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Media Matters for America the “non -profit” organization is still up to its old tricks. Media Matters for America's founder, David Brock, currently coordinates one of Obama’s Super PACS. And Media Matters is still used by the mainstream media as a significant source for information.
Media Matters has been involved with the Center for American Progress and the Common Purpose Project – both organizations regularly met with members of the White House for strategy sessions including Senior Obama Advisor, Valerie Jarrett.
Some have alleged that Media Matters has gone as far as writing stories for specific networks and reporters.
This week, Media Matters targeted Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan. The Media Matters minions have been told to disregard any previous reports that Ryan has been working diligently to turn around the economic problems the United States. Why? Because they reject truth.
Instead Media Matters has rolled out their top seven points of how to attack Paul Ryan. These points will be this week’s (and most likely this month’s) talking points for the liberal mainstream media, out to discredit Paul Ryan’s specific proposals and accomplishments. So when you see these points repeated verbatim in print, on radio and television – you know where they come from.
From Media Matters for America:
1. Ryan Wants Low And Middle Income Americans To "Bear The Entire Burden" Of His Fiscal Reforms This is patently false – the plan actually reduces taxes for middle America and keeps the overall percentages of the top earners the same(the top 25% pay 78% of ALL federal income taxes)
2. Ryan Plan Would Drastically Hurt Medicare And Medicaid Recipients. The Ryan plan does not touch any benefits of anyone over the age 54 – they are grandfathered for the same system and can expect the same payouts.
3. Ryan Has A Fraudulent Plan To Reduce The Deficit. Fixing entitlements, cutting spending, and implementing tax reform will all increase revenues to the Federal government and stop the forward progress of the Obama deficit by reducing the overall size of the Federal Government.
4. Fiscal Hawk? Ryan Supported Policies That Caused Massive Deficits. Ryan supported the auto bailout, and backed TAARP. Romney supports neither of these policies.
5. Ryan Has Repeatedly Proposed Partially Privatizing Social Security. Yes. Social Security is in a death spiral. This is the only option which will keep a Social Security Plan in place. The combined accounts in the trust will totally dry up in 2033.
6. Ryan Is A Historically Ideological VP Nominee Pick Ryan is a thinker, a solutions-oriented problem-solver not prone to ideology as seen in his past opinions not supported by Mitt Romney or many conservatives. As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan has reached across the aisle countless times to explain his proposals, garner opinions and work out deals.
7. Paul Ryan: George W. Bush Endorsed So Is Romney. Bush is a two-term President who led the United States through 9/11 and was the Head of the Republican Party for 8 years.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/08/11/seven-things-the-media-needs-to-know-about-paul/189277
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