funded. here is just a list of the individuals and organizations that have been funding media matters. the tide foundation for about $4 million. george soros, open society institutes about a million dollars. the ford foundation nearly a million dollars. the sandler foundation about $400,000. they bank rolled acorn at one point. yeah. schuman fund for media and democracy $600,000. that s managed by long time pbs host bill moyers and his son. barbra streisand foundation. grand and moveon.org. 50,000. and let s be clear about who exactly media matters is run by david broke with questionable background. this is an organization dedicated to one thing. basically attacking fox news and any type of conservative message and to silence anything in fact coming out of this network. the problem to clayton s point is they have tax exempt status. what is 501 c 3? it is clearly defined. those organizations may not attempt to influence legislation as a substantial
rearly focused on research. they have trackers that go to following all the candidates, the republic candidates for president out there. and the whole goal is to find something embarrassing. they want to get these guys on camera saying something that they can either put up on their web site or send to reporters and embarrass them. the reason why this is even interesting david is being accused by a lot of people. media matters you are supposed to be nonpartisan. educational group moving on and doing american bridge, which is obviously very partisan. showing you his motive. not to be a media fairness guy but to be a warrior in a fight against conservatives. you can say whatever you want in this country except when you have 501 c 3 tax exempt status. here is where that ed s radio. it hay not attempt continue to influence legislation as a substantial part of its activities it may not participate in any campaign activity for or against
she is robert kennedy s daughter. she is also the former lt. governor of marilyn. a committed democrat and she has vowed in interviews she will spend millions of dollars using american bridge to go after republicans and that s what we are seeing. they have a staff of just tons of guys that are out there researching digging up dirt on republicans. and the whole idea is if they do this as an organization, democrat campaigns and other organizations they don t have to spend the money to dig up dirt. this real solid a group that is all about digging up opposition research. run by david broke a guy who says that his group is there just to find out whether media organizations are being fair. obviously david broke has a political agenda. that appears pretty clear. they may, in fact, use private investigators to trail broadcasters and conservatives alex pappas from the daily caller. appreciate you being on. you bet. remembering a music legend family and friends preparing to say their good
political candidates. do they, media matters, fit that desks in do they coordinate with the white house? well, the daily caller we have been doing an investigation all week long looking in and we have had numerous sources sources from ie and with the memos we know media matters has regular meetings with white house officials. anita dunn and valerie jarrett. getting the message they want out for the media great relationships with msnbc and reporters at places like the the washington post and politico. but, you know, it goes that s why a lot of people are saying should taxpayers officially be subsidizing media matters. give us a back story on the two folks. one you mentioned david broke the founder of media matters. the other is kathleen kennedy who is behind this american bridges super pac. what s the back story between these two? kathleen kennedy townsend was put in charge by david broke of american bridge when it started a couple years ago.