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Megyn Kelly To Media Matters’ Private Eyes: You’ll Just Catch Me Watching Downton Abbey

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As America Live‘s Megyn Kelly reported Friday afternoon, some congressional Republicans want to take a closer look at Media Matters’ tax-exempt status, particularly given the news that, according to internal memos, the group had discussed paying private investigators to look into the personal lives of Fox News employees, both on-camera personalities and those working behind the scenes.

RELATED: Tucker Carlson: Media Matters Given $50,000 Grant To ‘Attack And Monitor’ Religious Broadcasters

Fox News’ Doug McKelway joked that he’d have to wear a Grouch Marx costume to avoid detection when leaving the building, adding that Media Matters will not offer any interviews about The Daily Caller’s investigation into its practices and funding until after the group’s forthcoming book, The Fox Effect, is released.

The group, he continues is classified as a 501(c)(3), participating in such activities as “attempting to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities” or “participate in any campaign activity for or against political candidates” could challenge its status. Then again, as McKelway points out, James O’Keefe‘s conservative group Project Veritas is also a 501(c)(3) and participates in similar activities.

Kelly offered to save Media Matters donors some money: all they’re going to catch her doing is sitting on the couch and watching Downton Abbey.

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  • Anonymous

    Ah yes, Stalin approved tactics from the left again!

  • Anonymous

    Daily Caller and Fox coordinating again…

  • Anonymous

    mm=truth  fox, NOT SO MUCH

  • Anonymous

    She could have mentioned changing a diaper, though it might creep her out that MM would hire someone to take ‘samples’ from her baby’s discarded diapers.   Of course, schizophrenic creeps do creepy things, she’d be better off hiring security.  

  • Lurch

    me thinks, roger ailes is very nervous about david brocks book coming out next week. he has had his puppets repeating the same lies all week.  and if MMFA is the boogieman this year, they picked the wrong victim. this aint gonna be acorn again, roger….  and if according to fox, MMFA is a small entity not to be read, why are they so worried and vocal about it…. fox nuze, they lie, and you die….

  • Gloves James Donahue

    Media Matters and it’s liberal zombie followers prove that the only good lefties are Phil Mickelson and Tom Glavine.

  • Anonymous

    While Fox is distracted with Media Matters & the Republicans are caught up in explaining how they don’t hate women, Obama is creating jobs, capturing/killing terrorists, bringing healthcare coverage to millions of Americans, punking the Republican congress, restoring faith in the economy, & laughing at his “competition”.

  • Anonymous

    hahahaha…of course she watches Downton Abbey…I’m sure she doesn’t see the irony either.

  • http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com/ Norbit Peters

    What happened to the privacy rights the old Democrats used to stand for?

    The Marxist-Democrats of today no longer adhere to that? – or is it adhered to only when it’s to their political advantage?
    These people at Media Matters make Ambulance Chasing a noble profession. 

    Hey, here’s what the President’s gonna be singing come 11-07-12:

    http://youtu.be/L70Nca5MvM8

  • Hout Bosques

    Note that this latest crapola attack on MMFA comes simultaneously with Rupert Muroch doing his attempt at reparative work with this hamsters in the U.K.

  • Hout Bosques
  • http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com/ Norbit Peters

     Usurping freedoms, circumventing the Constitution, picking winners and losers with taxpayer monies (Democrats never help people through private means, always using other people’s money), stifling energy independence, abandoning foreign allies with no coherent US agenda, projecting a sense of ambivalence and indecision around the globe, misrepresenting ObamaCare, misrepresenting Dodd-Frank, misrepresenting his “budget” (which Harry Reid won’t bring to a vote)…and that’s off the top of my head, imagine when one starts Googling!

    11-06-12 — The Marxist Dream comes crashing to an end!

  • Gloves James Donahue

    Gloves and the gang never miss The Vicar of Dibley.

    We don’t watch it and we don’t miss it.

  • Hout Bosques

    Kind of tough to make a case out of THINKING & even TALKING about doing stuff they might do but in fact don’t. 

    If Congress were to decide to investigate this, it falls under the jurisdiction of Energy & Commerce – chaired by Fred Upton, R-Michigan. Yeah, the same guy whose niece is showing 99.73% of what she’s got on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Quite apart from the fact that Fred’s already had lots & lots of trouble trying to fend off a Tea Party challenge, because he’s perceived as too reasonable, and besides that the House is about to shut down to attend to electioneering over the next 9 months, Energy & Commerce has the second biggest backlog of committee work among all House Committees – behind only Appropriations. So maybe Fuppet News can PRETEND for a while that Congress is going to investigate this (Maybe Issa will even try to squeeze into between all the male priests, preachers & rabbis he’s ‘grilling’ on religious freedom, even tho it’s got bugger to do with government reform or oversight.), but as Poppy Bush would say: Na ga hapn.

  • val smith

    Gloves “Salty” Donahue says its a shame Tucker just can’t get any traction outside of Fox with this enormously importan cough cought story.

    Oh well Glovesy and his high paid prostitutes never miss a second of Elliot spitzer when he’s on. He’s kind of a mentor. And a friend. And a role model.
    Gosh where does the time go? 

  • Hout Bosques

    What, no love for Bubba Watson?

  • david r

     This is great news.  I thought we were in a recession.

  • Hout Bosques

    Sure, No Bits. Here – have yourself another chicken. Enjoy.

  • Anonymous

    Recession technically ended in 2009.

  • Anonymous

    What about the war on religion?

  • david r

    Norbit, I wish you were right, but I’m afraid the lemmings are taking us over the cliff.  Years down the road, they’ll be manning the barricades on the streets of a once great nation torn asunder by debt.   Tommy’s article today says we just need to spend our way out of this recession.  The recipients of the government’s largesse have convinced these little fools to vote for these race baiters.

  • Anonymous

    Media Matters doesn’t work with the White House.  

  • http://twitter.com/12barbluz Lightnin’ James

    Oh my God!! Megyn watching PBS. Don’t let the rest of Fox News hear about your communist activities.

  • Anonymous

    Clearly then we need to see more of Upton.

  • Anonymous

    And of course you are an expert at misrepresenting. The world you would be happy in is a scary place.

  • Anonymous

    Hey, maybe you have a point when MM hacks into cell phones of Fox employees.

  • Anonymous

    they work for the white house….there fixed it

  • Ben

    Obvious question to Kelly..

    While you’re watching Downtown Abbey,what are you wearing,exactly?

    Just curious…

  • http://www.proactivepolitics.blogspot.com/ Norbit Peters

     I’m not too concerned dr.
    When even Stewart starts turning on him you know that perception of enthusiasm Media Matters TV tries to convey is just not there.
    This economy is on a gov’t-funded lifeline, and after Israel attacks Iran, it’ll go banana’s.

    There’s an old saying:
    The closer Obama gets to re-election, the closer the Ayatollha’s get to 72 Virgins!

  • Anonymous

    I’d still take a peek.

  • Anonymous

    I want FOX to document or provide a source to back up their accusation Media Matters is “spying” on the FOX people.  With FOX’s reputation it very likely they’re lying about this and trying to escalate their charges against Media Matters.  It sounds more likely that Media Matters is getting under FOX’s skin by documenting their lies and misinformation they do daily. Don’t believe Media Matters is correct, just visit their site and examine their documentation against FOX, which FOX  hasn’t done in their fight against Media Matters.

  • Anonymous

    I am sure you know all about 
    schizophrenic creeps doing creepy things….

  • Anonymous

    any reason why gloves speaks in 3rd person? 

  • Anonymous

    wow Norby. you managed to fit the whole days FOX talking points into one blog comment. Kudos! To bad, you are living in a vacuum, and its just empty parroted bologna! 

  • Anonymous

    of course they are lying, the only “proof” they have provided is Tucker Carlson talking crap! We are supposed to believe him? ha! and the timing is especially suspect, with MM’s FOX book coming out. 

  • Anonymous

    Hear no evil, see no evil…..

  • Anonymous

    They have no relationship with the white house.  That is a FOX talking point.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    Your ignorant, ask the daily caller for their source, they did the story. FOXs reputation, well they have 2 different ones, the ones that the scum at MM and MSNBC want us to believe and the one from intelligent people who think for themselves.

    Ive been to MMs site and its chock full of doctored videos, and then after their crap stories are disproven hey still leave them on the sight for other sheep to read.

    Maybe someone should sue FOX for defamation? Cmon why so chickenshyt MM?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    Why is Valerie Jarret meeting with them on a weekly basis?

    read “‘red army’ behind OWS movement” on FOX follow the trails and you will see that communist have ALREADY taken over and are in power now. Nothing thats happenned so far is by mistake, form the massive debt and spending to just about all of the policies that appear incompent. The trail leads from the Unions, right through occupy, to the Congressional Progressive Caucus and to Obama himself. Once you understand about Saul Alinsky and other communiity organizers likeCornel West, everything comes into focus from how this tool got elected in the first place to the constant attempts to discredit any opposition I believe its already to late to vote him out. Dont take my word for it people.The whos who of the Con Pro Cau is very evealing from Pelosi to Maxine West (the demons bhoener and cantor) A large bloc of congress AND president Obama are in FACT socialists and ARE here to destroy everything real americans believe in. The one page that needs to be read is on my FB page

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    read “‘red army’ behind OWS movement” on FOX follow the trails and you will see that communist have ALREADY taken over and are in power now. Nothing thats happenned so far is by mistake, form the massive debt and spending to just about all of the policies that appear incompent. The trail leads from the Unions, right through occupy, to the Congressional Progressive Caucus and to Obama himself. Once you understand about Saul Alinsky and other communiity organizers likeCornel West, everything comes into focus from how this tool got elected in the first place to the constant attempts to discredit any opposition I believe its already to late to vote him out. Dont take my word for it people.The whos who of the Con Pro Cau is very evealing from Pelosi to Maxine West (the demons bhoener and cantor) A large bloc of congress AND president Obama are in FACT socialists and ARE here to destroy everything real americans believe in. The one page that needs to be read is on my FB page

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Neil-Murphy/100000566621491 Neil Murphy

    read “‘red army’ behind OWS movement” on FOX follow the trails and you will see that communist have ALREADY taken over and are in power now. Nothing thats happenned so far is by mistake, form the massive debt and spending to just about all of the policies that appear incompent. The trail leads from the Unions, right through occupy, to the Congressional Progressive Caucus and to Obama himself. Once you understand about Saul Alinsky and other communiity organizers likeCornel West, everything comes into focus from how this tool got elected in the first place to the constant attempts to discredit any opposition I believe its already to late to vote him out. Dont take my word for it people.

    The whos who of the Con Pro Cau is very evealing from Pelosi to Maxine West (the demons bhoener and cantor) A large bloc of congress AND president Obama are in FACT socialists and ARE here to destroy everything real americans believe in. The one page that needs to be read is on my FB page

  • Anonymous

    It sounds cool…the Jester often does that.

  • Anonymous

    Ok, they freelance for the WH.  Done.  The End.

  • Lurch

    and if you take cranberries, and stew them like applesauce, they taste more like prunes than rhubarb does… marx

    yo, john birch, take your meds, or smoke some kush, you’ll feel better.

  • Pablo

    Someone needs either a biology or a math lesson. Feminine topography, perhaps?

  • Pablo

    Hey! Jon Lester is a good egg. 

  • Pablo

    If they could, they would and we both know it.

  • Anonymous

    Maybe, however the only corroborated incidences of said events occurred in Mr Murdoch’s news empire.

  • Anonymous

    You’re absolutely correct I would be an idiot IF I was asking Daily Caller for their sources.  But its obvious that your reading comprehension skills need to be improved so Ill explain my comment for you by using easier to understanding words so you’ll understand.  In my comment I wrote that FOX never states their sources or provide documentation to back their accusation against MM, while Media Matters does. To add to my comment, I’ll also say FOX very often repeats those very same   practice when they’re talking about other subjects as well.  And have you ever notice how often the use the phrase “some will say” in the beginning of a sentence when they are interviewing someone.  This is simply their method of directing the interview in the direction they want it to go, even though no one has probably never said what they claim “some people will say”. 

    P.S. Don’t be like FOX, point out the video’s you claim MM has doctored, and if you can point out the video in its entirety.  I’ll be anxiously waiting for you next post.

  • Anonymous

    Doctored videos can you give a link to one?

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    http://acaiburnextremefacts.net/?p=17

  • Dana Anderson
  • Anonymous

    This just in:  “Downton Abbey” discovered using words and phrases not yet in use during the WWI era, like “step on it” when getting into a car when no vehicle could go faster than 15 MPH (or in Great Britain 25 KPH).  And their radios had Conelrad triangles at 640 and 1240.

  • Anonymous

    Do you have problems reading, that was an audio link. Tool?

  • Anonymous

     arent you cute ……………….and ignorant   lol

  • Anonymous

     they arent talking points if they are true   loser

  • Anonymous

     so i guess someone just forgot to notify the economy

  • Anonymous

     lol delusional much ?

  • Anonymous

     lets start with  ALL OF THEM

     there ya go

  • Anonymous

    just keep telling yourself that, LOL

  • Anonymous

    truth will set you free,mm,a great service for america.

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