Thu, Apr 26, 2007 12:43pm ET

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Politico runs correction of DeLay claim that Soros funds Media Matters

As Media Matters for America noted, on April 23, the same day that Fox News' Bill O'Reilly went on the attack against Media Matters -- purporting to diagram what he presented as a web of conspiracy involving progressive donors, nonprofits, and the media, with Media Matters at the center -- The Politico ran an op-ed by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX), in which DeLay alleged that "George Soros, upset with the slight inroads conservatives have made recently, has funded an organization called Media Matters for America, led by liberal muckraker David Brock." In fact, as Media Matters has repeatedly noted, Soros has never given money to Media Matters, either directly or through another organization.

On April 26, The Politico issued the following correction:


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