Desperate for Content? Another Baseless Smear by Media Matters
Is Media Matters having a tough time digging up content for their mission of so-called "conservative misinformation"? It appears so.
A June 22, 2006, post by Media Matters falsely reported that Washington Post columnist David Broder "discover[ed] the Internet" upon writing a June 22, 2006 column.
In fact, a simple Google search reveals that Broder participated in an online chat over eight years ago. Broder has also commented on the Internet in several venues over the years, including here and here.
MMatters doesn’t like the fact that Broder states the truth in his column that liberal blogs "are heavier on vituperation of President Bush and other targets than on creative thought." Yet MMatters writes nothing to refute Broder’s assertion.
In addition, yet again, MMatters’ reporting is misleading. You’d think from the title of MMatters’ item, as well as its content, that Broder’s article is a hit piece on liberal blogs. In fact, it’s no such thing. (Read Broder’s article for yourself; many MMatters’ visitors won’t!) Broder actually devotes generous ink to positively promoting a new Democratic site, Democracy: A Journal of Ideas. Is Broder’s article a hit piece on liberal-themed blogs? Hardly!
Business appears slow in the "conservative misinformation" trade.
