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Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 24, 2013 25 Comments

We have covered the War On Rush Limbaugh run by Media Matters and a bizarre group of dead-enders who spend their days tweeting advertisers and filling up pages on Facebook. I'm not going to repeat the long, sordid history of the StopRush and FlushRush movements.  But...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 14, 2013 56 Comments

We don't actually know that Megyn Kelly is replacing Sean Hannity, even if the Drudge scoop is true that Kelly is taking the 9 p.m. slot at Fox News.  Hannity may be moving to another prime time slot, or there may be some out-of-the-box schedule...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 06, 2013 15 Comments

I have covered the #StopRush and various affiliated boycott campaigns against Rush Limbaugh organized and run by Media Matters as extensively as anyone: Media Matters astroturfed the Limbaugh secondary boycott Independent Rush boycott group coordinated with Media Matters Evidence of Media Matters coordination disappears from “independent” anti-Rush group website #StopRush turns on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 15, 2013 17 Comments

SodaStream is an Israeli company which makes a really cool and really popular product, essentially a make your own soda at home device.  I plan on getting one.  Its U.S. division is SodaStreamUSA. This video shows the SodaStream story of building bridges between Jews and Arabs: Nonetheless,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 07, 2013 20 Comments

It's Deja Vu all over again, earnings season bringing another attempt by Cumulus Media to throw Rush Limbaugh under the Media Matters' boycott bus. For a bit of history on the Limbaugh boycott organized by and still pushed by Media Matters, see my prior posts from...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 01, 2013 5 Comments

As Lee Stranahan notes, it took the NY Times to vindicate Andrew Breitbart against the attacks led by Media Matters: Many have noted the irony of Andrew Breitbart's tireless work to expose the fraud and corruption in Pigford being vindicated by the liberal New York Times--but...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 27, 2013 20 Comments

I don't claim to be real good with the computer and the internet.  So it is entirely possible that I missed Media Matters' mea culpa and apology now that even the NY Times has vindicated Andrew Breitbart on the Pigford fraud. Please help me find Media Matters'...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2013 23 Comments

The game plays out every time there is a high-profile act of criminal violence.  There is an immediate media and left-blogsphere search to tie the shooter to a "right-wing" entity ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 25, 2013 14 Comments

You know the greatest threat to American education as Media Matters wants it? John Stossel. Libertarian. EVIL KOCH BROS MONEY! RT @mmfa: Who's putting Fox host @johnstossel in our kids' classrooms? mm4a.org/Yw3HZL— Sissy Willis (@SissyWillis) February 25, 2013 Possibly the greatest threat to the children ever, The Right-Wing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2013 20 Comments

Related to this, via Mediaite: In a soon-to-be-released interview with The New Republic, President Obama reportedly laments the negative influence Fox News and Rush Limbaugh can have on the congressional debate over various pieces of legislation. The president told TNR editor Frank Foer and owner Chris Hughes...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 27, 2012 52 Comments

As we move into 2013 and the legal insurrections, we should learn from history. As Thomas Lifson at American Thinker points out, now that the major institutions have been surrendered, it's time to emulate the left, Here comes the Alinskyite Right: David Gregory and Piers Morgan have...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 03, 2012 89 Comments

Carbonite famously dropped Rush Limbaugh on a Saturday Night at the height of the Sandra Fluke controversy.  Carbonite became the poster child for the Rush boycott movement organized by Media Matters, which coordinated the effort with so-called independent groups. At the time I examined Carbonite's SEC...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 01, 2012 96 Comments

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day has proven something I've noticed before. Conservatives are very good at buycotts, but very bad at boycotts. There have been attempts by some conservative and religious groups to boycott various businesses over political issues. But I can't think of one, at least not recently,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 29, 2012 63 Comments

Earlier this month Media Matters launched its most ferocious boycott effort ever to force Rush Limbaugh off the air by intimidating advertisers. It always was a charade, as documented here many times.  Media Matters coordinated with "independent" groups to make it appear that there was a...

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