Media Matters released a new report showing that when discussing major news stories, the conservative media repeatedly resorted to blaming ACORN in place of substantive analysis of causes and solutions, even where the organization has little or nothing to do with the issue.
During the 2008 financial crisis, several in the media claimed that ACORN contributed to the housing crisis by bullying banks into irresponsible lending to minorities. But according to housing experts, very few subprime loans were made under the Community Reinvestment Act.
During the 2008 presidential election, the media falsely linked ACORN's voter registration campaign to allegations of voter fraud, yet the actual instances of illegal votes being cast as a result of registration fraud was extremely rare.
