Keach Hagey of Politico reports that Fox Business Network has begun a three-part investigation into Media Matters for America, one of the biggest critics of Fox News.
“Media Matters founder David Brock told POLITICO’s Ben Smith that the media watchdog was preparing for ‘war’ and ‘guerrilla warfare and sabotage’ against Fox News in March, and ever since Fox has highlighted these words as evidence that Media Matters had drifted from the educational mission that justifies its tax-exempt status as a nonprofit organization.
“But as I reported last month, so far there is no indication that Media Matters broke IRS rules, either by making presenting ‘viewpoints or positions unsupported by facts,’ as IRS rules put it, or by crossing over from ideological into partisan activity. As Marcus Owens, a partner at Caplin & Drysdale and former director of the Exempt Organizations Division of the IRS, put it: ‘I’m afraid Fox loses this round.'”
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