<p>A leaked list of donors to Media Matters reveals that the self-proclaimed &#8220;media watchdog&#8221; is funded by some of America’s largest Democratic donors.</p>
<p>Media Matters, which is not required to disclose its donors due to its designation as a charity, appears to have accidentally identified five of its largest donors in a filing with the New Mexico Attorney General, the Washington Free Beacon first <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democratic-megadonors-bankroll-media-matters-leaked-donor-list-shows/">reported</a>.</p>
<p>Deborah Simon, the daughter of the founder of one of America’s largest shopping mall companies, donated $4 million to Media Matters. Simon <a href="https://www.ibj.com/articles/deb-simon-willing-to-do-anything-to-oust-trump-in-2020">pledged</a> to “do anything” to beat Trump in 2020 and has given <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?contributor_name=deborah+simon&amp;contributor_zip=46032">tens of millions</a> of dollars to Democrat candidates and causes, winning her a spot in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/top-election-donors-2022/">top 50 political donors</a> of the 2022 midterm cycle.</p>
<p>The Gill Foundation, the private foundation of LGBT activist Tim Gill, furnished Media Matters with just under $3 million. Gill is a <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democracy-alliance/tim-gill-dark-money-master/">pioneer</a> of the use of “dark money” in politics, helping to flip the Colorado state legislature in 2004 with his <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/organization/colorado-democracy-alliance/">Colorado Democracy Alliance</a>, which he co founded with fellow Democrat donor Patricia Stryker.</p>
<p>Another $1.75 million came from Bain Capital co-chairman Joshua Bekenstein and his wife, Anita. The couple has given <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/donor_detail?cycle=2020&amp;id=U0000003074&amp;type=I&amp;super=s&amp;name=Bekenstein%2C+Joshua+%26+Anita">millions of dollars</a> to Democratic causes and were also in the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2022/top-election-donors-2022/">top 50 political donors</a> in the 2022 midterms.</p>
<p>Media Matters received another $1.9 million from the Stephen Silberstein Foundation, a leftwing organization that has <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/stephen-m-silberstein-foundation/">funded</a> other progressive organizations, including the Center for American Progress, Amnesty International, and People for the American Way, among others.</p>
<p>Media Matters raised a total of $16.5 million in 2022, and organization executives enjoyed huge salaries, with president Angelo Carusone collecting a whopping $406,000 and founder David Brock receiving $270,000 as well as a $189,000 payment from a deferred compensation plan.</p>
<p>But while Media Matters is funded by Democrat mega donors and organizes advertiser boycotts against conservatives, it is portrayed as an objective media watchdog by some <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democratic-megadonors-bankroll-media-matters-leaked-donor-list-shows/">news outlets</a> have <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/18/musk-threatens-thermonuclear-lawsuit-against-media-watchdog-calls-advertisers-oppressors.html">referred</a> to the organization as a &#8220;media watchdog,&#8221; neglecting to mention its partisan ties.</p>
<p>Media Matters is currently facing investigations from Texas Attorney General <a href="https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-opens-investigation-media-matters-potential-fraudulent-activity">Ken Paxton</a> and Missouri Attorney General <a href="https://ago.mo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023.12.11-Notice-of-Investigation-MMFA-Final.pdf">Andrew Bailey</a>. The organization was also hit with a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454/gov.uscourts.txnd.383454.1.0_1.pdf">lawsuit</a> from X, formerly known as Twitter, alleging that Media Matters sought to “portray X’s social networking platform as being dominated by “white nationalist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories” in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”</p>

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