters?
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)JEFF9K
(1,935 posts)... Hannity and friends could have been "waterboarded" into telling the truth.