Conservatives React to Firings at Soros-Backed Media Outlet
The recent layoffs at Soros-backed Media Matters for America (MMfA) have sparked reactions from conservatives. Allegations of fraud and manipulated data led to the abrupt termination of longstanding employees. Former staff members claimed they were fired for being “too effective” at targeting conservatives. Conservative figures, including Dana Loesch and Michael Knowles, have criticized MMfA’s tactics and celebrated its challenges.
For years, the reporters at Soros-backed outlet Media Matters for America (MMfA) have made it their mission to report on conservative outlets and pundits with the express goal of getting them fired or canceled — and now that mass layoffs have impacted them, conservatives are weighing in.
The abrupt termination of multiple staffers — some of whom have been employed with the outlet for years — followed federal probes spearheaded by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton into allegations that MMfA had perpetrated fraud by creating and sharing manipulated data on X.
Several of the outlet’s now-ex employees took to X to complain about their abrupt termination, and to a man, each claimed that they had been fired because they were “too effective” at holding conservatives to account.
Bad News: I’ve been laid off from @mmfa, along with a dozen colleagues.
There’s a reason far-right billionaires attack Media Matters with armies of lawyers: They know how effective our work is, and it terrifies them (him).
— Kat Abu (@abughazalehkat) May 23, 2024
But conservatives, many of whom have been personally targeted by MMfA over the years, took a different view of the situation.
Radio host Dana Loesch explained, “MMFA is a garbage activist unit bankrolled by communists. They tried and failed to take me off air so many times — they even assigned a reporter [to] follow me to my events — they did this to EVERY conservative, not just me. They messed with @elonmusk and found out. Hallelujah.”
MMFA is a garbage activist unit bankrolled by communists. They tried and failed to take me off air so many times — they even assigned a reporter follow me to my events — they did this to EVERY conservative, not just me.
They messed with @elonmusk and found out. Hallelujah. https://t.co/4vTNn8rYS8— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 23, 2024
The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles weighed in as well, saying, “.@MMFA has tried on at least 228 occasions to get me fired and ostracized. They have so far been unsuccessful. But today, many of them were fired themselves. One hopes that they will come out of it all right and turn their lives and labor to more edifying pursuits.”
.@MMFA has tried on at least 228 occasions to get me fired and ostracized. They have so far been unsuccessful. But today, many of them were fired themselves. One hopes that they will come out of it all right and turn their lives and labor to more edifying pursuits. pic.twitter.com/dSDkAf1Z6C
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) May 24, 2024
“Media Matters spread a hoax report where they deceitfully manipulated X’s algorithm to place ads next to posts they deemed controversial. This pressured advertisers to leave X causing X to suffer massive financial losses. The Missouri AG filed a lawsuit and now MM is doing massive layoffs,” LibsofTikTok posted. “No sympathy from me for this trash organization!”
Media Matters spread a hoax report where they deceitfully manipulated X’s algorithm to place ads next to posts they deemed controversial. This pressured advertisers to leave X causing X to suffer massive financial losses.
The Missouri AG filed a lawsuit and now MM is doing… pic.twitter.com/f6yO60SMdV
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 23, 2024
Musk replied to her post, saying, “That is exactly what happened.”
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