Posted on 11/21/2023 6:55:42 AM PST by Red Badger
The attorney general for the state of Texas announced an investigation into the left-wing activist site Media Matters after tech billionaire Elon Musk filed what he called a "thermonuclear lawsuit" against the organization.
Media Matters sought to pressure advertisers to abandon the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, based on their report claiming that their advertisements would appear next to "white nationalist hashtags."
Musk vehemently denied the report and accused the organization of completely misrepresenting the "real user experience" on the website to deceive advertisers. Several companies announced that they would end their advertising campaigns on the platform, including IBM, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, and Paramount.
On Monday, Musk filed his lawsuit, and Paxton announced his investigation very soon afterward.
"Today I opened an investigation into Media Matters for potential fraudulent activity after X CEO Elon Musk accused the left-wing media watchdog group of manipulating data on the social media platform," said Paxton in a statement on social media.
"We are examining the issue closely to ensure that the public has not been deceived by the schemes of radical left-wing organizations who would like nothing more than to limit freedom by reducing participation in the public square," he added.
Media Matters previously released a statement about the threat of litigation from Musk.
“Far from the free speech advocate he claims to be, Musk is a bully who threatens meritless lawsuits in an attempt to silence reporting that he even confirmed is accurate,” said Angelo Carusone, president of MMFA. “Musk admitted the ads at issue ran alongside the pro-Nazi content we identified. If he does sue us, we will win.”
Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey also said that his legal team was looking into the accusations against Media Matters on Sunday.
Musk appeared eager to battle with the liberal organization, adding, "The discovery and depositions will be glorious to behold."
Here's more about the Musk vs Media Matters feud:
VIDEO AT LINK...................
White, by accident of birth.
Nationalist, by Love of country. America first.
I WANT my ad next to that!
It is impossible to overstate the vitriolic hatred the Left has for Musk since he decided to support free speech.
Whether the ads were there is not the issue as the Media Matters pathological liar surely knows. The ads pop up randomly. The odds of those ads occurring on the page must have been quite small. They must have kept refreshing the page zillions of times until the ads for those companies popped up next to the content.
The State Atty Generals need to bring the legal powers of their states to engage in lawfare with these malicious terrorists.
And i am thankful Musk is a fighter and will punch back. Few on our side have the balls to do as much
Rules For Radicals:
. RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
The mask is being pulled away from the Left and it shows its true face—and its ugly. It is the face of Stalin, pol pot and Mao.
The Left hates Musk for the same reasons they hate Donald Trump.
That's because they hate those of us in the Normal Majority with an intense passion and they truly wish to crush us.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are just standing in their way and making it harder for them to get to us.
What organization ever said, “every letter gets a reply.” Bullshister. And was Rules for Radicals the topic of Hillary Spittoon’s thesis.
“Few on our side have the balls to do as much”
In reality we don’t have the money to do it.
Piss-poor excuse.....plenty of uber rich Republicans with no balls- starting with Twitt Romney
The left wants to neuter X before the 2024 election.
Similar to Trump, MM should be made to defend two simultaneous court actions, in separate venues.
Every few years Rush would retell the story of the way he fought and won against Media Matters and the Left. When the Left would accuse Rush of something, hundreds of thousands of ‘people’ would appear to be joining in the boycott of Rush advertisers. Rush knew something was not right. He put together a tech team and discovered that about ten people were generating social media algorithms to appear like thousands. Once he demonstrated and educated his advertisers, they kept advertising. I love Rush’s statements about “confiscatory advertising rates.” The companies were willing to pay because at any moment millions were listening.
Thanks to Rush 24/7, I saved years of Rush’s podcasts, and I listen daily. Rush’s voice and influence will echo through eternity.
I wonder if you can put them online?................
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