The website and research group, Media Matters for America is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3)
organization that is dedicated to analyzing the constant barrage of news media
that you and I do not have the time to look into.
Media Matters for
America describes their website like this…
“Using the
website mediamatters.org as the principal vehicle for disseminating research
and information, Media Matters posts rapid-response items as well as longer
research and analytic reports documenting conservative misinformation
throughout the media. Additionally, 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.”
What is funny about perusing this website is its homepage.
They have many different media categories for you to choose from; such as, Economy,
LGBT, Fox (This one will seem redundant later), Immigration, Environment and
Science, National Security etc…
I guess you are still wondering what I find funny about this
and why I pointed out that the Fox only category was particularly intriguing. What
is funny is that no matter which category you decide to look at, Media Matters for America has found that
Fox News has made one egregious violation of journalistic ethics or another.
I have no grand point here, only that either Fox News is the
worst thing to happen to the collective reputation of journalists, or Media
Matters for America was created just to berate Fox News.
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