Some ground work

Media Matters is one of many non-profit organizations seeking to influence public opinion and therefore public policy and the U.S. political process. With the hot ongoing elections, these non-profit organizations will be ablaze with commentary and action. Here we will watch this particular organization take on right-wing media during the next three months.

According to the organization's website, www.mediamatters.org:

"Media Matters for America is a web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

Launched in May 2004, Media Matters for America put in place, for the first time, the means to systematically monitor a cross section of print, broadcast, cable, radio, and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation — news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda — every day, in real time. "

Media Matters uses its website (here it is again: www.mediamatters.org) as a tool for research and disseminating information. They say it themselves best here:

"Media Matters works daily to notify activists, journalists, pundits, and the general public about instances of misinformation, providing them with the resources to rebut false claims and to take direct action against offending media institutions."


On the website you can find articles and updates on news personalities such as Wolf Blitzer, Tom Brokaw, Pat Buchanan, Elizabeth Holmes, Howard Kurtz, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and over a dozen more. The site also allows you to search by network and publication- basically all the major and minor league outlets, issues and topics, and radio/tv shows.

Media Matters not only debunks "right-wing" misinformation, they also give you a chance to take action, as any good "leftist" would do. Currently, Media Matters puts the pressure on CBS to admit to unethical video splicing during a McCain interview.