Media Matters accepted $50K grant for "fact checking" religious broadcasts

Reached by phone on Wednesday, Chris Roslan, a spokesman for the Christian Broadcasting Network, said the network was unaware of the grant or any specific program by Media Matters monitoring religious broadcasters.

“But they’d be very curious to learn about that,” he said.

A search of religion-themed stories on Media Matters’ website shows the liberal group has most recently been hitting news outlets for covering the uproar over the Obama administration’s birth control rule. One such story was headlined “Obama’s Birth Control Policy Has Support From Catholic Hospitals, Colleges, And Charities, But Fox Won’t Tell You That.”…

ARCA’s grantmaking history puts its mission on the left wing of American politics. Its largest grantees include the liberal Common Cause organization and National People’s Action, whose website touts its success stories as “Wins for the 99%.”