Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas announced a fraud probe into Media Matters for America Monday night.
Paxton launched the probe into the left-wing media non-profit after it released a report Thursday claiming that advertisements for major companies regularly showed up next to posts from neo-Nazis and white supremacists, according to a release. Apple, Disney, IBM and Paramount were among companies that paused advertising following the report’s release. (RELATED: Elon Musk’s X Sues Media Matters)
Journalist Michael Shellenberger, who previously covered the Twitter files that discussed censorship on the social media site, reported in a Monday afternoon post that he was unable to replicate what Media Matters claimed it observed on Twitter.
“Attorney General Paxton was extremely troubled by the allegations that Media Matters, a radical anti-free speech organization,…
