Limbaugh again falsely described Media Matters as part of "Clinton Inc."
On the July 2 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh again falsely accused Media Matters for America of being part of a network of "Hillary [Clinton] fundraising groups, or front groups." Limbaugh was arguing that recent news reports regarding Sen. Barack Obama's (D-IL) fundraising success did not take into account "so many institutions -- Media Matters for America and all these other little organizations -- that are just extensions of the Clinton that don't count when you start raising money. But how much are they worth when all this free publicity and attacks that they dole out on any opponent of Hillary Clinton? So, yeah, if you just look at the money, in one sense, you would conclude that Barack's, you know, doing very well and Hillary isn't. But he doesn't have near the organization that she does." In fact, as Media Matters has previously noted in response to Limbaugh's claims, Media Matters is not affiliated with any political party or candidate.
Additionally, Media Matters has published numerous items highlighting misinformation and attacks disseminated by Limbaugh and others about Obama, including, but not limited to, Limbaugh's accusation that Obama was "inciting riots" in a recent speech and his use of the term "Halfrican American" to refer to Obama. Indeed, Media Matters has corrected misinformation about numerous presidential candidates, including Clinton, Obama, former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC), and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).
Limbaugh also asserted that people reporting on fundraising "don't tally the financial value of these front groups. Media Matters, the Center for American Progress, they're all her groups. And they're all supposedly independent and supposedly non-ideological and supposedly charitable, non-profits and this sort of thing. But they're Hillary fundraising groups, or front groups that go out and promote her and attack her enemies, and how do you put a dollar value on that? That's part of Clinton Inc."
Media Matters for America is a "progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." The Center for American Progress identifies itself on its website as "a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action."
From the July 2 broadcast of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:
LIMBAUGH: Plus, there are so many institutions -- Media Matters for America and all these other little organizations -- that are just extensions of the Clinton that don't count when you start raising money. But how much are they worth when all this free publicity and attacks that they dole out on any opponent of Hillary Clinton? So, yeah, if you just look at the money, in one sense, you would conclude that Barack's, you know, doing very well and Hillary isn't. But he doesn't have near the organization that she does. I think she's got the same problems that anybody else is going to have -- or, she's going to have, not anybody else. She's got problems of likability, and she's got problems of -- she's not a real person. Nobody really knows who the real Hillary is, and she hasn't had to put that on display much yet. She's going to have to do a pretty good job of covering that up.
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LIMBAUGH: Now, lookit, I want to clarify something here, too, about Mrs. Clinton and her fundraising along with Obama. They both have a lot of money. It'd be one thing if Obama had raised 31 [million] and Hillary had raised nine [million], like the Breck girl [Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards]. But what is it, 31-24? I mean, they both have a lot of money. And you've got to remember, all of these front groups -- they don't tally the financial value of these front groups. Media Matters, the Center for American Progress, they're all her groups. And they're all supposedly independent and supposedly non-ideological and supposedly charitable, non-profits and this sort of thing.
But they're Hillary fundraising groups, or front groups that go out and promote her and attack her enemies, and how do you put a dollar value on that? That's part of Clinton Inc. You know, she's -- she will be the nominee. There's no question about it. And it's going to be tough for her. She's going to have trouble concealing her hated personality. She's not a likable woman. Everybody knows this and is worried about it. Plus, her leftist agenda. How's she going to hide that? You know, she's -- especially in the primary, she's going to have to really trumpet that leftist agenda.
it is possible that you can have an understanding of why he says that. MMFA is pro Hillary, and never was critical when she glorified the Sopranos (a show that promoted killing and treating women horribly). Rush is a liar but it is understandable why he would think this. Hillary can do no wrong even support in the early stages this terrible war and not support the impeachment of Bush.
Um, that's not in the description of what Media Matters does. They monitor the media for misinformation, they're not the taste police.
No, they monitor the media for Republican comments about Democrats. If they were actually about monitoring for misinformation, they'd focus on BOTH parties' propaganda. They don't work for Hillary, Inc....they work for DLC, Inc.
dosent it get boring fatty to keep having to say that over and over again to these people
"Rush is a liar but it is understandable why he would think this."
Is there a way for me to embed a gif animation of me rolling my eyes.
Why are you rolling your eyes? Is Rush not a liar?
But you're attempting to JUSTIFY Rush's being a liar.
And there's no justification for that.
To paraphrase what you are saying:
"Rush is obviously a proven liar, but I absolutely believe him on this!"
I need one of those eyes rollin' thingies when MMFA says they are not affiliated with any political party.
Define affiliated for me.
Oh I don't know. There is so much Hillary hate being spewed that it may appear that this site is pro Hillary, just because of the volume of unfair anti Hillary messenging in the media reported here. Time will tell. Remember, it is not MMFA duty to censor Hillary, this is a media watchdog. Their are plenty of voices that criticize Hillary, and if they do so with lies or innuendo we hope they will be called on it here.
Remember, it is not MMFA duty to censor Hillary, this is a media watchdog. Their are plenty of voices that criticize Hillary, and if they do so with lies or innuendo we hope they will be called on it here.
Cry babies complain that this little website with 20 employees defends Hillary while they have one or two (Fox and CNN) giant multi-million dollars networks devoted to attacking her 24/7
Waaaah. It's not fair.
Maybe because, once again, you seem to forget that this is a site for conservative misinformation. Hillary Clinton, not a conservative. And what does a parody of a TV show have to do with what Rush said? Umm, nothing, nothing at all.
Methinks you should review the words satire and parody and conservative.
This site does NOT promote Hillary Clinton over any other candidate. What it does do though is expose the lies and misinformation behind the people that attack her. I haven't seen one article on here promoting Clinton's viewpoints and or agenda on anything, but I have seen plenty of articles refuting the inaccuracies of the attacks against her. I'm sorry that you can't seem to tell the difference.
Hillary Clinton IS a conservative. So is Obama and Edwards and Richardson and the Democrat leadership in the House and Senate. How can a site claim to be fighting conservative misinformation....while defending conservatives?
Interesting. Is Fidel Castro a conservative as well?
He's a mix. But he actually uses Cuban taxes to give the Cuban people health care. Unlike our Democrats who use our taxes to give Iraqi children no limbs.
Castro is a Marxist dictator who oppresses the cuban people. Why would you want to hold the man up as some king of hero?
Wow...that is scary that someone could actually consider that crowd conservative!
I tell ya' GRAYSONBUZZ, it's hard to believe that there are still people who actually believe that communism and socialism are viable alternatives to a Constitutional Republic. People still believe that the "from each according to their blah blah blah blah to each according to their blah blah blah blah" would somehow work. People who believe such things would call John Edwards a conservative. It's interesting that noone has called REDKING a moron, ignorant, or delusional for his obvious Marxist leanings. So be it. Some will always blame the United States first yet they have no problem with reaping the vast amount of benefits this country affords it's people.
The suggestion that this site is "pro-Hillary" is, for the umpteenth time, daft, to say the least.
MM has highlighted misinformation about Obama and Richardson as well, and even Ron Paul, a Republican. The site's also been accused of being "pro-Obama".
However, with the enormous volume of garbage being thrown at both Clinton and Obama by the right (with much, much more to come, knowing them), one could easily establish a Media Matters-like site that covered conservative misinformation about only Clinton or just Obama and have their hands full.
All responder above, except Sue. Don't waist you typing on those who beleive that MMFA is a front for Hillary, Obama, etc.. They have a one track mind and nothing we or anyone else says is going to convience them otherwise.
JMHO
Yes, they have a one-track mind. And it's derailed....
Dave spare me the "Chuckle Hut Entertainment" if I want to see and hear it I can go and pay for it! For now put your thumb in mouth........
Somebody please explain the use of pop culture spoofs to Su-eeeee. She's still hyperventilating over the Sopranos thing.
I'm still waiting for Rush Limbaught to tell the truth about his arrest in the company of a male prostitute in Pitsburgh back in the Early '70s while working under the pseudonym "Jeff Christie".
How 'bout it, Rush? You claim to be the Great American Truth Detector - why not tell the truth about yourself?
Although that would be a funny story to hear, I'm not sure how this is pertinent to this whole thread.
Well, it does fall within the general topic of "Rush Limbaugh is a liar and a phony."
But, we knew that already. I think there's even a book about it somewhere...
Under the general topic of rush, its worth it just for the giggles.
http://pssht.com/biography/rush_limbaugh.html
...and it does make you wonder why someone would be using an assumed name in public, on the radio.
Also, the above biographical sketch of radio rush, is linked to by fauxnewschannel...
http://fauxnewschannel.com/
...which itself links to MMFA, making for a circle of sorts.
[Sounds like a vast left-wing conspiracy to me.]
The fact that you would provide a link to such a hateful website says a lot about you. Do you and all of your fellow liberals ever get tired of personally attacking Rush? Are you really that jealous and envious of him that you have to attack him for simply being unbelievably successful?
RH, nobody (that I have seen) has ever attacked Rush for being successful, just for being an A-Hole.
What is this fixation you ditto-heads have with "envy" being the only emotion behind criticism?
RH,
When I criticize Limbaugh, I criticize him for not being truthful like he is here. MMFA is not attacking Hillary opponents, they are dissecting lies and false statements made by those people. For example, the Pinkerton article yesterday. Hillary is not for open borders, but Pinkerton asserts that she is. That is not true.
Or with Rush, when he said that Obama was justifying riots. He was at the very least exaggerating there. There are tons of examples of Limbaugh exaggerating or spinning, that is why I don't like him. He is very successful, but that is not why I resent him. I resent him for his Parkinson's stance on Michael J. Fox. He blatently lied that Fox was partisan. Fox also campaigned for Spector in PA. His belittling of Fox's symptoms hit close to home. I have 3 relatives who suffer from Parkinson's and for him to mock their symptoms was sick. There are more examples, but that is the most recent.
Simple.
I know that either Rush himself or someone who works for him monitors MMFA. Because I know that someone at EIB is reading these threads, I add something about his arrest to every Rush-related thread and will continue to do so until El Rushbo comes clean about his past.
I would like to see it as well, but don't hold your breath too long.
You are trying to out gays on David Brock's website?
Come on. Would you really be that surprised?
I'm opposed to liars and hypocrites. And Limbaugh fits into both categories.
Did you say Al Gore was with him lighting one up!!!
Well considering MMFA is a progressive/Liberal site I'd imagine they are PRO-any Democrat.
And considering they track Conservative MIS-information it stands to reason that would include any directed towards Hillary & every other Democratic candidate.
Rush knows this I'm sure, but his listeners may not. Their knowledge of MMFA may be entirely based on whatever Rush tells them.
If Rush & others think MMFA is giving free publicity to Hillary [and other Democratic candidates] the quickest way to shut this off would be to stop giving MMFA *material* ;-)
When your right, your right.
'you're"
Sorry, had to correct. Just one of my OCD behaviors (mis-use of your, you're).
Progressive? Liberal? Democrats???? I think you missed all them Dem votes to kill arabs for Israel that occur every year. That's not progressive nor liberal....that's fascist.
Unfortunately, that is the best you are gonna get. Che Guevara is still dead last I checked.
In the world spectrum of politics, Democrats are pretty much "center-right" I will agree with you, but it isn't going to change anytime soon. I am not sure I want that to change too much. The far-left in the world's political spectrum scares me as much as the far-right does.
That wouldn't be a problem is the arabs would stop their cowardly terrorist attacks on the Isreali people. Those people who engage in terrorism deserve everthing they get. Killing them is justifiable. How can people preach the merits of peace in a hateful manner?
Nobody needs to glorify the Sopranos.
It was one of the most popular shows of the past decade and generally considered one of the best shows the medium has ever seen.
Hilllary's vid was just a nod and a wink to pop culture.
Who but a complete idiot would think she was affirming the Mafia lifestyle?
Sonny would have hated what the republicans have become.
CHORUS:
The bleat goes on, the bleat goes on
Rush keeps pounding a rhythm to the brain
La de da de de, la de da de da
Civility was once the rage, uh huh
History has turned the page, uh huh
Manufactured rage the current thing, uh huh
Ann Coulter is our newborn king, uh huh
Chorus
Talk radio's the newspaper, uh huh
Angry white men spread foul rumors, uh huh
And ditto heads keep marching to the beat
Ig-no-rance is bliss and twice as sweet!
Chorus40 air jocks say it the exact same way
They ratchet up the hate speech every day
The lies keep coming faster all the time
I wish for every lie I could get a dime!
Snoopy, you are the man....or the dawg.
Thanky thanky! Hopefully it will hang around for a bit, I notice that the staff likes to delete songs, commercials and lymericks a lot lately!
Ha-a-ng on Snoopy,
Snoopy hang on!
How stupid must Rush's audience be?...I mean these people must literally have sawdust for brains.
So may lies from this broken-down, malignant, cracked, wacko.
Well, if they think Democrats are liberals after five years of their votes to kill Iraqis for the arms industry and their unconditional support for Israeli war crimes....they must be dumber than dirt.
How can anyone who reads this website question that it pushes Hillary first and defends progressive issues second?
Here's a rebuttal piece by AIM that gives the history of the MMFA/Hillary connections. It is mostly an opinion piece but there are alot of facts about the connections between Brock and Hillary.:
Do you think something is fishy about the Don Imus affair? Why was the boom lowered on him at this time? The answer may have something to do with his main accuser, the Media Matters group, which is emerging as a front organization for Senator Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign and has extensive ties to the national Democratic Party. In firing Imus, NBC News and CBS got rid of one of Hillary’s major political enemies in the media.
http://www.aim.org/special_report/5390_0_8_0_C/
They are no such thing you are deluded as usual
Solon:
Do you also think Newsday, one of the AIM cited sources, is "delusional"?
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usclin074880328sep07,0,5183234.story
"Still, it's been particularly kind to Clinton. The site posts three to four articles per week chiding perceived Clinton bashers from Bill O'Reilly to Tucker Carlson to The New York Times. When Brock listed his 2005 accomplishments, he highlighted his point-by-point dissection of Ed Klein's error-strewn Clinton biography." --newsday
I don't really see anything substantially worthwhile in the newsday article. Apparently MMFA issues a slightly disproportionate number of articles with regards to defending Hillary. Of course, it may just be that a disproportionate amount of unfair or falsely based conservative criticism and misinformation coincidentally is about Hillary as well.
Can you think of anyone that the right criticizes more frequently than Hillary or her husband?
Reid, Pelosi, & Gore
leather that link said nothing new it was the same old garbage
And Lo their came unto them, Phillip, called punter.
And he was Lilian Wroth in his extremity.
Merrily merrily he said unto them.
Merrily merrily, for I am come.
And he came, and he came unto the house of his mothers brothers servants saying,"Where am I?"
And there was none there. Not even No One , saying nowhere yea but in the land of reversable cups, and sanitary pedistuls.
And he lay in that land... a long time.
Like worms out of a hot cheese log.
Firesign Theater, still working through cut #1, of Dear Friends.
Ok, Rush. The truth means nothing to you. So why don't you just go ahead and PROVE IT! Where are the bodies buried, Rush? Where is the paperwork? Where is the trail of proof? Is it all made up in your Oxycontin-atrophied brain or do you have Proof of your accusations? Oh, yea. I forgot. Rush doesn't need facts to make his case. He has TRUTHINESS! It's the truth if you want it to be. It's the truth if you repeat it often enough, right? Then tell yourself you are a thin, happy man whom women love and men hate for it. Tell yourself that Viagra is just for fun during sex-vacations with Haitian FEMALE hookers. Tell yourself that you can stay married to the same woman for the rest of your life, instead of a few years before she wises up. If you say it enough, those can be true too! Tell yourself you have talent on loan from God, when in actuality it's just an overload of your Ego from the Devil. Keep it up, Rush. Knock yourself out. Go for it.
Crazymonkeylady, be nice. As rinohunter posted earlier,pointing out the hypocrisy and smothered homosexuality of Rush and his fans is just mean, and rooted in jealousy.Har!
In fact, as Media Matters has previously noted in response to Limbaugh's claims, Media Matters is not affiliated with any political party or candidate.
This is a mere technicality. Anyone who spends any amount of time reading the stories on this site would be quick to come to the conclusive that this is little more than a mouthpiece for the Democrats. Perhaps there is not bias to one candidate or another, but I have read over and over spin that has been put out to try to portray the liberal news media as biased toward conservatives, criticize all matters of comments from conservatives and defend liberals in all lights. Perhaps Media Matters is not technically a wing of the Democrats, but for all intents and purposes it might as well be.
The stated purpose of MMFA is to point out CONSERVATIVE misinformation. The fact that Republicans claim to be conservatives and Democrats are "accused" of being Liberals may clue you in on how inane and absurd your post is. But, then again, I am expecting you to have the intelligence of an 11 or 12 year old... Am I asking too much, perhaps???
I have also "come to the conclusive" (???) as you say, that you come here to spew right wing talking points so you obviously must be an idiot incapable of independent thought.