Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Media Matters Daily Summary 10-26-10

Fox News reports as fact a blogger's made-up attack on Mi Familia Vota
One of Fox News' purportedly objective news programs reported the false claim that Mi Familia Vota submitted 3,000 "shady" voter registrations at the "last minute" in Arizona to benefit the Democratic Party. The fake story originated from an Arizona blogger who has a history of making questionable statements, and was denounced as false by the Yuma County Recorder's Office.
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Attack on MoveOn worker is just the latest example of right-wing violence
In the wake of the attack on a MoveOn.org worker apparently by supporters of Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul, Media Matters provides a list of some of the right-wing violence and attacks on progressives that have occurred in the past year. Read More

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