Liberal media watchdog weighs shutting down as it 'scrambles' to fend off MAGA assault

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

July 25, 2025 5:30PM ET


The nonprofit media watchdog group Media Matters is reportedly considering shutting down, the New York Times reported Friday, as the nonprofit scrambles to fend off “legal assaults” from allies of President Donald Trump.

“The group has slashed the size of its staff and scrambled to raise more cash from skittish donors, according to documents and interviews with 11 people familiar with the organization’s fight to survive,” reads a report published in the New York Times on Friday. “...As a last resort, it has considered shuttering, according to interviews and an internal document.”

Media Matters has faced lawsuits and investigations from a number of Trump allies, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who sued the organization in 2023 for its reporting on the Musk-owned platform X, which revealed major advertisers’ brands were appearing alongside right-wing extremist content.

Another Trump ally, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, followed suit in launching an investigation into Media Matters for its reporting on X. And while a D.C. Circuit panel ultimately shut down that probe as being without merit, the organization has reportedly struggled financially to keep pace with the countless legal attacks.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/media-matters-2673761047/

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Link to NYT article - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/us/politics/media-matters-musk-crisis.html

[Mustellus]

1. do what "Beltway Bandits" do.....

When a contractor doesn't get the next juicy Government contract... they face no income and certain bankruptcy.

So: (1) found a new organization
(2) in desperation, the old organization sells all its assets to the new organization, fire sale prices.
(3) new organization begins with a clean slate and lots of equipment and mailing lists

[Leghorn21]

2. This is so so so so fucking bad

This is just awful, unfair, idiotic and wrong
Goddamit

[Hieronymus Phact]

3. Calling some liberal Sugardaddy: Help Needed!

[Martin68]

4. Media Matters is irreplaceable. Their work has been invaluable. No wonder they want to shut them down.

[peggysue2]

5. This is the way the fascists will silence critics and shut down platforms

One threat, one lawsuit, one faux criminal investigation a time until the only thing left is right-wing propaganda.