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In reply to the discussion: Hillary's Only Hope To Tame Worst Habits: A Real Primary Challenge - Preferably From Elizabeth Warren [View all]RiverLover
(7,830 posts)3. Its too bad Media Matters is run by Hillary's David Brock.
I count on them to call out FoxFiction on their lies & propaganda, but they're unreliably biased when it comes to HRC.
Former chief of staff to president Bill Clinton John Podesta provided office space for Media Matters early in its formation at the Center for American Progress, a Democratic think tank which Podesta established in 2002.[23] Hillary Clinton advised Media Matters in its early stages out of a belief that progressives should follow conservatives in forming think tanks and advocacy groups to support their political goals.[23][24] Wiki
In early 2014, Brock was named to the board of Priorities USA Action as the super PAC also announced its support for a possible Hillary Clinton presidential run in 2016.[14] In February 2015, Brock abruptly resigned his position with the super PAC.[15]
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...Democrats and outside allies of the Clintons read that as an invitation to deride the investigation. Media Matters and Correct the Record, two of David Brock's organizationsone that occasionally defends Hillary Clinton, and the other that does nothing buthave repeatedly called the e-mails story "false" and an extension of the "Benghazi hoax." They've maintained that line of argument as conservative groups tumbled over one another to enter the e-mail fray....
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-05/democrats-see-a-familiar-pattern-in-the-clinton-email-story
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-05/democrats-see-a-familiar-pattern-in-the-clinton-email-story
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Hillary's Only Hope To Tame Worst Habits: A Real Primary Challenge - Preferably From Elizabeth Warren [View all]
Segami
Mar 2015
OP
i'm sure there's a historical narrative about Brock's switch from conservative to
nashville_brook
Mar 2015
#22
Unfortunately Warren is NOT running..... we need to get that fact into our heads
groundloop
Mar 2015
#7
Couldn't have said it better myself. Even if I thought Ms Clinton would fight for the
Nay
Mar 2015
#12
if the voters aren't excited about the nominee...if it's just "her time"
nashville_brook
Mar 2015
#16
this is *the* gail sheehy? has she no editors? are all papers computer-generated these days?
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
#19
Same old same old, nothing new here, nothing here to promote Warren, nothing for anyone to put their
Thinkingabout
Mar 2015
#26