Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
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I do. That's why I posted it.
I'm wondering if anyone gets threatened or hurt on that list if truthmatters will denounce it.
Why do you guys need to be such drama queens? No one is "threatening" anyone.
Do you really think that newsbusters.org doesn't have an identical memo floating around, listing left-wing blogs and people?
from what I understand they watch the media.......thats what they do storys on or where they get their content...*shrugs*
if they have an enemies list and are tax exempt screw them, pull it. I am not up for allowing any of them right left center, to skate on paying taxe etc.
I do. That's why I posted it.
I'm wondering if anyone gets threatened or hurt on that list if truthmatters will denounce it.
Why do you guys need to be such drama queens? No one is "threatening" anyone.
Do you really think that newsbusters.org doesn't have an identical memo floating around, listing left-wing blogs and people?
from what I understand they watch the media.......thats what they do storys on or where they get their content...*shrugs*
if they have an enemies list and are tax exempt screw them, pull it. I am not up for allowing any of them right left center, to skate on paying taxe etc.
Putting out a hit list for their smear and demagoguery campaign violates their exemption.
Not that you care, as long as they're attacking enemies of the party, you don't care what they do.
No, it doesn't.
hello..
Media Matters' war against Fox - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
501c3s are not banned from having political opinions, nor are they under any obligation to be "fair".
They're simply not allowed to openly endorse a candidate or party.
There are plenty of partisan 501c3s on both sides of the fence.
(As to how I know this: It's what I do for a living)
Putting out a hit list for their smear and demagoguery campaign violates their exemption.
Not that you care, as long as they're attacking enemies of the party, you don't care what they do.
It's a great piece. I'm looking forward to more information. I don't recognize the one writer, but I've always liked Tucker.
And Crossfire when Carville was a guest was always awesome.
You're not understanding me. I'm not trying to claim that MediaMatters isn't "targeting" anyone, I'm just saying that it's not against the law, nor does it "violate their exemption".
501c3s are not banned from having political opinions, nor are they under any obligation to be "fair".
They're simply not allowed to openly endorse a candidate or party.
There are plenty of partisan 501c3s on both sides of the fence.
(As to how I know this: It's what I do for a living)
Putting out a hit list for their smear and demagoguery campaign violates their exemption.
Not that you care, as long as they're attacking enemies of the party, you don't care what they do.
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
Media Matters is to 'slightly left' as Hitler was to a rational human being.... not even in the same fucking ballpark.
Media Matters is a far left hack site.
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
media matters is centrist/ slightly left? wow, okay then.
You're not understanding me. I'm not trying to claim that MediaMatters isn't "targeting" anyone, I'm just saying that it's not against the law, nor does it "violate their exemption".
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
media matters is centrist/ slightly left? wow, okay then.
Anyplace but the U.S., it would be centrist, slightly left. Here it is to the left. I don't see that as a negative any more than you would see the heritage foundation as a problem. And heritage foundation and judicial watch and those organizations are far more extreme than media matters will ever be
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
media matters is centrist/ slightly left? wow, okay then.
Anyplace but the U.S., it would be centrist, slightly left. Here it is to the left. I don't see that as a negative any more than you would see the heritage foundation as a problem. And heritage foundation and judicial watch and those organizations are far more extreme than media matters will ever be
.When Professor Alan Dershowitz spoke to hundreds of pro-Israel supporters at the University of Pennsylvania last week, many understood him to be simply providing a broad-strokes counter-message to the anti-Israel Penn BDS (boycotts of, divestment from and sanctions against Israel) conference which began the next day on the same campus.
But while Dershowitz was there in the ostensible role of "lover of Israel because I am a liberal Democrat," a close listening and gentle unpacking of many of his standard lines reveal more nuanced positions relating to Israel than many typically understand him to espouse. The nuances are very important, especially because they come from so committed a tribunal of the liberal left.
Indeed, while the left believes Dershowitz to be reflexively and unquestioningly pro-Israel, the right frequently sees him as reflexively pro-Obama Democrat and rigidly anti-"settlements." But within minutes of the start of a short press conference preceding the official events at Penn, Dershowitz angrily denounced Media Matters, an entity closely aligned -- and, in his view, that alignment may prove fatal to the election -- with the Democratic party, and firmly rejected a straight-line "the settlements are the problem" position.
Max Blumenthal, an attention-seeking, self-described "Cultural Marxist," is the son of former Clinton speechwriter Sidney Blumenthal. Despite having access to the rich and powerful through his family connections, Blumenthal, still an adolescent though now in his mid-30s, revels in acting out in public and throwing spitballs at "the establishment," most especially the hated "neo-cons"...or, really, anyone who believes that Israel is an important ally of the United States.
Blumenthal was a participant in the recent Penn BDS conference. On the day of Dershowitz's talk, Blumenthal penned a column for the Daily Pennsylvanian, the university newspaper, shamefully titled "Torture, Violence Advocate to Keynote anti-BDS Event," with the sub-heading: "Alan Dershowitz, supporter of bulldozing Palestinian towns and torturing criminal suspects, is coming to campus."
When asked about Blumenthal's DP article, Dershowitz looked exasperated and listed all the ways in which that article got everything wrong. For example, Dershowitz is opposed to torture. Dershowitz has called for something called "torture warrants" to ensure that extreme measures be applied only in extraordinary circumstances and with the most extraordinary of safeguards. Blumenthal's distorted analysis? Dershowitz supports torture
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
media matters is centrist/ slightly left? wow, okay then.
Anyplace but the U.S., it would be centrist, slightly left. Here it is to the left. I don't see that as a negative any more than you would see the heritage foundation as a problem. And heritage foundation and judicial watch and those organizations are far more extreme than media matters will ever be
Am I the only one seeing the irony of a far right blog having a go at a centrist/slightly left leaning outlet as kinda funny?
media matters is centrist/ slightly left? wow, okay then.
Anyplace but the U.S., it would be centrist, slightly left. Here it is to the left. I don't see that as a negative any more than you would see the heritage foundation as a problem. And heritage foundation and judicial watch and those organizations are far more extreme than media matters will ever be
Media Matters, Think Tank Under Fire for Israel Commentary
Two left-leaning Washington organizations are facing heated criticism for their Israel-related coverage and commentary after throwing around the disparaging term "Israel firster" and accusing the Simon Wiesenthal Center -- a group dedicated to tolerance -- of being a "far-right" outfit.
The comments by writers for the Center for American Progress, a think tank, and Media Matters, a media advocacy group, have received increasing attention over the past week, in particular for their criticism of American supporters of Israel and for their repeated downplaying of the threat posed by a nuclear Iran. The CAP also was reproached for its criticism of the Simon Wiesenthal Center as a partisan outfit.
The Wiesenthal Center responded this week with a lengthy statement that condemned the remarks and suggested that the organizations are trying to make it difficult for others "to take a position sympathetic to the Jewish state."
At issue is a litany of blogs, stories and tweets over the past year from the CAP and Media Matters, whose founder has committed to launching a "war" on Fox News.
Of particular concern was the repeated use of the term "Israel firster" by MJ Rosenberg, senior foreign policy fellow for Media Matters, and by another blogger for ThinkProgress, a CAP website.
The term is used to describe lawmakers and others who voice unwavering support for Israel, but it also implies that their loyalties are to Israel first, and to America after that.
One Democratic congressional aide likened using the term to "questioning one's patriotism" and called it "outside the mainstream" of acceptable discourse.
"What you're saying is that they put Israel's interests above all else ... over the national security of the United States and our troops abroad," the aide said, requesting anonymity so as not to imply the office in which the aide works was officially responding to bloggers.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center had a similar assessment.