Media Matters, the “watchdog” group funded by convicted felon billionaire George Soros, has a tough job. It tries valiantly to assert that the right’s conviction that the media is made up mostly of unapologetic lefties who have no qualms about letting their ideology color their reporting is unfounded.
As you can imagine, its nit-picking “critiques” tend to be pretty lame, mainly because there are very few nits to pick when you’re looking for conservative bias in the media. But today’s report on Rush Limbaugh and Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft is lamer than usual.
Media Matters claims that Limbaugh and Hoft didn’t tell the whole story when they accurately quoted former Obama administration economic guru Christina Romer as characterizing the Obama recovery as “growthless” and “jobless.”
“Romer Was Clear That Growth Is Being Slowed By Factors Unrelated To Obama Policies,” headlined MM, breathlessly.
So, let me get this straight. Media Matters doesn’t dispute the accuracy of the quotes used by Limbaugh and Hoft. Instead, they criticize them not for leaving out out key facts, but for refusing to repeat the litany of pathetic excuses, spin, and rationales Romer used to deflect blame for the economic failures of this administration.
Come on, MM, you’ve got to have something better than this. If you want to see what substantive media critiquing is all about, visit NewsBusters.org.
