http://mediamatters.org/tools/syndication/tag_rss/attacks_on_media_matters This link is for use by RSS-enabled software to retrieve Media Matters items matching the term: Attacks on Media Matters en-US Copyright 2009, Media Matters for America http://mediamatters.org/items/200812190007 For the second day in a row, Sean Hannity stated on his radio show that he was presenting an award to <em>Media Matters</em>: "[A]s we announced yesterday on the program, our first annual Left Wing Obamamania Media Sleaze PC Police Award has gone to the group <em>Media Matters</em>." Hannity originally announced this award hours after <em>Media Matters</em> named him the Misinformer of the Year. http://mediamatters.org/items/200812190007 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:17:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200812170017 Hours after <em>Media Matters</em> named Sean Hannity its Misinformer of the Year, Hannity announced on his radio show that <em>Media Matters </em>was the "winner" of "our first-ever Left-Wing Obamamania Media Propaganda Sleaze Award." He added: "Now, this award goes to the group or the person that does more lying and smearing than your average left-wing Obamamania media supporter." http://mediamatters.org/items/200812170017 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:56:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190020 Responding to a <em>Media Matters</em> item, Chris Baker said: "<em>Media Matters</em> people can kiss my supple buttocks. What I say is what I say, and if they don't like it, instead of hiding like a bunch of commie girls, they can challenge me if they like." http://mediamatters.org/items/200809190020 Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:15:59 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300007 Referring to <em>Media Matters' </em>documentation of comments in which he called autism "[a] fraud, a racket," Michael Savage said: "They're very happy that they were able to use the poor parents of autistic children to attack me when I in fact have been more supportive of the most vulnerable children in our population than anybody else in the history of radio. That's correct, me, Michael Savage." Savage went on to falsely claim that his comments about autism were taken of context, stating: "So what they did was they took a sound bite out of context and they used the poor parents of autistic children to attack me. That's very clever." http://mediamatters.org/items/200807300007 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:51:24 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200807220010 A WorldNetDaily article reporting on the controversy over Michael Savage's July 16 remarks about autism stated that Savage "told WND that Media Matters itself is as much a part of the story as autism," adding: "Acting like the HIV virus, he said, 'they invade the body politic and mimic the defense cells until they poison the entire organism.' " http://mediamatters.org/items/200807220010 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:33:19 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200008 On his radio program, Bill O'Reilly called the "people" at <em>Media Matters for America</em> "the worst Americans in the country" and stated, "If I could, I would deport them." O'Reilly also asserted: "But this <em>Media Matters</em>, this disgusting, despicable, far-left website, they do it all the time. And MoveOn and all these people, that's what they do. They disagree with you, and they brand you a racist." http://mediamatters.org/items/200803200008 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:17:01 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110008 CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck suggested that, in a recent item, <em>Media Matters for America</em> claimed that Beck did not "directly ask [evangelist John Hagee] about the Catholic Church and anything like that." In fact, what <em>Media Matters</em> noted in the March 5 item was that Beck did not challenge Hagee on his specific comments about the Catholic Church or any other of a long list of controversial statements he has made. http://mediamatters.org/items/200803110008 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:31:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010006 National Review Online blogger Kevin D. Williamson called <em>Media Matters </em>"hysterical ninnies" over a column by <em>Media Matters</em>' Eric Boehlert that predicted "a very rough 2008" for Fox News. http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010006 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:04:22 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010005 Joe Scarborough stated on the February 1 edition of MSNBC's <em>Morning Joe</em>: "<em>Media Matters</em> actually gets very agitated when we call [former New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani 'America's Mayor.' In fact, they did a whole post on us calling Rudy 'America's Mayor,' so we decided to call him 'America's Mayor' about 48 times." http://mediamatters.org/items/200802010005 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 13:51:00 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310002 Referring to Eric Boehlert's recent <em>Media Matters</em> column, Bill O'Reilly claimed that "the smear factory has put out an article that says Fox News will have a rough year in 2008. Well, if the January ratings are any indication, <em>Media Matters</em> is once again lying its 'you know what' off." But Boehlert did not address Fox News' overall ratings; he compared Fox News' and CNN's ratings during major campaign events in January to support his argument that Fox News will have a "tough year." And O'Reilly did not address any of Boehlert's specific assertions about Fox News. http://mediamatters.org/items/200801310002 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:30:49 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710290008 In a post on the NRO military blog The Tank, W. Thomas Smith Jr. asserted that he had been to Iraq, spent "[d]ays -- sometimes weeks -- at a time" with units in action, and would be "hard-pressed to find one American Marine or soldier (or a Brit) who would say to me 'it's not going well.' " However, there are several examples of active-duty or retired service members expressing discontent with progress in Iraq through media outlets. <br /> http://mediamatters.org/items/200710290008 Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:00:08 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710150007 An October 10 article on the conservative news website WorldNetDaily about reactions to Ann Coulter's comment that Christians "just want Jews to be perfected, as they say" asserted that the controversy over her comment began when <em>Media Matters for America</em>, "a pro-Democrat media lobby headed by David Brock, noted Coulter's appearance on CNBC's 'The Big Idea' with host Donny Deutsch." An October 12 CBSNews.com article contained large sections that were nearly identical to the WorldNetDaily report, including the inaccurate description of <em>Media Matters</em>. In fact, <em>Media Matters</em> is not affiliated with any party or candidate. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710150007 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:53:02 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710130001 In a post on her website, Debbie Schlussel claimed that <em>Media Matters</em> is "anti-American, anti-Israel, and funded by [philanthropist] George Soros, a Jew who proudly worked for the Nazis rounding up Jews and sending them to their deaths." She also wrote, "I believe Donny Deutch [sic] was lying about his own religious status" in the interview, and that she "doubt[s] that" he is a "practicing Jew," because "his show is on live during the Jewish Sabbath, and keeping the Jewish Sabbath is the most important commandment for a religious Jew to keep." http://mediamatters.org/items/200710130001 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:03:46 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060003 Mark Williams claimed that <em>Media Matters </em>"attack[ed]" him by highlighting his statement that Sen. Barack Obama came "out of the closet as the domestic insurgent that he is," referring to Obama's comments explaining why he longer wears an American flag lapel pin. Williams offered no explanation of how <em>Media Matters</em>' highlighting of his comments constituted an<em> </em>"attack" on him. http://mediamatters.org/items/200710060003 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 20:15:26 EST http://mediamatters.org/items/200710050007 http://mediamatters.org/items/200710050007 Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:57:41 EST