Media Matters Backed by George Soros
By Mayuri, Gaea News NetworkThursday, October 21, 2010
NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — The million dollar philanthropist George Soros donated $1 million dollars to the group Media Matters today. The money will be used by Media Matters to boosts its efforts to fact check Fox News, as well as to hold Fox accountable for their statements.
Earlier financier George Soros was rumored to be the backer of Media matters but Soros completely disagreed with the statement. he told the media that he donated Media Matters for the first time.
Soro remarked that
Despite repeated assertions to the contrary by various Fox News commentators, I have not to date been a funder of Media Matters. However, in view of recent evidence suggesting that the incendiary rhetoric of Fox News hosts may incite violence, I have now decided to support the organization. Media Matters is one of the few groups that attempts to holdFox News accountable for the false and misleading information they so often broadcast.
