document: Media Matters : Accurately quoting Democratic Congressman constitutes a &#039; smear &#039; Apparently , the '' `` watchdogs '' '' at Media Matters - a radical left wing group funded in part by George Soros - think that accurately quoting a Democratic Congressman somehow constitutes a '' `` smear , '' '' even when the context of the remark is explained . A headline at Media Matters screams , '' `` Right-Wing Media Smear McDermott ; Claim He Called The Constitution '' `` Silly '' '' '' '' with a subheadline claiming , '' `` Right-Wing Media Declare McDermott Is '' `` Tired Of Reading That Silly Old Constitution '' '' . '' '' Set aside for a moment the fact that Jim McDermott -LRB- D-WA -RRB- actually did say : Media Matters made their argument by quoting Fox News , conservative blog Hot Air , National Review , and this Examiner . According to Media Matters , Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson had this exchange : Naturally , Media Matters provided only a tiny segment of the program that dealt with McDermott 's remark . As usual , they missed the entire point of the segment . The relevant part of the transcript , provided by livedash.com is below : To prove the point that Fox took McDermott out of context , Media Matters took Fox News out of context and only presented a tiny portion of a segment lasting nearly two minutes . Apparently , when one is at war with a network like Fox News , anything is fair . Quoting this article , Media Matters writes : Advertisement What is interesting here is that Media Matters never claims the congressman was misquoted , nor that the article took McDermott out of context . Only that someone said he made the statement . McDermott was quoted accurately and the context of his quote was explained and cited complete with an accompanying video . Evidently , reading comprehension must not be a requirement for employment at Media Matters . Media Matters later writes : '' `` In Fact , McDermott Criticized GOP For Focusing On '' `` Silly Things '' '' Instead Of '' `` Helping This Economy '' '' - a statement quite similar to that provided in the article they claim is a smear . In their attack on Hot Air , they write : So , Media Matters thinks that criticizing a Democrat is a smear ? That 's the impression one gets from reading their article . If Media Matters had bothered to read a little further they would have found this : In their attack on the National Review Online , Media Matters wrote : Once again , if Media Matters had bothered to read a little further , they would have found this : Which explains the central theme of the entire piece by Geraghty . Like poor marksmen , Media Matters misses the point by at least a country mile . At best , their attempted hit piece on '' `` conservative media '' '' proves that liberal blogger Lee Stranahan was correct when he called the radical group a '' `` truth killing machine . '' '' Keep in mind this is an organization that has declared war on Fox News , and seeks to silence conservative voices whenever and wherever they can . Stranahan writes : If this is the best Soros money can buy , then maybe the billionaire Glenn Beck calls '' `` Spooky Dude '' '' should seek a refund and start over . - If you like this article , you can follow Joe on Twitter @jnewby1956 , visit his Facebook page , or click the Subscribe button to receive email updates when a new article is published . Joe will discuss this issue - among others - with Craig Shaull at We Are America Radio Monday night at 7 pm Pacific time .
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