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2009-10-22 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Liberal Smear Merchants 'Media Matters for America' Will Slime Anyone Who Takes on ACORN

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Posted by Fred 2009-10-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 note to idiots: They were attempting to facilitate enslaving teens in brothels. It ain't gonna work. Ain't gonna fly.

It may seem okay to the terminally insane, but to everyone else, it's just plain insane.

Posted by Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-22 01:05|| 2009-10-22 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't care if James and Hannah were Bonnie and Clyde in a previous lifetime. Whatever the means, it was not immediately apparent to the ever-so-helpful folks at ACORN, who are obviously in need of a serious dose of morals. More serious than anything they could possibly dig up on the reporters. Ain't nuthin' they could dig up that would change that. Might as well go home before they get their tit caught in the wringer by association with ACORN.

Posted by gorb 2009-10-22 02:28|| 2009-10-22 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 They're also big into promoting the AGW scam.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-22 07:24|| 2009-10-22 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I thought ACORN's original claim was that they were pretending to cooperate with O'Keefe & Giles to try to keep them there until the police arrived.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-10-22 07:39|| 2009-10-22 07:39|| Front Page Top

#5 That's why they were having them fill out forms, asking them a bunch of questions and fill out a bunch of questionnaires as they were leaving. Didn't you catch that?

Posted by gorb 2009-10-22 09:45|| 2009-10-22 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Is Media Matters funded by George Soros?

Posted by M Defarge 2009-10-22 15:14|| 2009-10-22 15:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes. In addition, it is well funded by the usual socia1ist fat cats. Soros funds it through his front groups.
Standing behind Brock was John Podesta, a former chief of staff in the Clinton administration and the head of the "progressive" Washington, DC think tank, the Center for American Progress. In 2004 Podesta provided Brock with office space for his fledgling enterprise. Soon after, Media Matters received over $2 million in seed donations from a roster of affluent donors including Leo Hindery Jr., a former cable magnate; Susie Tompkins Buell, a co-founder of the fashion company Esprit and a close ally of Senator Hillary Clinton; James Hormel, a San Francisco philanthropist who nearly served as ambassador to Luxembourg during the Clinton administration; Bren Simon, a Democratic activist and the wife of shopping-mall developer Mel Simon; and New York psychologist and philanthropist Gail Furman. Media Matters, which can accept tax-deductible contributions under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code, has also benefited from the patronage of Peter Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corporation and a longtime consort of leftist financier George Soros.
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To summarize, Soros and his Open Society Institute pour millions of dollars into the coffers of MoveOn, the Center for American Progress, and Democracy Alliance. In turn, these organizations funnel some of that money to Media Matters.

Worth reading to learn the spiderweb of front groups used by the hard left. Very ACRONish or KGBish if you prefer.

Posted by ed 2009-10-22 15:31|| 2009-10-22 15:31|| Front Page Top

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