By Matthew Vadum ——Bio and Archives--January 27, 2017
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Media Matters told current and prospective donors at a retreat in Florida over the weekend that it has been in discussions with Facebook leadership about their policies on inaccurate and partisan news stories on the website that many liberals blame for political losses last year. "We've been engaging with Facebook leadership behind the scenes to share our expertise and offer input on developing meaningful solutions," the group said in a briefing book obtained by the Washington Free Beacon at the conference.Markay posted a PDF copy of the MMfA briefing book online. It may be viewed here. Conservatives complain that Facebook deliberately squelches right-leaning voices, "a theory that could be fueled by the social media network's ties to Media Matters, among the harshest critics of conservative figures and ideas," he writes. MMfA has glommed on to the Left's current obsession with so-called fake news, "a loosely defined category of misinformation that has been invoked to attack everything from Russian propaganda efforts to political blogs deemed factually dubious."
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Matthew Vadum, matthewvadum.blogspot.com, is an investigative reporter.
His new book Subversion Inc. can be bought at Amazon.com (US), Amazon.ca (Canada)
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