The most recently available data suggests that the left-wing attack dog Media Matters has a budget exceeding $10 million, dozens of staff, and a website that receives less traffic than BonginoReport.com.
While it’s unclear why it costs tens of millions of dollars to do this, Media Matters’ primary activities include sitting around watching Fox News all day, then deliberately misrepresenting what was said on Fox News in hopes that people who don’t sit around watching Fox News all day won’t bother to check the context. It’s an easy gig for journalism grads who lack the analytical skills to work for actual news outlets, I suppose.
Slander is their game, and for once it may actually come back to bite them.
Andrew Lawrence, a “senior researcher” at Media Matters (a truly prestigious title!) accused Greg Gutfeld of lying about taking the coronavirus seriously months ago, because other people on his show “The Five” who are not Greg Gutfeld didn’t take it as seriously as he did.
Greg Gutfeld says Fox's "The Five" sounded the alarm on coronavirus back in January……BUT he's lying pic.twitter.com/m7UpyhBLSQ
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 31, 2020
Gutfeld then fired back at Lawrence, who obviously knows better. “This media matters is deliberately lying. He could have checked but didn’t. See my pinned tweet now and demand he retract” he told his followers.
This media matters is deliberately lying He could easily have checked but didn’t. See my pinned tweet now and demand he retract. https://t.co/vq3ay5pMaL
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2020
The tweet Gutfeld was referring to showed him cautioning about the coronavirus on January 28th, a time when Media Matters was busy putting Rush Limbaugh on blast for suggesting we ban Chinese individuals from entering the United States (i.e. the most effective thing that could’ve been done at the time to stop the spread of a virus from China).
this was January 28th. what were media hacks who are acting like they're Nostradamus now, saying back then? Zilch. https://t.co/AJpYjsFziV
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 22, 2020
Had Lawrence simply been mistaken about Gutfeld’s position he would’ve apologized, but because he’s deliberately misleading the sheep he calls an audience, he ended up doubling down.
You called me a liar when there is footage of me showing the importance it was taken. You are a lying scum bag for knowing that fact and denying it. You know you lied. Now be a man and admit it.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) March 31, 2020
The way your show and your network covered this from the beginning are going to get people killed
— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 31, 2020
Ironically, in late January Media Matters was busy blasting The Five for “fear-mongering” about the coronavirus.
I'd like to thank Media Matters for verifying that Fox news' The Five was very early in warning about the serious threat of COVID19 pic.twitter.com/gVnDNqGrOa
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) April 3, 2020
Deservedly so, it seems that Gutfeld may move forward legally, and is talking to First Amendment lawyer Harmeet Dhillon.
you're in deep dude. you lied about my coverage, slandered me in a very vital way, and now you're running from your own claim. retract now, be a man if that's indeed possible. look at the pinned tweet – you know you fucked up. fix it. now. https://t.co/KDHkE3rtNJ
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) April 1, 2020
just did!
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) April 1, 2020
Media Matters President Angelo Carusonne, who made headlines last year after his blog posts about “Japs” and “Jewry” were discovered, weighed in on the matter to prove that he doesn’t understand the difference between “criticism” and “deliberately lying”:
A Fox News host threatening to sue Media Matters for…wait for it…criticizing Fox’s coronavirus coverage, says his show always took it seriously (the show did not always take seriously) and that @mmfa is slandering
Imagine being so foxed up to assert Fox always took seriously
— Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) April 2, 2020
The senior researcher didn’t respond when asked if he planned on retracting his deliberately false statement.
We all know what the answer would’ve been regardless.
Good luck to Mr. Gutfeld.
