Soros Donates $1 Million to Media Matters

Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others in the conservative press, announced the receipt of a $1 million donation from the philanthropist George Soros. The organization plans to use the money to intensify its efforts to hold the Fox host Glenn Beck and others on the cable news channel accountable for their reporting.

"Fox has transformed itself into a 24-7 GOP attack machine, dividing Americans through fear-mongering and falsehoods and undermining the legitimacy of our government for partisan political ends," said Media Matters. Soros, a billionaire who has a history of supporting liberal politicians and causes, accused Fox News hosts of "incendiary rhetoric" and said he hoped that his money would be used "in an effort to more widely publicize the challenge Fox News poses to civil and informed discourse in our democracy."