By Free Republic | Created at 2024-10-29 21:36:07 | Updated at 2024-10-30 01:25:15
4 hours ago
NY Times, far-left Media Matters ‘strong-arming YouTube’ to silence conservatives, Ben Shapiro says
Fox News ^ | October 29, 2024 | Brian Flood
Posted on 10/29/2024 2:23:55 PM PDT by george76
Media Matters known for organizing pressure campaigns against conservative voices it opposes..
Ben Shapiro accused The New York Times of working with far-left advocacy group Media Matters for America in order to get anyone who opposed Kamala Harris silenced on YouTube, supplying screenshots of a reporter who noted he was working with the progressive organization.
Media Matters, founded in 2004 by longtime Clinton ally David Brock, is often cited by legacy news organizations as a media watchdog. It has built a reputation for organizing pressure campaigns against conservative voices it opposes, including boycott movements. Shapiro took to social media to reveal that he might be the group’s next target.
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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro accused The New York Times of colluding with far-left advocacy group Media Matters for America in order to get anyone who opposed Kamala Harris silenced on YouTube.
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Shapiro said the Times is using "research from Media Matters, a radical Left-wing organization whose sole purpose is destroying conservative media , in order to pressure YouTube to demonetize and penalize any and all conservatives" one week before the presidential election.
"That's the entire game here. Run an article in America's ‘most trusted newspaper’ that declares pretty much every major conservative a purveyor of ‘misinformation’ on YouTube, thus strong-arming YouTube into taking action against conservatives," Shaprio wrote.
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Media Matters is bankrolled by some of the biggest Democratic megadonors in the country. Critics have slammed Media Matters earning a tax-exempted status despite being an overtly political organization. It was the subject of mockery in 2020 when it received a federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan between "$1-2 million" from the Trump administration despite its constant criticism of Trump's response to the COVID pandemic, including the PPP.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 10/29/2024 2:23:55 PM PDT by george76
To: george76
Tucker received the same text.
He responded Phu*k Off.
2 posted on 10/29/2024 2:29:05 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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3 posted on 10/29/2024 2:31:21 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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