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Media Matters

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Connections: Media Matters has direct or once-removed relationships with 210 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 94% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 94

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Media Matters

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People related to Media Matters:

David Brock - founder & CEO

Lou Dobbs - critic

Ben Fishel - producer

Jamison Foser - senior fellow

Gail Furman - donor

Leo J. Hindery Jr. - donor

Ilyse Hogue - senior adviser

James C. Hormel - donor

Peter B. Lewis - donor

Bren Simon - donor

Other current Media Matters relationships:

Fox News - monitors

The Obama Nation - critiqued for falsehoods

Media Matters past relationships:

Eric Alterman - senior fellow

Susie Tompkins Buell - donor

Eric Burns - president

Foundation to Promote Open Society - funder

Karl Frisch - communications director

J. Jioni Palmer - national press secretary

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