2023-12-12 15:35:00
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) says he has launched an investigation into Media Matters for America, the progressive watchdog, following its report regarding harmful antisemitic content on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.
In a latter to the media watchdog, Bailey wrote his office has “reason to believe Media Matters used fraud to solicit donations from Missourians in order to trick advertisers into pulling out of X, the last platform dedicated to free speech in America.”
“Radicals are attempting to kill Twitter because they cannot control it, and we are not going to let Missourians get ripped off in the process,” Bailey said. “I’m fighting to ensure progressive tyrants masquerading as news outlets cannot manipulate the marketplace in order to wipe out free speech.”
Media Matters last month published a report laying out how X, under Elon Musk’s leadership, is placing next to antisemitic content. The report, in addition to controversial posts Musk has made on the platform in recent weeks, has sparked a wave of blue-chip companies to pull from the platform.
Musk days later sued Media Matters, alleging in court documents the company maliciously mislead the public regarding how the platform operates. Musk’s lawsuit was cheered by many Republican politicians and conservative pundits once it was filed.
Media Matters declined to comment on Bailey’s letter on Tuesday and in a recent statement called Musk’s lawsuit “frivolous” and “meant to bully X’s critics into silence.”
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