Media Matters: Union Whore

In a report that really should surprise no one, Big Government ties together some 'fishy' donations from the SEIU to Media Matters around the time of the Kenneth Gladney beating. Big Government makes a pretty powerful, albeit circumstantial, case that the SEIU was paying Media Matters for their slanted coverage of the event.

8/6/2009

* 9:53 AM ET, Huffington Post/Sam Stein: Unions To Take On Conservative Groups Health Care Town Halls; “In a memo sent out on Thursday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney outlined the blueprint for how the union conglomerate would step up recess activities on health care reform… also uses the specter of the infamous 2000 recount “Brooks Brothers” protest to rally its members to the administration’s side.”
* Richard Trumka, then AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer (now President) issues a statement, slams the town halls, calls the events corporate funded and part of the conservative strategy.
* 12:47 pm ET, Media Matters: AP reported on town hall disruptions, ignored conservative strategy
* Afternoon: White House aides give Senate Democrats a recess battle plan; David Axelrod and Jim Messina tell senators, “If you get hit, we will punch back twice as hard.” See Politico: White House to Democrats: ‘Punch back twice as hard’
* Organizing for America sends out mass email for the Bernard Middle School event in St. Louis, MO:

That very evening, the Kenneth Gladney incident happens in St. Louis at the Bernard Middle School event. A black conservative is beaten by members of SEIU. I’ll let the guys at 24th State cover the details of that evening’s outcome.

Be sure to check out the entire timeline and read the article over at Big Government.
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