Media Matters turns 1 years old today - A letter from David Brock

[LynneSin]

This has to be my 2nd favorite website and the go-to place to get the truth behind all the spincrap the media feeds us. Hard to imagine that David Brock use to be one of them, but we're all greatful to know that he's emerged from the darkside and one of the biggest advocates out there to seek and spread the truth.

Keep up the great work Media Matters & David Brock!!

http://mediamatters.org/items/200505030002

Media Matters at one year: A letter from David Brock
One year ago today, Media Matters for America, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit research and information center, launched its website, www.mediamatters.org, dedicated to monitoring, analyzing and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media -- wherever we find it, in every news cycle. I'm writing today to thank all of you who have joined our web-based, rapid-response effort -- the first of its kind for progressives -- to hold the media's feet to the fire.

In just 12 months, more than five million consumers and producers of news have visited our site, viewing 30 million pages; our robust discussion forums have featured more than 120,000 comments; and more than 35,000 websites have linked to Media Matters' research documenting lies, distortions, inaccuracies and other forms of misinformation in the news media that forwards the agenda of radical right-wing political forces. In addition, more than 20,000 subscribers have registered to receive research, publications and e-mail alerts directly from Media Matters electronically, and more than 1,500 of you have supported our work through online donations.

For your commitment to the Herculean task of holding the media accountable, we at Media Matters are profoundly grateful.

With more than 1,800 pieces of original research on a wide range of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets posted so far, Media Matters has led the way in alerting the public to news that made national headlines soon after: from Rush Limbaugh's outrageous comparison of torture at Abu Ghraib to a "college fraternity prank," to Internet hate speech by of one of the ringleaders of the so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, to Talon News "correspondent" Jeff Gannon's presence in the White House press room and his ties to GOP activists in Texas. Media Matters research led to the admission of Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly that he had, in fact, called Sen. Barbara Boxer "a nut" -- after denying it on the air; columnist Bob Novak's retraction of a false claim he made on CNN about DNC Chairman Howard Dean; and pundit David Horowitz's concession that claims he made against a college professor in Colorado were phony.


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[NYCGirl]

1. I love Media Matters, too. And the great thing about David Brock's former

Republicanism is, as Al Franken says, "he knows where all the bodies are buried."

[vince3]

2. Thanks for the link.

I don't read MM as much as I should.