Sunday, November 1, 2015

Media Matters Defends CNBC over GOP Debate



Media Matters Defends CNBC over GOP Debate
by Joel B. Pollak 29 Oct 2015
For once, almost the entire media agreed that the CNBC moderators at the GOP debate showed an unacceptable level of political bias and plain incompetence–except for Media Matters for America.

The Soros-funded, tax-exempt left-wing organization functions as a de facto opposition research pit for the Hillary Clinton campaign. So it is perhaps no surprise that it found little to complain about in CNBC’s performance.

In a post on the Media Matters website, senior fellow Eric Boehlert accused “right-wing media” of fomenting the false charge of “supposedly liberal media bias” by the CNBC moderators.

At the liberal ThinkProgress site, Emily Atkin wrote: “Reporters from both conservative and liberal-minded news organizations seem to agree: the CNBC Republican presidential debate was kind of a train wreck.”

Yet Boehlert rejected out-of-hand the idea that CNBC could be left-wing, since it is a business news network “which chronicles and celebrates the exploits of Wall Street tycoons.”

He also claimed that the charge is hypocritical, since the Fox News Channel, which is ostensibly “leading the charge against CNBC, tagging it as hostile and unfair,” was also criticized for hostile questions in the first GOP debate.

Boehlert does believe that there is possible media bias–but only against Hillary Clinton.

He wrote: “…the one person who would have a completely legitimate beef with the press this campaign season, and the one person who has been the target of an unprecedented barrage of negatives [sic] attacks is, of course, Hillary Clinton,” he writes.

In fact, he argued, “Republican candidates have been on the receiving end of fawning press coverage for a very, very long time.”

The charge of liberal media bias against CNBC is just “the ultimate comfort blanket” against the chilling thought of Hillary Clinton’s resurgence, Boehlert concluded.

As a 501(c)3 tax-exempt charity, Media Matters is not allowed to engage in political campaigning.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, Sidney Blumenthal’s friend & confidant, and was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Note: Sidney Blumenthal was a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s friend & confidant, and a consultant for Media Matters.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was a supporter for the Center for American Progress, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress, Media Matters, and the Robin Hood Foundation.
Center for American Progress Action Fund is an affiliated advocacy group with the Center for American Progress.
Think Progress is a project for the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Eric Alterman is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and was a senior fellow at Media Matters.
Media Matters monitors Fox News.
David Brock is the founder of Media Matters, and an adviser for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary).
Lou Dobbs was a critic for Media Matters, a columnist for CNN.com, and the host for Lou Dobbs Tonight.
CNN.com is a division of CNN.
Lou Dobbs Tonight was a CNN program.
CNN Worldwide is a division of CNN.
Jeff Zucker is the president of CNN Worldwide, a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, and was the president & CEO for NBCUniversal.
CNBC is a network for NBCUniversal.
John Harwood is a correspondent for CNBC, and was an NBC Debate Moderator.
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