“the liberal group Media Matters, calling them a “paid left-wing blog”
And the huffpo ain’t?
I can add something to this thread from personal knowledge. When Ariana Huffington was married to former congressman Michael Huffington, a wealthy Californian who ran for the US Senate. During that race they were visited by David Brock, then a writer at the American Spectator. Brock returned to Washington and boasted of having been hosted at the Huffington home. At that time both Huffingtons’ and Brock pretended to be conservatives. Both Brock and Michael Huffington later announced, separately, that they were gay.
I do not suggest that there was a relationship between the two.
Just a personal observation.