Media Matters Sues Texas AG in Maryland Over Investigation of Its Report on Musk’s X

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into Media Matters for ‘potential fraudulent activity’ in its recent report.

Media Matters for America is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in federal court, arguing that reporting by its senior investigative reporter on Elon Muskโ€™s X app is being “chilled” by the AGโ€™s announced investigation.

Media Matters, a progressive watchdog group, filed its lawsuit Tuesday. It had reported last month that, according to its analysis, X was a platform hosting bigots and that it had paid far-right extremists, warning advertisers that their content was running beside pro-Hitler and anti-Semitic content.

The report was then cited by major companies, like Apple, Disney, Sony, and Fox Sports, who announced they were boycotting the platform from their advertising campaigns. This triggered Mr. Paxton to announce on Nov. 21 an investigation into Media Matters โ€œfor potential fraudulent activityโ€ in its report, after X responded to the allegations saying that the progressive group had manufactured its results.

X has sued Media Matters for defamation over the report in a Texas federal court, citing advertising data showing that report author Eric Hananoki was among only two users to see an Apple ad next to the hateful content, while explaining that content follows the search history of users.

โ€œAttorney General Paxton was extremely troubled by the allegations that Media Matters, a radical anti-free speech organization, fraudulently manipulated data on X.com (formerly known as Twitter),โ€ the Office of the Attorney General in Texas said in announcing its investigation following Xโ€™s comments.

Mr. Paxton argued that his case was to protect the First Amendment rights of Texans. X has come under attack from progressive groups after Mr. Muskโ€™s takeover of Twitter and the release of internal communications that revealed the company censored speech in favor of then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in the run-up to the 2020 election.

Mr. Paxtonโ€™s office explained in its statement that it was pursuing its investigation of Media Mattersโ€™s report under the Texas Business Organizations Code and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which allows his office to โ€œvigorously enforce against nonprofits who commit fraudulent acts in or affecting the state of Texas.โ€

Byย Melanie Sun

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