When we recently checked on Media Matters in August, Elon Musk and X had won a court victory in their case against Media Matters, which was being sued for gaming the system to scare away advertisers by showing them their ads next to X posts with ugly neo-Nazi content. Media "watchdog" Media Matters is nothing more than a left-wing organization trying to silence right-wing organizations.
A day after the 2024 election, Media Matters president Angelo Carusone unleashed a diatribe on the "right wing misinformation engine” that had captured the minds of Trump voters, who "actually believe that a vote for Donald Trump is a vote for democracy." Too bad, buddy; voters didn't buy what you were selling.
The FTC has opened an investigation into Media Matters, and check out the way the New York Times' Kenneth Vogel frames the story:
NEW: The @FTC has opened an investigation into Media Matters (@mmfa).
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) May 22, 2025
It is the latest example of the Trump administration targeting the infrastructure of the political left. https://t.co/fX3paLlWf2
It is the latest example of a corrupt organization being held to account.
It's about time.
— Kevin Pouliot (@KevinPouliot1) May 22, 2025
Media Matters is indefensible.
— Sue (@SusanK1717) May 22, 2025
Good. Guess what? We voted for this.
— MT Richardson (@JackBurtonNole) May 22, 2025
Good and long overdue
— Market News Network (@marketnewsnet) May 22, 2025
Media Matters operates to maintain narrative control. Google and other organizations utilize it for that very purpose although they call it's something else.
— Billy The Unheard (@Nomadhidinghere) May 22, 2025
Media Matters. David Brock. Reminds me, David Brock was in FL meeting with biggest Dem donors the day President Trump was inaugurated, first term. Would you by chance have a copy of Brock's hand-outs or audio/visuals? Strategy to defeat Trump's first term?
— A Vast Confederacy of Fools (@grits116) May 22, 2025
Can't imagine why...
— Al Coholic 🙄🍸🖖🛸🍔🚽 (@whitefoot_alex) May 22, 2025
Media Matters @mmfa is a fake charity that exists to censor conservative media and elect Democrats. Long overdue investigation. https://t.co/UhJHDcBago
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) May 22, 2025
By the way, when Vogel says it's the latest example of the Trump administration "targeting the infrastructure of the political left," is he including the defunding of NPR and PBS? Because we can all agree those are progressive mouthpieces.
Look into PolitiFact next.
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