The left knows their ideas can't win on a level playing field so they spend a fortune silencing all opponents.
5/17/13, "23 Liberal Media Outlets, Including MSNBC Defend IRS Tea Party Probe," Newsbusters, Ciandella
"The IRS admitted to giving extra scrutiny to applications for nonprofit
status from groups with words like “tea party” or “patriot” in their
descriptions. After this revelation, at least 25 media outlets ran
stories arguing that “The IRS was doing its job,” “the IRS was
justified,” and that the only crime the IRS committed was “the sin of
political correctness.”
These stories called for further scrutiny of conservative nonprofits
after the IRS was already found to be targeting such groups. Besides the
consortium members, at least an additional eight liberal news outlets
have written similar stories since the IRS scandal became public
knowledge.
MSNBC
host Lawrence O’Donnell declared: “I believe that the IRS agents in
this case did nothing wrong.” Even The Los Angeles Times ran a story
arguing that the IRS was justified in its targeting of Tea Party related
groups.
Alternet, Care 2, Color Lines, the David Parkman Show, Democracy Now!,
Feet in 2 Worlds, Free Speech TV, Free Speech Radio News, Hightower
Lowdown, LA Progressive, Mother Jones, The Nation, Thom Hartmann,
Truthout and the Washington Monthly are all members of the Media
Consortium that wrote articles speaking out against conservative
nonprofits and defending the actions of the IRS since May 10, 2013, when
the story broke. At least nine of these 15 outlets are Soros-funded.
Alternet argued that “The IRS was doing its job,” but that the “staff were overwhelmed by thousands of obvious political groups.” Mother Jones
blamed the scandal on “incompetence” and “not wrongdoing,” saying that
it was difficult to tell which groups needed to be singled out.
The Media Consortium
was created to be a progressive "echo chamber," where left-wing media
outlets can network and share ideas, as well as cross-promote stories.
The Huffington Post, American Prospect, The New Republic, Think
Progress, Reader Supported News, the Campaign Legal Center, the Center
for Public Integrity and Democracy 21 are not members of the Media
Consortium, but also ran articles or sent out press releases criticizing
conservative groups. The Los Angeles Times ran a piece on May 14
subtitled “Allowing so many 'social welfare' groups to enjoy tax-exempt
status while participating in politics must stop. The IRS is obligated
to scrutinize applicants, 'tea party' or no.”
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