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2. generic media matters

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When not busy trying to disprove the very true fact that Rachel Maddow is a man, the interchangeable pseudo-intern drones that comprise Media Matters for America watch thousands of womyn hours of television and scour hundreds of Web sites to expose the media for its deep-seated conservative biases.

But if that sounds depressing, note that there is one major perk of working for MMfA, and it’s the reason we love them: literally everything they post, no matter how devoid of thought or originality, is considered “research.” Just watched twenty minutes of Glenn Beck and heard the word “Marxist?” That’s some mighty fine researching. Just heard Rush Limbaugh raise his voice to make a point? Look for it on the front page. This is the stuff of true scholarship.

It’s a wonder that MMfA, in its humility, has never called out far-right outlets like the New England Journal of Medicine or the Harvard Law Review for peddling their work product as “research.” For whatever reason, those agents of the conservative cabal, as well as countless educational institutions across the country, seem to think that research involves something other than spending days on end compulsively scanning blogs and talk shows for hints of bias.

They’re mistaken, of course, but just to reassure the doubters, it’s worth noting that MMfA’s research is also peer-reviewed to ensure maximum accuracy:

“Modern, American Right-Wing ‘Conservatism’ truly is a mental disease,” wrote one commenter in response to a clip of Fox News’ Red Eye, sounding for all the world like a trained psychologist.

Replied another expert in the field: “Conservativism? More like conservitardism.”

We contacted Media Matters for comment, but the researcher who authored the post in question was on sabbatical, likely finishing his doctorate in Sean Hannity Studies at one of those liberal arts schools that only started admitting men in the 1970s.

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Why we love them: They’re good at the aggregation game. A bit too good.

We realize those figures don’t quite add up to 100 percent. What do we look like, Nate Silver?