The head of Media Matters for America — now out coordinating a new super PAC to help President Obama get reelected — is operating his nonprofit organization in close coordination with the White House, a new investigative report says.
David Brock, according to the Daily Caller, has collected a $250,000 annual salary for his work at MMFA, which includes daily screeds against Fox News Channel and other media outlets that include conservative perspectives in their reporting.
Brock’s group, founded in 2004, is spending $20 million this year in a campaign to influence news coverage that sheds a positive image on the Obama administration.
He is also the head of the super PAC, American Bridge 21st Century.
Media Matters is well-known for several campaigns against commentators. It is credited with getting Don Imus fired from his morning show on CNBC for a comment he made about the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team.
It also launched the “Drop Dobbs” campaign against then-CNN host Lou Dobbs, who now has a show on the Fox Business Network, over Dobbs’ commentaries against illegal immigration.
Fox Business Network, Fox News Channel and The Post are all owned by News Corp.