Never heard of them. But...did you just use a debunked accuracy site to debunk another accuracy site?
That's bunk. . On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Eric Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Didnât someone just quote AIM here? > > > > I am guessing Jerry or Sam⦠> > > > Eric > > > > From: Angelo Carusone, Media Matters for America > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:44 PM > To: Eric Roberts > Subject: Tell CBS News: Don't Legitimize Discredited Fringe Groups > > > > > >  Media Matters for America > <http://www.mediamatters.org/static/images/email/nation-builder-head-4.png> > > > > > Eric -- > > We find ourselves in the odd position of needing to convince CBS News not to > legitimize a viciously anti-gay, widely discredited, birther organization. > > Accuracy In Media (AIM) recently announced that it will be giving its annual > award to Sharyl Attkisson, a CBS News journalist, at this yearâs > Conservative Political Action Conference. Now donât let the name fool you, > Accuracy In Media is not remotely concerned with accuracy and is actually a > fringe group. AIMâs record includes: > > *    In the wake of a string of gay teen suicides, AIM attacked > anti-bullying efforts, arguing that it was straight kids who were actually > the victims of gay bullies citing "lesbian gangs assaulting innocent girls;" > AIM was also a staunch defender of Uganda's 'Kill The Gays' legislation. > > *    AIM is a birther organization that, in spite of all evidence to > the contrary, feeds the right-wing lie that President Obama was not born in > the United States. > > *    AIM also peddles climate science misinformation, claiming that > global warming is a "fraud" and even challenging the scientific fact that > carbon dioxide is a "planet-heating pollutant." > > Now to be clear, weâre not making hay merely because AIM named a CBS News > journalist as a recipient of this award. After all, CBS canât control what > another organization does, let alone a fringe group. We didnât expect CBS > News to treat AIM or this award seriously, let alone attend CPAC to accept it. > >  <http://action.mediamatters.org/cbs_aim?e=34ccbb3678864b2367ea104a49936215b678f950&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cbs_aim&n=1> > Click Here To Tell CBS News not to legitimize discredited fringe groups. > > But yesterday, other news outlets began wondering about this award and asked > CBS about it. CBS glossed over AIMâs despicable record and simply stated > that its "journalists are regularly honored by a broad spectrum of > organizations..." Adding insult to injury, it was subsequently confirmed that > Attkisson will accept the award "in person" and deliver an 8-10 minute speech > at the extreme right-wing CPAC gathering. > > Of note and concern, CBS' Attkisson will be the first reporter from a > mainstream network to receive the award. Attkissonâs co-recipient this year > is a Breitbart blogger and past recipients include Andrew Breitbart and > Michelle Malkin. > > By showing up to accept the award, CBS News lends credence to an otherwise > discredited fringe organization and helps pave the way for wider acceptance > of AIM when just the opposite should be the case. > > We're asking CBS for a simple thing: to reconsider its decision to treat a > fringe right-wing group seriously by accepting this award in person. > >  <http://action.mediamatters.org/cbs_aim?e=34ccbb3678864b2367ea104a49936215b678f950&utm_source=mediamatters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cbs_aim&n=2> > CPAC starts later this week, so weâll need to act fast. 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