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For Conservatives, Soros Is the New ACORN

By David KnowlesNov 12th 2010 – 5:20PM
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Stan Honda, AFP / Getty Images

(Nov. 12) -- With ACORN now officially out of business, conservative ire has found a new focal point: billionaire George Soros. As the one-man bank behind a plethora of liberal causes, seemingly lefty nonprofits, reviled media outlets like NPR, Democratic candidates and agitating websites like Media Matters, Soros has...

Lou Dobbs Bids CNN Adios

By Steve PendleburyNov 12th 2009 – 8:26AM

(Nov. 12) -- Lou Dobbs, the last of CNN's original anchors, abruptly announced in the middle of his show Wednesday that he's quitting the network. "Over the past six months, it's become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us. And some leaders in media,...

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  • 04/08/11 Media Matters? Source: The New Republic But Republicans banking on using Fox to win the budget p.r. battle are in for trouble.
  • 03/09/11 Media Matters Source: Tucson Weekly - Tucson AZ And what will the authors currently assembling for the Tucson Festival of Books be signing 10 years from now?

Background on Media Matters

Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a politically progressive media watchdog group that says it is "dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S.

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