Political Correction: Media Matters Re-Launches Sister Site, Then Slams Issa
In a sign of the continued impact of online progressive institutions in the post-Bush era, the media watchdog organization Media Matters re-launched a website on Tuesday devoted to opposition research against Republicans and debate shaping in general.
Titled “Political Correction”, the site is distinct from Media Matters itself in that its purview extends well beyond refereeing the Fourth Estate. Instead, the separate nonprofit entity (which is not registered to lobby) will spearhead public action campaigns, organize and work with other progressive institutions and target individual lawmakers.
As an inaugural act, the brass at Political Correction launched a broadside against Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Cali.), the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs, by re-airing the list of scandals in which the California Republican has been embroiled as he pursues what appear to be slim charges of a nefarious job offer from the White House to Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Penn.).
The widespread publication of opposition research is an increasingly common trend in modern politics, with Senate campaigns even taking credit for the hits they land on their opposition. What distinguishes Political Correction, to a certain degree, is the context in which it pursues this partisan role.
Media Matters was launched during the height of the Bush years when progressivism was at its nadir and the threat of conservative talk radio and Fox News seemed existential. …http://huffingtonpost.com