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O’Reilly Calls For FormalObjection Filed Against MediaMatters’ Tax-Exempt Status
Mediaite ^ | 6/23/11 | Frances Martel

Posted on 06/23/2011 7:11:29 PM PDT by Nachum

Bill O’Reilly keeps addresses to his media enemies at a bare minimum, but tonight he devoted an entire segment to declaring war on left-wing media criticism site Media Matters for America and their current tax-exempt status. Along with Washington Times reporter C. Boyden Gray, O’Reilly highlighted the fact that MMFA had not paid taxes since well into the George W. Bush administration and it would take an independent formal complaint to remove their status. O’Reilly, who defined Media Matters as an organization dedicated to war on Fox News, asked Gray to explain

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1 posted on 06/23/2011 7:11:38 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

BORing. If that guy spent as much time really kicking booty as he does spouting BS I might take him seriously.

I’d rather listen to Limbaugh sell his new tea than watch BOR pontificate.


2 posted on 06/23/2011 7:49:05 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: Nachum

Ted Baxter is getting boring. Opps...sorry, he been boring for quite some time.


3 posted on 06/23/2011 8:00:17 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Artcore

How sad, that little billy has become so bad that one would insult Ted Baxter, a fictional dweeb, by calling billy ‘Ted Baxter’.


4 posted on 06/23/2011 8:01:56 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Nachum

I thought I saw an article here on FR that Media Matters’ tax exempt status was recently taken away. Maybe Bill should start reading FR to stay informed.


5 posted on 06/23/2011 8:05:15 PM PDT by MNGal
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To: MHGinTN

“How sad, that little billy has become so bad that one would insult Ted Baxter, a fictional dweeb, by calling billy ‘Ted Baxter’.”
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That my friend is an excellent point! You know...come to think of it, I actually liked Ted Baxter from MTM...very funny!


6 posted on 06/23/2011 8:09:34 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: Artcore

*Eyes wide and face puckered* “Oooooh nooooo, can’t have that!”


7 posted on 06/23/2011 8:17:50 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Nachum
Would this be the same Bill O'Reilly who dismissed the idea of a left-wing media bias a couple of years back?

Just asking.

8 posted on 06/23/2011 8:50:50 PM PDT by truthkeeper (Vote Against Barack Obama in 2012!)
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To: Nachum

I think Israel should request Soro’s extradition as a war criminal for his actions during the NAZI occupation of Hungary.


9 posted on 06/23/2011 8:54:40 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Nachum

Media Matters Uses Tax-Free Funds to Attack Fox News

http://www.nationalreview.com/media-blog/270228/imedia-mattersi-uses-tax-free-funds-attack-ifox-newsi-nat-brown


10 posted on 06/23/2011 9:17:25 PM PDT by preacher (A government which robs from Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Nachum
Yes I remember a hullabaloo a few years back when O'Reilly identified FR as a hate site as racist and bad as any. His remarks were made (no doubt) to "balance" his citing actual examples of left wing sites' hate and violent speech.

My extensive search (google) found just two cases which could have been construed -- either on purpose or due to carelessness -- that his staff could have thought were racist.

There was a discussion here about an article in a San Francisco Asian publications with the title "Why I Hate Black People." There was also a remark by a Freeper something like "people think I hate black people just because. . . ."

Obviously BOR's crack staff found that string of characters "I hate black people" and that was all they needed . . . .

EXACTLY like the stuff media smatters does.

11 posted on 06/23/2011 9:26:29 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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George Soros funds MM and is trying to shut down FNC

And they don’t pay taxes as they are supposed to be a fair entity that doesn’t have to pay taxes, like ACORN.

MM is a Soros funded sham that does nothing but attempt to discredit FNC and is trying to shut them down.

BOR is dead on right on this “matter”


12 posted on 06/23/2011 9:33:21 PM PDT by Rodney Dangerfield (David Horowitz: "The War on Sarah Palin is really a War on Conservatives.")
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To: Nachum

It’s probably the first thing I agree with the guy on but he’s gotten so boring, so fuzzy and so middle of the road I think someones been dosing his coffee with depo provera.


13 posted on 06/23/2011 9:57:39 PM PDT by Karliner (Now this is not the end. .... But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning, Churchill 1942)
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To: Nachum

So did O’reilly file a formal complaint, or did he just flap his yap? Let me guess.


14 posted on 06/23/2011 11:43:51 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: MNGal

Are you sure it wasn’t CAIR?


15 posted on 06/24/2011 12:00:19 AM PDT by paudio (The differences between Clinton and 0bama? About a dozen of former Democratic Congressmen.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Nachum.
highlighted the fact that MMFA had not paid taxes since well into the George W. Bush administration and it would take an independent formal complaint to remove their status
Nope. Better concentrate on the ethanol and light bulbs issues.


16 posted on 06/24/2011 3:10:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

pot?... meet kettle


17 posted on 06/24/2011 5:09:53 AM PDT by CT Hillbilly
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To: Nachum

Wasn’t C. Boyden Gray a VERY big Lawyer???? Same man?


18 posted on 06/24/2011 5:22:49 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: West Texas Chuck
I’d rather listen to Limbaugh sell his new tea ...
Don't forget how often he reminds us of how great his golf game is too.
I've listened to Rush since 1991 and in the last 3-4 years he's become a one trick pony - all 0bama all the time.
His show used to be daring, funny, profound, edgy, etc.
Now it's ... BORing.
19 posted on 06/24/2011 6:10:13 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: paudio

Oops! Yep, I believe you are correct. Thanks for catching that. :-)


20 posted on 06/24/2011 6:28:48 AM PDT by MNGal
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