Shocker. George Soros Dumps $1 Million Into Media Matters Sinkhole
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 12:53 PM
Now it’s official.
For years far left website Media Matters has denied funding by radical billionaire George Soros.
Not any more.
George Soros donated $1 million to Media Matters today. He might as well have ground it up and washed it down a garbage disposal.
The New York Times reported:
Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $1 million donation from the philanthropist George Soros.
In a statement obtained by The Caucus, the organization says it plans to use the money to intensify its efforts to hold the Fox host Glenn Beck and others on the cable news channel accountable for their reporting.
“Fox has transformed itself into a 24-7 G.O.P. attack machine, dividing Americans through fear-mongering and falsehoods and undermining the legitimacy of our government for partisan political ends,” the group will say in the statement, to be released Wednesday afternoon.
In an accompanying statement, Mr. Soros, a billionaire who has a history of supporting liberal politicians and causes, accused Fox News hosts of “incendiary rhetoric” and said he hoped that his money would be used “in an effort to more widely publicize the challenge Fox News poses to civil and informed discourse in our democracy.”
For years, conservatives have accused Media Matters of being a front organization for Mr. Soros. In May, Mr. Beck referred to Media Matters as “the left-wing George Soros-funded media machine that is now referring to me as a jihadist.” In 2007, Fox’s Sean Hannity called it “Hillary Clinton’s George Soros-funded group Media Matters.”
Officials at Media Matters regularly deny that they have ever taken money from Mr. Soros, who repeats that denial in Wednesday’s statement, saying, “I have not to date been a funder” of the liberal organization. Now, he will officially be a donor, and likely a fresh target for criticism from the right.
Talk about throwing your money away?
Soros must really be depressed about that Republican avalanche.
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Khan Krum commented:
How about Baraq Hasan al-Bama’s campaign? How much did he give him? What about Moveon.org? How much did he give those communists?
Militant Conservative commented:
I expect troll dropping to be all over this story thread.
Trying despirately to protect the mother ship propaganda machine. Cranial Rectal diesease.
powder is dry.
AuntieMadder commented:
There’s another one who looks demon-possessed.
templar knight commented:
The very first investigation by the new House and/or Senate should be the money links between George Soros and all his front groups trying to destroy the United States. George has set himself up to profit greatly in the destruction of this nation and its currency. My guess is that he’s short the US Dollar, and is doing everything in his power to destroy it, just like he did the British pound. November is coming and justice is coming! Don’t mess it up, Republicans!
kansas commented:
I’m sure glad there’s no incendiary anti-conservative rhetoric on any of the MSNBC shows.
Nance commented:
A million at this late date will do nothing for this election cycle. Soros knows this. This is an investment for 2012.
“In a statement obtained by The Caucus, the organization says it plans to use the money to intensify its efforts to hold the Fox host Glenn Beck and others on the cable news channel accountable for their reporting.”
More propaganda in needed to smear conservatives, which Media Matters will gleefully supply. A cool million is a drop in the bucket for Soros, btw.
Stuart commented:
George Soros, a philanthropist…
A philanthropist who got his start robbing hapless Jews of their wealth before they were sent off to the gas chambers.
Or was it after, George?
And he, a Jew himself.
A very odd sort of philanthropist.
Wow commented:
Off Topic, but talk about carrying water and desperation. This just happened.
Debate moderator to Rubio: How’s it feel to be anti-Latino?
StrangernFiction commented:
Calling Soros a philanthropist is like calling Stalin a humanitarian.
bg commented:
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The Senator From Soros
["So groups that receive foreign money are spending
huge sums to influence American elections."
-- President Obama on October 7
"I challenge the Chamber of Commerce to tell us how much of the money they're investing is from foreign sources. I challenge them,
if I'm wrong I will stand corrected. But show me, show me."
-- Vice President Biden on October 11
"You arrogant ass! You've killed us!"
-- The Hunt for Red October
Shall we play a game?
The line, spoken in an eerie mechanized voice, comes from the movie
War Games, starring Matthew Broderick as he does battle with an out-
of-control computer bent on blowing up the world. Broderick responds
by saying, "Love to! How about Global Thermonuclear War?"
We're not into Global Thermonuclear War here. But a game of follow
the Secret Donor Money -- an incredibly dishonest game that they will doubtless regret beginning -- has been launched by this White House,
the New York Times and their liberal allies. Charges of foreign money, improper influence and secret donors fill the air. The Times has even seen fit to trot out Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew!
So. Shall we play their Secret Donor
Money game? Love to? Excellent.
Let's begin with questions.
• What if Secret Donor Money -- funneled through a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit with no obligation to reveal its donors -- was used to influence not just your run-of-the mill election, but a sitting United States Senator as he ran a Senate confirmation hearing of a federal judge? An official constitutional duty of the United States Senate?
• What if that United States Senator secretly influenced by that Secret Donor Money were named Russell Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin?
• What if that Secret Donor Money was used to supply Secret Research Senator Feingold was secretly using to defeat that Bush nominee for the federal judiciary? And what if Senator Feingold repeatedly and secretly
(so he thought) plagiarized his questions to the nominee--from the secret document purchased by Secret Donor Money secretly supplied by those Secret Donors?
• What if then-Senator Biden sat on this same Senate Committee while this game of left-wing Secret Donors was going on and never said a thing about it?
• What if that same Secret Donor money was being used to secretly buy a Page One favorable story on the front page of the Washington Post? And the Washington Post both knew this secret and went along with it -- publishing the story? But not publishing the names of the Secret Donors?
• What if the Chief Justice of the United States received a serious complaint from his staff about the possibility Secret Donor Money was being used by the Washington Post to attack the federal judiciary in that Page One story?
• What if that Secret Donor Money was used to formulate five questions from the Washington Post to the U.S. Department of Justice about the Bush nominee -- and an editorial opposing that nominee resulted from those questions provided by Secret Donor Money?]
more @ link..
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kansas commented:
Bastards certainly are in a panic to get that Chamber list so they can attack them. The Chamber should agree to list all their foreign donors.
List of Foreign Donors to Chamber PAC.
End of List
AuntieMadder commented:
Wow #8 – That’s despicable. I hope Rubio responded with, “I wouldn’t know. Perhaps you can tell me how that feels.”
Seth Friedman commented:
Stuart writes: “George Soros, a philanthropist…
A philanthropist who got his start robbing hapless Jews of their wealth before they were sent off to the gas chambers.
Or was it after, George?
And he, a Jew himself.
A very odd sort of philanthropist.”
Yea, you are correct. In a word, George Soros is a Kapo (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapo_(concentration_camp)).
bg commented:
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just a sample:
Obama Boss George Soros Ready To Profit From Oil Disaster
[Now we learn Soros is set to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Gulf oil catastrophe. With Obama’s ‘moratorium’ and the Obama Admin’s general hostility to drilling, it’s reported many oil companies have already looked into with Brazil regarding a move those shores. And what is Soros principally invested in right now? Petrobras, the Brazilian state oil company.]
Obama, Maurice Strong, Al Gore key players
cashing in on Chicago Climate Exchange
[The “privately-owned” Chicago Climate Exchange is heavily influenced by Obama cohorts Al Gore and Maurice Strong.
For years now Strong and Gore have been cashing in on that lucrative cottage industry known as man-made global warming.
Strong is on the board of directors of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Wikipedia-described as “the world’s first and North America’s only legally binding greenhouse gas emission registry reduction system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil.”]
aah, i’ve posted so many article
that connected the dots, i tire..
trust me, they’re not only there,
but they’re all over the place..
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Ladue Pundit commented:
Auntie Madder–I see it “dawned on you” that I referred to you as a constitutional flunky yesterday. Actually, I’d never read your post until you accused me…and I was not referring to you but instead Alex and Amelia.
But it seems it bothered you enough to elicit a profane response, which is not welcome on this site.
Is that why you chose the moniker “madder?”
StandUp4Chuck commented:
“Calling Soros a philanthropist is like calling Stalin a humanitarian.”
+1
gus commented:
Dear Kenyan Dimwit.
I see you’ve gotten yourself all wee wee’d up about the U.S.Chamber of Commerce and it’s donors. I have a solution.
You show us your birth certificate.
WE GIVE YOU ONE DONORS NAME.
You show us your application for PASSPORT.
WE GIVE YOU ONE DONORS NAME.
You show us your COLLEGE APPLICATIONS.
WE GIVE YOU ONE DONORS NAME.
You show us your COLLEGE TRANSCRIPS.
WE GIVE YOU ONE DONORS NAME.
You show us your application for the ILLINOIS BAR
WE GIVE YOU ONE DONORS NAME.
Thanking you in advance.
U.S.CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Averagemelon commented:
HAHAHAHA! Giving money to thieves! A fool and his money…………..
Ladue Pundit commented:
gus, you’re priceless.
MrGoodwench commented:
@ gus #18
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Lets also ask the indonesian imbecile how much taxpayer money he improperly funneled ,
to prop his cousin
sharia-odinga ?
down with dems commented:
PHILANTHROPY
1: goodwill to fellowmen; especially : active effort to promote human welfare
…not sure that the kind of “welfare” Soros wants to promote is the kind we want to be promoting.
Fuzzlenutter commented:
Go ahead and harass Glenn some more, MM. I’m sure he won’t complain about getting millions more new viewers…
Khan Krum commented:
Gus, that’s really good (I wish I’d thought of it).
IOpian commented:
The inconsistency of leftist ‘logic’ is always a source of great humor. The statement:
“Fox has transformed itself into a 24-7 G.O.P. attack machine, dividing Americans through fear-mongering and falsehoods and undermining the legitimacy of our government for partisan political ends,”
Is, itself, an attempt to “divide Americans through fear-mongering and falsehoods… for partisan political ends,”
No Man commented:
I am shocked! Shocked!!
Doug commented:
Glenn Beck is all over this on his show this afternoon on Fox.
pjean commented:
Imagine….
How many people could have been fed with $1million. College scholarships for America’s poorest, hard-working students. Supporting single mothers who are trying to get on their feet and support their families without the help of government. This man will ultimately reap what he sows and he won’t have enough money to pay for any peace.
pjean commented:
Take a moment……
Say a prayer for the truthtellers, big and small, ordinary and prominent.
Granny commented:
Well, they can’t ever claim they aren’t a front organization to push Soros’ agenda again, now can they? There goes even the barest claim to credibility they ever had straight outthe window.
Contessa61 commented:
Ahahahah. Soros, you just wasted a million bucks.
You’re money would have been better spent if you supported THE RENT IS TOO DAMN HIGH PARTY.
Kevin W. commented:
Soros is nothing more than a Communist agitator.
Chippy commented:
A few years ago I met the assistant who works for Bill Moyers. She bragged about the fact that Keith Olberman’s program on MSLSD was assisted and fed information from Media Matters and Moveon.org.
I would think they would assist every socialist/lib media outlet. It makes sense.
tarpon commented:
First the cash machine of the global warming hoax goes down the toilet of lies, and now Soros heads in head first.
AuntieMadder commented:
LaduePundit – AuntieMadder, like Miss Elainius and Auntie Social, was inspired by a word (anti-matter). Why? Why not?
If “bite me” is considered to be profane and therefore unwelcomed here, then the comments sections of this blog site are spattered with unwelcomed profanity, most of which being strong enough to make “bite me” sound like something a grade schooler follows with “doo-doo.”
Had offending or angering you been my intention, I would have come up with something much stronger than “bite me.” However, it appears that that’s what I’ve done just the same. So, I apologize.
Hedgehog commented:
This is a side show. The real action is going to be the lame duck Congress. Watch out for the Democommies to introduce a Trillion dollar Omnibus Spending Bill instead of going through the usual appropriation process. The Hill reported on 10/16 that the Deomcommies are thinking about doing this. Such a move would be a game changer. I suspect that they already have the bill drafted, and it will be another multi-thousand page bill that no one will be able to read, and that will have funding for all of Obama’s communist programs. It will enable him to consolidate power in ways that will be impossible to undo for the whole year. In effect, the new Congress will be stuck on the sidelines while he spends and funds the destruction of this country with our own money. Watch out!
bg commented:
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if they were so ready to IMPEACH Bush every other day for what only heaven knows, and here we have more than ample ammo to IMPEACH OBAMA.. yet no one even whispers the word.. gah!!
like i’ve stated from the get go.. we’ve been
sold to a Golden Calf for 30 pieces of silver..
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squeaky commented:
“How many people could have been fed with $1million..”]
[Soros was not a large donor to US political causes until the 2004 presidential election, but according to the Center for Responsive Politics, during the 2003-2004 election cycle, Soros donated $23,581,000 to various 527 groups dedicated to defeating President Bush.] wiki
even john kerry’s $500,000 tax evasion for his yacht – chump change in the kerry scheme of things – could have put coats on kids backs, food in their dishs, etc. you know – the little people.
squeaky commented:
the local rag ran a piece from the new yorker. to top it off, this opinion piece was on the front page.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer
i can’t recall similar coverage of soros and his associations. it seems the editors don’t believe in comparative studies. when you can say you didn’t lie with a straight face – you just left out key facts that can change the complexion of an argument.
Opus #6 commented:
Soros: The man who still says the best year of his life was the year he confiscated property from Jews destined for the gas chamber.
He has the anti-midas touch. He gets rich by destroying economies.
And he wants to silence Fox News and Glenn Beck? He’ll have to walk through us, first.
Auntie Em commented:
Glenn Beck ripped george soros a new one on national TV.
It was hysterical.
Auntie Em commented:
AuntieMadder #37,
Your response is awesome!!! Very, very cool.
aprilnovember811 commented:
George Soros runs an international hedge fund, that has foreign investors. Those foreign investors are giving to Media Matters, who is funding the Democrat/CPUSA Party. Foreign money. Mark Levin pointed it out.
Mark D commented:
I suspect it is an Investment on a future stock buy.
He did it a a few years ago..using Moveon and other liberal groups he owns.. he had them unrelentlessly attack Halliburton all day, all night causing the stock to drop sharply….then when the stock prices were more favorable.. he buys tons of it..and the attacks stop…letting the stock climb back up.
The guy is nothing more than Sewage… Nazi Colaberating, corrupt total Sewage.
bg commented:
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lets not forget Soros is not the only
Billionaire supporting Obama et al..
not to mention others..
oh yeah, re: bg #15, just thought i’d mention a
couple of other.. oh look, a butterfly!! things..
George Soros Buys Halliburton Stock
nothing to see here, watch the butterfly!!
$2 BILLION INVESTMENT IN PETROBRAS
i’m telling you, all ties lead back to the Great Global Warming
Swindle, which of course leads back to the elites NWO plans..
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Hedgehog commented:
Soros is pure evil. He is Lucifer’s agent. Period!
Echo, Jr. commented:
God bless, Mr. Soros, and may God CONTINUE to bless Media Matters.
Chisum commented:
Media Matters = Dishonest Hacks
George Soros = Nazi Sympathizer
NobamA commented:
If that old goat were younger I’d say he’s the antichrist. He should kick off in the next 10 years.
Redwine commented:
More Soros-allied lib media crap: PBS dumps Juan Williams: http://weaselzippers.us/2010/10/21/npr-gives-juan-williams-the-boot-thatll-teach-him-not-to-toe-the-party-line/#comments
bg commented:
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Echo, Jr. @ 10:07 pm #67
hmm, let me see now, “God” bless Soros & Media Matters?? which
“God” might that be.. the one they mirror worship or the Creator??
i’m laughing sO hard, i’m crying..
gOdspeed & gOd bless yOu E,J!!
btw, GeOrge says he sO rich he likes tO
play gOd, and sO he dOes, gO f$gure..
rOtflmbO!!
on a more serious note to follow..
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bg commented:
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George Soros Distorts Religious Teachings
[If one needed further proof that the public education system is merely a program of progressive indoctrination, they need look no further than the George Soros productions to which our children are exposed in their curricula. Of the many Soros videos being shown to America’s students today are The Story of Stuff, The Story of Cap and Trade, The Story of Bottled Water, and now, Let There Be…Stuff?, a “faith-based” video on American consumption.
According to the Story of Stuff, the project “was created by Annie Leonard to leverage and extend the film’s impact. We amplify public discourse on a series of environmental, social and economic concerns and facilitate the growing Story of Stuff community’s involvement in strategic efforts to build a more sustainable and just world.”
The website goes on to boast 150,000 community activists, who are partnered with environmental and social justice programs worldwide to create and distribute the films.
“The Story of Stuff Project is fiscally sponsored by the Tides Center [a George Soros organization]. We are supported by grants from both private and public foundations, contributions from viewers, and earned revenue from speaking appearances and DVD and book sales.”]
more at link, and of course the opposite is true, the more free nations advance the less poverty in third world nations.. the real problems stem from their Dictators (who live high on the hog, while their people suffer,
uh, sacrifice, oh wait..
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bg commented:
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re: bg
Tides is also connected to Teh-raaaaaaaayzaaaaaa Heinz Kerry
ACORN being just one of the many lib
orgs sponsored under it’s UMBRELLA..
trust me, the PC dots are well connected.. they have been working on this project a bit longer than their Muslim Brotherhood cohorts have on theirs..
[PC: politcally correct practicing
commies by any other name..)
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Militant Conservative commented:
Echo, Jr.
October 20th, 2010 | 10:07 pm | #67
Liberals God is Government.
bg commented:
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Militant Conservative @ 6:36 am #79
re: “They make government into God.”
same goes for those guys, you know who they are.. they are Obama’s tag team, PC (political correctness) on the left, and PI (political Islam) on the right.. both “social justice communists” at heart” (bg #25)..
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bg commented:
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re: bg #80
oops, also bg #22 (and several others)..
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