Subject: [big campaign] RELEASE: Media Matters Action Network Launches Project to Correct Conservative Misinformation Spread By Politicians, Think Tanks and Advocacy Groups.
From: Chris Harris <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 13:46:55 -0400
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Hello all,

Just wanted to let you know that we launched Media Matters Action Network<http://mediamattersaction.org/> today.  MMAN will correct conservative misinformation at its source - members of Congress and their allies who are committed to maintaining the failed conservative status quo.

We will conduct hard-hitting research directed at cutting off misinformation at the source by fact-checking the public statements of conservative members of Congress and their allies at right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups and on K Street.

For instance, today we rolled out research<http://mediamattersaction.org/factcheck/200905120009> on Conservatives for Patients' Rights founder Rick Scott.  (HuffPo article here<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/12/rick-scott-tied-to-iran-s_n_202198.html>)

Thanks!

Chris Harris

For Immediate Release                                                         Contact:           Chris Harris
May 12, 2009                                                                                              O:202-756-4120
                                                                                                                    C: 913-206-3010

Media Matters Action Network Launches Project to Correct Conservative Misinformation Spread By Politicians, Think Tanks and Advocacy Groups.

Media Matters Action Network will fact-check the public statements of conservative members of the Congress and their allies at right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups and on K Street.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -Media Matters Action Network Managing Director, Ari Rabin-Havt, announced the launch of a new project dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation propagated by Members of Congress, think tanks, advocacy groups and lobbyists.

 "For too long conservatives in Washington have gotten away with repeating skewed statistics, half-truths and downright lies; Media Matters Action Network will to put a stop to that," said Rabin-Havt. "We are going to correct conservative misinformation at its source - members of Congress and their allies who are committed to maintaining the failed conservative status quo."

Media Matters Action Network will conduct hard-hitting research directed at cutting off misinformation at the source by fact-checking the public statements of conservative members of Congress and their allies at right-wing think tanks, advocacy groups and on K Street.

The group's newly launched website<http://mediamattersaction.org/> features fact checks and blog entries providing progressive pushback against the right.

Media Matters Action Network, a 501(c)(4), is a partner organization to Media Matters for America, a 501(c)(3).  Media Matters for America is the first organization to systematically monitor the media for conservative misinformation every day, in real time.

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Media Matters Action Network is a Web-based, not-for-profit, progressive action and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation.

Chris Harris
Communications & Research Director
Media Matters Action Network
[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>
O: (202) 756-4120
C: (913) 206-3010

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