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Report: Obama Justice Department Coordinated With Liberal Site Media Matters

Sep. 18, 2012 1:20pm Mytheos Holt

The group Media Matters for America has something of a history of involvement with powerful forces within the White House. The group was, after all, founded by a group of Clinton loyalists that my have even included Hillary Clinton herself, and has persistently defended the Obama administration from criticism since President Barack Obama took office.

And if a report from today’s Daily Caller is to be believed, Media Matters is protective of more than just the president. Apparently, according to the DC, they also coordinate with the Justice Department on attacks against critics of the Justice Department’s various operations, including (but not limited to) the New Black Panther voter suppression scandal, and Operation Fast and Furious:

Dozens of pages of emails between DOJ Office of Public Affairs Director Tracy Schmaler and Media Matters staffers show Schmaler, Holder’s top press defender, working with Media Matters to attack reporters covering DOJ scandals. TheDC obtained the emails through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Emails sent in September and November 2010 show Schmaler working with Media Matters staffer Jeremy Holden on attacking news coverage of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation scandal.

Holden attacked former DOJ Civil Rights Division attorneys J. Christian Adams and Hans von Spakovsky on Sept. 20, 2010 for what he called an attempt “to reignite the phony New Black Panther Party scandal.”[...]

Fox News played its tease shortly after of a segment promising new information on Fast and Furious, and at 10:18 a.m. Gertz sent the text of Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer’s tease to Schmaler.

“Also two weapons found at the scene where Border Agent Brian, uh, Terry was murdered linked to a botched federal gunrunning sting operation, and today the plot thickens once again,” Gertz quoted Hemmer as saying.

Eight minutes later, Schmaler wrote a terse “??” back to Gertz, likely indicating that she did not understand Hemmer’s statement.

Seconds after receiving Schmaler’s reply, Gertz responded, “No idea. Will let you know when the segment happens.”

Schmaler then praised Gertz for monitoring the situation: “Thanks Matt,” she replied.

In the interests of fairness, it should be noted that executive branch offices routinely leak information to sympathetic news sources. However, the degree of collaboration on a mutually crafted message that appears in the emails obtained by the Daily Caller goes quite a bit beyond leaking in this case. Fox News has even questioned whether the actions of the Justice Department are legal:

In any case, the next time Media Matters puts out a press release slamming critics of the Justice Department, one might be tempted to view it as a press release from the Justice Department itself.

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Firebrand
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:37pm
Pravda. Das Reich. Media Matters.

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- drs1969
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:23pm
  No Kidding. The NY media installed this fool, no surprise he asks their permission ahead of time.
  
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- JohnGalt
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:14pm
  Media Matters should be shut down and the people prosecuted.
  
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- ambrosia
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:22pm
  If this White House, DOJ & the rest of this putrid administration
  were all doing their job
  serving the citizens of the USA first & foremost-
  their ONLY Public Relations experts,
  there would be no need for any outside groups
  mining, covering, & burying their tracks of corruption & ineptitude.
  
  THEY serve us….WE employ them !
  
  It’s TIME to Give them ALL pink slips-
  anyone who voted for, with or in line with this “Great Farce n’ Fraud”,
  his ObamaCare, Solyndra, Green Funds, etc.
  
  All of you, who voted NOT to repeal ObamaCare-
  no matter your affiliation are GONERS.
  Follow Obama-the-Terrible OUT of town !
  
  Eastwood reminded us,
  “If somebody’s NOT doing his job, you’ve gotta’ let him go”.
  We’ll put a great patriot like Clint
  up against your socialist Media Matters muck, any day-
  in like Clint, cool & classy all the way !
  
  Oh and BTW,
  ALL you Bleedia-Schmedia groups,
  liberal PR or network PC-
  YOU don’t get to DECIDE for Americans,
  what’s BEST for us,
  no matter how much you bend & decimate the TRUTH !
  
  WE make THAT decision-
  Unlike you,
  OUR honor & trust can not be skewered, can not be messed with,
  can not be bought !
  
  Apparently, none of you learned your lessons from the Tea Party.
  We’ve gotten rid of a lot of deadwood, we’re not done yet.
  If anyone can make it happen-
  it’s all of us decent folks with unshakeable & unbreakable spirit…
  we are ready to rediscover America, all over again
  with Romney & Ryan !
  
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- toto
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:07pm
  Sad, sickening, and true. No longer have any faith in the “public” to be curious and caring enough to even want to know the truth.
  
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libsaredangerous
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:18pm
Shocking…no kidding…I wonder if anything will ever come of it? Yup, it’ll go “over there” with the Jon Corzine criminal charges

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1221
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:17pm
Only God can help us now, so start praying people. The time of the end is beginning.
BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW THEY ARE ALL IN GRAVE DANGER!!!

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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:14pm
If anybody can wiggle their way out of a controversy, it’s Soros funded Media Matters.

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Micah.Stone
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:49pm
“Emails Reveal Holder’s Justice Department Regularly Enlists Media Matters To Spin Press…”
…the VAST LEFT-WING JOURNOLIST MEDIA CONSPIRACY: From the OBOZO regime to Soros’ Media Matters to the d-cRAT stooges and puppets in the corrupt socialist media to the American people. OBOZO and his regime certainly learned a lot from Adolph and his chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:06pm
  Goebbels actually studied Edward Bernays for his propaganda programs. If you type Woodrow Wilson’s propaganda minister you will come up with Edward L. Bernays. Essentially, the NAZI Propaganda Machine was based on that of the Democrat Party’s earlier version.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:24pm
  Don’t forget Mr.George Creel He is infamous for his work for the U.S. Government & its’ WW1 propaganda campaign. The wiki article does not do him justice. One of the Military History mags did a better rundown on his WW1 propaganda.
  
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darkeningskies
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:42pm
this was a secret?????????

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- rosegrower
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:22pm
  The left wing media has stopped being covert in their collusion. I guess with a confirmed marxist in the white house, they feel emboldened to come out from under their respective rocks.
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:41pm
My Question? What are we gonna do about it? Same story over and over. We find Corruption and Criminal Activity in this entire Administration in my opinion. Hear about it for a couple days. Then the next case of wrong doing comes out. Repeat, Repeat and Repeat. That I know of. I never heard anyone mention they maybe plotting to drive the few Sane People, Crazy!

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- phillycornerboy
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:54pm
  stand to be counted, speak up to be heard, and if necessary, take up arms to defend ourselves against tyranny. our Founding Fathers are watching.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:46pm
  Not a damn thing, nothing was done to Carter, nothing was done to Clinton, nothing will be done to Obama.
  
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Larry E
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:30pm
What a surprise! Holder’s DoJ and Soros’ Media Matters are in cahoots, a total surprise which won’t be reported in the lamestream media.

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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:09pm
It’s the Ministry of Truth. For Pete’s sake who’s surprised by this? Honestly?

If you want real news, it’s getting such that you need to look overseas. There are still real journalists in the world…just not too many here.

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- drs1969
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:28pm
  I agree. I like the Uk Telegraph or DailyMail.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:08pm
Maybe Media matters will lose its tax exempt status

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- KickinBack
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:39pm
  Fat chance.
  
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razhunter100
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:57pm
Lawsuit filed to get Obama off Vermont ballot over birth eligibility
VT Obama Ballot Challenge Filed: Process Server Threatened With Arrest And Imprisonment
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2012/09/vt-obama-ballot-challenge-filed-process.html
…A clerk at the court said Monday the case is not yet public because not all parties named in the lawsuit have been served papers. Paige said the state and Condos have been served, but he has been unable to have the papers served on Obama.

“We had a private process server attempt to serve the papers on Obama at his residence, but we encountered some difficulty,” Paige said. “Our person was threatened with arrest and imprisonment.” “…

UN Agenda 21: Environmental Piracy
Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh Full Story
http://www.canadafreepress.com/
I am not sure when subsequent generations, our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will no longer be permitted access in zones marked off-limits to human habitation and trespassing in accordance with the dictates of UN Agenda 21 and the now infamous Wildlands Project map.

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- MONICNE
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 6:13pm
  Mr, About, when you use the term, ‘we” in the context of US national defense issues, it sees to us you are writing as a fellow American. But, “we” might mean a different community of interest. Are you representing a foreign ally? Are you a US citizen? Or are you just going to let us stay with”we” as a fellow Blaze user?
  
  God Bless the whole U-S-A
  
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- WindyDualism
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 9:20pm
  Encinom
  Whatever meaning you want to affix to we, go ahead. Just remember its prolly we minus you, we. And minus monicne too. We, less you two. Weeeeeee. How does that split thingy work? Do you find yourself in lumber jack flannel and heels? A slip with a camo hat? How do you keep it all ‘straight,?
  
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thibx
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:50pm
this is the most unlawful, ungodly adminstration in the history of our country.

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- mike34224
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:11pm
  It’s not just this administration but government as a whole. Why aren’t we the people storming the capitol and throwing these bums en mass out into the street? They have broken laws, refuse to enforce the constitution and half the time they are on vacation on the public dime. I won’t even get into the debt and budget debate. They make backroom deals to enrich themselves and their cronies and I am not talking about just democrats but the republicans too! I’m so sick of this crap I’m pulling what little **** I have left out of my head. Someone please tell me I’m not alone, ’cause it sure as hell feels like it.
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:27pm
  need to pardon and pacify…been saying that for 40years.
  
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Cabo King
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:49pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

ck link above

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Cabo King
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:48pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28

watch this before it is removed!!!!!! unreal

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razhunter100
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:45pm
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Chinese General: Prepare for Combat
Top Chinese general in unusual move tells troops to ready for combat with Japan
http://freebeacon.com/chinese-general-prepare-for-combat/
China’s most powerful military leader, in an unusual public statement, last week ordered military forces to prepare for combat, as Chinese warships deployed to waters near disputed islands and anti-Japan protests throughout the country turned violent.

Protests against the Japanese government’s purchase of three privately held islands in the Senkakus chain led to mass street protests, the burning of Japanese flags, and attacks on Japanese businesses and cars in several cities. Some carried signs that read “Kill all Japanese,” and “Fight to the Death” over disputed islands. One sign urged China to threaten a nuclear strike against Japan.
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- thibx
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:00pm
  news not covering with all the other crap going on here and muslims countries. Jesus said if I don’t return no flesh will be left alive. no jew no muslim no chinese, no ***. none of us, but He promised he would stop it. he did not say before it started He would come back myself i believe he will return after three and half years of the tributation. He said occupy until I come. He is not talking abouting occupying space He is talking about fighting back against the evil.
  
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- Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:07pm
  Not just Japan. Evidently they are protesting us too. Guess they want their money back.
  
  http://www.zerohedge.com/news/score-1-japan-chinese-protest-us-embassy-beijing
  
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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:26pm
  thibx
  preach brother preach…
  
  thanks roth , nice info.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:48pm
  If Obama doesn’t back Japan, an ally, they will go nuclear inside of a year.
  
  Last I heard the Chinese had 20 nuclear missiles. Really old information so don’t quote me. SO you can figure Japan will build.at least 20 nukes.
  
  I do expect Obama to play the part of a coward to the hilt.
  
  He is a domestic political lion, but abroad is as meek as a mouse.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 5:58pm
  I figured out why Obama thinks we need only a few hundred nukes. Because he is insane like the editorial Staff at the NYT
  
  No Need for All These Nukes
  By PHILIP TAUBMAN
  Published: January 7, 2012
  http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/reducing-the-nuclear-arsenal.html?_r=0
  
  So how many people think Phillip Taubman is a m0r0n or a blithering id/ot?
  
  So how do things look now Phillip “The Brain” Taubman?
  
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hornz
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:44pm
Is this anything like Romney employing Fox News regular commentators like John Bolton, Jay Sekulow, Walid Phares and Elaine Chao who serve as surrogates/advisers to the Romney campaign.

The New Black Panther Party scandal? Lol. The one where ZERO people filed voter intimidation complaints? lol.

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- AvengerK
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:49pm
  No how about that silly little “operation fast and furious” where an American border agent and hundreds of mexican nationals were killed with the unmonitored weapons Holder and Obama released to the cartels? Please..”LOL” that champ.
  
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- OneTermPresident
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 2:46pm
  @HORNZ
  
  No complaints..? Who called the police and had them removed from the site then? And worse.. it appears even with video.. you’re in denial that it happened and that Holder let them off the hook.
  
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- sWampy
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 3:48pm
  He’s just a lying liberal, that’s what they do, it’s how they roll, expecting something else is insanity.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 4:07pm
  Good job guys in taking out the trash.
  
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razhunter100
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:42pm
The Post-9/11 Afghan Heroin Explosion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acWUbVCorQo&feature=watch_response
The War on Drugs. The War on Terror. Narco-Terrorism. Prior to 9/11, the poppy production levels in Afghanistan were at a low and many of the Taliban were against heroin and the opium poppies. However, since U.S. forces entered after 9/11, the poppy crop has skyrocketed. The UN has reported that the six-year boom has lead to the Afghan crop being responsible for 92% of the world’s heroin trade. With Homeland Security and the War on Terror, it’s amazing that the drug still gets into the USA, one of it’s strongest marketplaces.

The War on Drugs in 100 Seconds (MPP-TV)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYAbGEqCgc&feature=related
Excerpts from Michael Pollan’s book “The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye View of the World.”

fun times, fun times…

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dickdastardly
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:41pm
The shameful media who is clearly in Obama’s pocket cannot be trusted to deliver the straight news but only the slant and twist they want the public to see in order to defend their messiah president. Wake up America, Obama is not your friend nor is the lamestream media.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the galleys, heard in the very hall of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor—he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation—he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city—he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared…….Marcus Tullius Cicero, 42 B.C.

TRANSLATION…..Obama MUST GO

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noslave
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:38pm
like holders “fast & furious”debacle,the ambassador etc. killings,susan rices b.s. it was a films trailler mantra talking points,when your feet are held to the fire,the “COP-OUT” its under investigation,we cant comment???

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48Straights
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:36pm
The Blaze must be reading my complaints, too bad that story is hours old and in the meantime they were busy reporting on Justin Beaver and a baseball player.

How long will it take The Blaze to report the Chinese general telling his troops to prepare for war with Japan?

If The Blaze continues to not report the news we can always force them to do it by discussing world news and posting information under their endless human interest stories that no one gives a crap about. Lets take back The Blaze and force it to report the news and not distractions.

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- razhunter100
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:46pm
  thanks for the info !
  
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:32pm
Oh yes, the little wussies at ‘media matters.’ I worked them over quite nicely on my radio show. I used to comment on their site but they freaked and blocked me. Poor little, self-loathing ding-dongs. They should be ‘mediamatters.com’ not .org…..

Truly a sad group of shills for their master, the liberal machine. They, the libs; will be defeated. Hear that, ‘media matters?’ Poor little things.

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banjarmon
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:31pm
November can’t get here soon enough!!!!

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SiVisPacemParaBellum
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:30pm
And why am I not surprised?

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Popp40
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:28pm
When is something going to be done to these people, really they are so corrupt that it is beyond imaginable. At this point even if this administration is voted out, they are not going to leave.

As I said before, they have been working over 100 years to build this machine….they are going to turn the key to turn this machine on….they already have it built and all gased up….now all they have to do is turn the key.

Who will stand up to them when they do turn it on?

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- banjarmon
  Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:33pm
  I for one will Fight for MY FREEDOM!!!
  
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jackact
Posted on September 18, 2012 at 1:26pm
So the Obama DOJ is political?
Really?
Ha ha ha ha ha………

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