Media Matters
Soros, a billionaire philanthropist with a history of supporting liberal causes, has donated $1 million to Media Matters, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The group said in a statement that it would use the money to boost its ongoing efforts to fact check the reporting of Fox News, and to hold the network’s hosts accountable for their statements.
Conservative activists have been so convinced that lefty financier George Soros is behind the lefty watchdog Media Matters that they’ve sent trackers to ask staffers what it’s like to work for George Soros. (It made for some pretty good video a little while back.)
Soros, you see, figures in many conspiracy theories on the right, but Media Matters has always maintained Soros was not one of their funders.
Well, call it proof or a self-fulfilling prophecy, but the organization announced today that Soros is going to back them for the first time, to the tune of $1 million.
Everybody wins here, no? The Brock boys win by getting a cool mil to spend on new Tivos for recording Fox or whatever the hell it is they do with their money. Fox wins by having something juicy for Bill, Glenn, and Sean to talk about tonight on this otherwise extremely slow news day. Soros wins by kicking up a little insta-PR for himself among disgruntled lefties: Remember, he’s been sitting out the midterms this year despite Democrats desperately needing more outside money to try to stem the Republican tide. Media Matters.
