Aw: Soros donates $1 million to Media Matters
posted at 4:30 pm on October 20, 2010 by Allahpundit
“Wait,” you say, “hasn’t Soros been funding them for years?” Not exactly: He’s been donating to other lefty groups for years — Tides, Democracy Alliance, etc — and they’ve in turn been donating to Media Matters. The big news today is that he’s decided to cut out the middleman.
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.”
Everybody wins here, no? The Brock boys win by getting a cool mil to spend on new Tivos for recording Fox or whatever the hell it is they do with their money. Fox wins by having something juicy for Bill, Glenn, and Sean to talk about tonight on this otherwise extremely slow news day. Soros wins by kicking up a little insta-PR for himself among disgruntled lefties: Remember, he’s been sitting out the midterms this year despite Democrats desperately needing more outside money to try to stem the Republican tide. Dropping seven figures on the left’s favorite hatchet shop to keep screeching about Fox is right in the nutroots’s pleasure zone, and the fact that he’s making a big show of doing it publicly helps their talking point about shadowy Republican donors and the Chamber of Commerce. And of course, you and I win too, my friends — for the simple reason that this news is bound to inspire yet another “Red Eye” robot theater salute to Soros and Media Matters. Remember this golden oldie from January? Gutfeld and Andy Levy will have a hard time topping it, but I have faith.
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Fire and prosecute Holder!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:42 PM
Then get Zero!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:42 PM
And Shrillary!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:43 PM
Is this microphone on?
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM
I’m in the wrong place again, aren’t I?
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Scrumpy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM
¿How does Ken get so many Bishops? ¿How?
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:44 PM
Is this where the banned ones go?
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Oh that’s f*cking rich coming from those guys since they’ve spent 5 years slobbering the knobs of and humping the legs of the guys up there….. so they finally wake up from their post-coital naps and decide to deal out a “moment of truth” to the guys that 2 wks ago were bumming cigarettes off of them after they were bent over a desk.
Hmph. okay fellas, sure, g’head and give Jay his test.
ted c on May 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Sparky! Thank God!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Congressional cloak room wire tapped. I swear, Obama is intentionally blowing up the entire US system on purpose. He has to be. What other reason could one admin be so freaking out of control!!
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/05/breaking-holder-justice-department-also-tapped-house-of-representatives-cloak-room/#disqus_thread
katy on May 15, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Barry Milhouse O’bama.
Del Dolemonte on May 15, 2013 at 10:46 PM
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
malclave on May 15, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Nope, I don’t have the “courage.” And Dan, next time move into the 21st century with your word processor vs typewriter ya worthless prik.
PS,esad.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 10:47 PM
Ted c on May 15, 2013 at 10:45 PM
Awesome rant. Vivid.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:48 PM
and if not….he emerges stronger, right Ed.
So sow the seeds of “what if” and then lift him up over the next few weeks.
Obama isn’t going anywhere.
ted c on May 15, 2013 at 10:49 PM
If y’all ever want to use a very bad term, something like eff ewe, use: myiq2xu.
It was funny. First page of the Holder to Issa thread.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 10:49 PM
Nothing will come of this. Why?
You know why
True_King on May 15, 2013 at 10:50 PM
1. What kind of leak is there that the DOJ needs to be able to get phone records from AP journalists and the House of Representatives without either Obama or Holder knowing about it?
2. We need a special prosecutor for the IRS… considering the two big leaks(Crossroads and NOM), there’s too many issues that need investigated.
3. Why only emails 3 days after the attack on 9/11? Will other whistle blowers testify?
ninjapirate on May 15, 2013 at 10:50 PM
+1. That was sheer poetry, man.
CurtZHP on May 15, 2013 at 10:50 PM
Who ?
The ” building’s leadership” , dummy…..you know Huma, Huma’s mommy and daddy and brothers, those fine people , the ones who pay Killery to ask “how high?”
burrata on May 15, 2013 at 10:50 PM
lol, forever. Between you, tom daschle concerned and myiq2xu, this week is awesome.
RWM does the ice pick, and you guys the steamroller.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 10:51 PM
Dang, tornado sirens going off. Don’t hear them often in Downtown Dallas.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 10:51 PM
…what do you mean…IF?
KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 10:51 PM
PS,kind of a nice feng shui up the ass.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 10:52 PM
Nah. That was just verbulace caught dressed up as a hangar.
egmont on May 15, 2013 at 10:54 PM
All the way to the very top. Same with Fast and Furious. Same with filching the phone records. Same with Benghazi. To keep believing otherwise is quite absurd.
VorDaj on May 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM
:(
thanks.
*flicks on tv*
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM
…it was nice knowing you!…Scrumpy and I will be sending flowers…from the Bishop Floral Shop
KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM
The King of the Community Organizers is using the IRS to punish communities from Organizing.
Obama’s Hypocrisy has no limits.
portlandon on May 15, 2013 at 10:55 PM
My brain won’t tell me what myiq2xu is.
What is it?
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:56 PM
They got cocky and got caught. It was the same thing that happened to Nixon: He wanted to win that badly and risked it all in the process.
Punchenko on May 15, 2013 at 10:56 PM
Seriously, when was the last time you wrote your Senator or Representative?
CW on May 15, 2013 at 10:57 PM
MeanWhile,back at the USS Hopey/ChangeyTiTanic,
Carney screams to no avail,from the Crows-Nest
as
Holder/Obama are putting in the wheel-house,
…..IRS/Benghazi ICEBERG DEAD AHEAD!!!!
canopfor on May 15, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Me like. That was good. Damn good.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:57 PM
Have we ever gotten a “moment of truth” from Carney? Even a nanosecond of truth from Carney?
CJ on May 15, 2013 at 10:57 PM
I love how Lisa Myers admits the press is part of Obama’s team. And in the end, that has led to his downfall. Since Obama never felt threatened by a free press, his thirst for power had no limits and he overreached. So there is the delicious irony of the sycophant media ultimately being the cause of his downfall.
pearson on May 15, 2013 at 10:58 PM
I’m hoping he won’t find out, which is pretty stupid. He already knows…..I can tell. Gonna lock my door. BRB!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Since Ken will be pushing up daisies I’ll get him daisies.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 10:59 PM
hissypalooza
can_con on May 15, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Clare Spark is a obscure blogger that often posts comments on PJMedia.
she says things like this that make sense to me
that is an excellent question. And to me, the answer is fairly simple..power and money and corruption/graft. So if this is correct then barry’s ‘over-reaches’ won’t make much difference. Barry has said he wants to transform the country.
Well, there you go. He has reached out and said..yeah, I’ll use extra-ordinary powers against those that stand in my way. But what about his troops?? Are they okay with this? A lot of them are…we know that.
So wrt Spark…if this amalgam of self-interested groups finally gets up enough votes and a extra-good voting infrastructure…well, isn’t that the next step…suppression? And if I personally depend on barry and his people..well, am I going to say much?
or will they say..don’t worry, barry fired a few people..and fixed it..and It Won’t Happen Again…promise
http://clarespark.com/
r keller on May 15, 2013 at 11:00 PM
So is he getting ready to spend more time with his family before he goes to work for some Soros entity ?
burrata on May 15, 2013 at 11:00 PM
?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?¿?
Caterpillar for twerp.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:02 PM
huh?
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Video: Four Cincinnati IRS workers claim they were just doing what their bosses ordered
http://www.therightscoop.com/report-four-cincinnati-irs-workers-claim-they-were-just-doing-what-their-bosses-ordered/
There’s nothing much in the video report that isn’t in the headline… except it may be possible to get their names if the redacted documents they show are elsewhere online.
ninjapirate on May 15, 2013 at 11:03 PM
‘Toons of the Day: Scandalpalooza!
Resist We Much on May 15, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Dude…WBAP says there’s rotation over fair park.
Radar link:
http://www.nctcog.org/weather/
This is a monster cell…stretches into Ardmore OK.
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Man oh man, when you lose Ed Schultz…
John the Libertarian on May 15, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Wait…What?
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Meh, its falling apart. Our shop is just south of there. Spent yesterday doing roof work on it.
Sirens have turned off, the bad stuff is over.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM
How dare you nearly demean them.
Thank goodness, only nearly.
socalcon on May 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM
http://www.fox19.com/story/22265631/four-cincy-irs-workers-not-two-allegedly-connected-to-scandal
ninjapirate on May 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Whoa. Fox is claiming they have names though they haven’t released them yet. And that the rogue “low-level employees” are claiming they were jes followin’ orders.
CJ on May 15, 2013 at 11:05 PM
Popcorn!!!!!!!STAT!!!!!!!!!!!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Petraues will testify end this poser. Once he says the words blackmail and how the administration through the affair out to get him to sign off on the videos. Petraues leaked his on affair before the white house did, he will testify talk about the cover up and was being blackmailed
Conservative4ev on May 15, 2013 at 11:06 PM
Are we up to 8 scandals running concurrently¿
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:07 PM
I’d hate to be the dominoes guy delivering in Mesquite about now.
Hope your shop’s OK.
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:08 PM
¿ǝqʎɐɯ ‘ou ‘sǝʎ
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:08 PM
Don’t play coy or arnold is just dreaming from when tdc exploded the other night. I been wrong many times before. This might be another.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:10 PM
It broke a few hours ago on the Hugh Hewitt show.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:10 PM
katy on May 15, 2013 at 10:46 PM
CloakroomwireGate. Will someone please codify these scandals. We need a freaking taxonomic system of nomenclature to cope with the blinding profusion of scandals to hit the news wires.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:10 PM
I’m not a conspiracy guy but on the bret baier show I asked this question at 10:15 and AB Stoddard answered it
I am Pat from NJ
http://video.foxnews.com/v/2385010201001/special-report-online-51513/
Conservative4ev on May 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Right now, pretty much everything is in flux. We don’t know the scope of each individual scandal yet, or how they might be intertwined to show a pattern. We don’t who who issued what orders, and to whom.
We have a document dump, with the pages looking like they came off an 80s fax machine in sore need of repair. We have the ‘resignation’ of a scapegoat/sacrificial lamb who was set to leave his post in two weeks, anyway.
What’s funnier about that, if you consider it, is that his own email says exactly that. And he made it public! I may be off the mark here, but it looks like he got in an embarrassing parting shot against Obama by doing that; there’s no way Obama could not have known the guy was on his way out.
Six or more Dem senators, most notably Schumer, pressured the IRS to come down on Tea Party and other such groups, in effort to shut off the cash flow. The entire time frame for both the WH and Senate efforts runs two years, now.
Finally, the unity of the LSM is under strain. Some are still wholly in Obama’s corner, while some including the liberal icons Woodward and Bernstein are asking impertinent questions of the Chicago Jesus. Either the crack will become a schism, or it’ll be patched up. Time will tell.
Nothing is settled, and I expect much more is to come. This could end up being a very hot summer.
Liam on May 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
** lets out evil laughter **
burrata on May 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
No kidding. Signal lights must be out on the downtown main feeders, on the east side anyway. Lots of traffic on my little residential street.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
All that red. Straight for me. I don’t mind cozmo getting vacuumed up; he sort of deserves it — pantless freak. And most of my family in Dallas is too mean for a tornado to mess with.
But this means my power might go out. My interwebs.
. . . it’ll be “banned Friday” all over again.
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Don’t remember it and definitely not proud of it. I’m sorry.
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:12 PM
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:08 PM
I turned my phone upside down to read you comment and the dawn screen flipped so it was still upside down.
You tricked me on purpose dintja¿
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:12 PM
*bows*
Axe on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
-They are lying about not knowing.
-I read somewhere that the leak they were looking for was the Stuxnet leak association with the USA, which was a leak intended to pump up the REB’s pitiful image. That means they were hunting a democratic leaking to the press.
-Even if they make the official claim that’s the leak they were after, it could be another lie. We may never know what they were really looking for.
slickwillie2001 on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
I’d put the 48 hour rule into effect on this one.
If true, it won’t go away and will be really big. No sense jumping the gun on this one.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
It’s all coming together now. They just couldn’t leave the shady Chicago gangsterism back at home, now could they?
Punchenko on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
No Sh*T!
This is a gobsmacker development…What will Sheila Jackson Lee have to say about this?
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:13 PM
Beck and his crew have named the entire mass of scandals as IntimOgate.
All of them meant to intimidate with the sole focus of shutting down the 1st amendment.
O couldn’t nail the 2nd so he going for broke.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Stay safe my friend!
KCB on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Just think, all of us here on HA are probably on an enemies list somewhere in Dear Leader’s administration…
d1carter on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 9:13 PM
ted c on May 15, 2013 at 11:14 PM
Nuremberg 1945.
Ah, springtime in Germany!
socalcon on May 15, 2013 at 11:15 PM
All I gots is a nicht screen. And I can’t read it in any orientation cause I don’t knows Austrian.
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:15 PM
I love you too axe. Now get over to Barksdale and steal that Vulcan for me, would you?
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM
This comes from Congressman Devin Nune of CA.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM
…transparency!
KOOLAID2 on May 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM
Evil laughter must be properly inserted. Otherwise something might happen, something like a jinx or omen or harbinger of an omen on the precipice of a jinx.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:16 PM
In other words, they don’t give a shiite about the truth. Let’s see if Obama and Carney can transcend this scandal.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Nunes.
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:17 PM
A poster on another thread–Holder telling Issa heno love him long time, said “Issa should have said FU”, only it came throught the filters in loving color. So in his/her honor myiq2xu now means the finger salute.
arnold ziffel on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
White House press correspondents tell POLITICO that, from their perspective, the coming weeks will serve as a “moment of truth” for Carney, who faces the greatest test of his tenure to date. Three days into a changed environment in the briefing room, they say they admire how he has held his ground, deflecting reporters inquiries while at the same time maintaining the cool, no-drama demeanor that has long been a defining feature of the Obama White House.
In other words, they don’t give a shiite about the truth. Let’s see if Obama and Carney can transcend this scandal.
WryTrvllr on May 15, 2013 at 11:17 PM
Why is Carney singled out he is just repeating what he is told to say. Carney cant be the fall , he’s just a puppet
Conservative4ev on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
What a week…and it’s only Wednesday!
Bob's Kid on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Cozmo…Axe
You guys are crackin’ me up.
More storms over Comanche County headed again toward Granbury.
Hopefully they’ll break up.
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Yeah, I know. Doesn’t mean its entirely right though.
48 hours is a short enough time to gather info before foaming at the mouth.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:18 PM
A tad anal….but ok..
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:19 PM
Now the cloakroom? Jebus, Big Barackther is watching you.
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:20 PM
The only thing foaming at this point is my frosty mug.
katy on May 15, 2013 at 11:20 PM
It’s his name. Sorry. :/
tom daschle concerned on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Turned my iPad over, spilled the damn drink.
{nostalgic for Laurel and Hardy…have to settle for Carney and Holder}
socalcon on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this exactly what Watergate was?
nobar on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
List of Gubmint agencies not involved in scandal :
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Any questions¿
SparkPlug on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
Earlier, when the tornado was over Cresson, was the first time I was glad the Pate Museum of Transportation is gone. Even a small tornado would have destroyed it.
cozmo on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
nothing on Nunes blog about it yet
workingclass artist on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
<a href="Text to click on“>A LOOOONG, LOOOONG Time!!
If you can hold your breath…….
…..FOR A LOOOOONG TIME!!
williamg on May 15, 2013 at 11:21 PM
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