Accuracy in Media

Desperate? MSNBC’s Chris Matthews suggested that maybe it is time for IRS employees to leak information, this time about President Trump’s audit status.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to target conservative groups and won’t scrap their criteria: The IRS is refusing to recant the targeting criteria it used to single out tea party groups for intrusive scrutiny, according to court filings made public Wednesday that show the tax agency still struggling with the fallout from the scandal. […]

More taxpayer dollars wasted. Thanks for nothing, IRS. Photo by BrookingsInst

The IRS chief claims he’s innocent and did not lead Congress astray in his previous testimonies before the legislative branch, but the House GOP disagrees with his assertion. Photo by BrookingsInst

Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) will move to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen and strip him of his pension for not being forthcoming about the IRS targeting scandal. Photo by BrookingsInst

Even more of your unspent-but-hard-earned money is being wasted, yay! Photo by BrookingsInst

This sounds a bit suspicious…they’d rather monitor American citizens’ cellphones and not do their job? From the Daily Signal: While the Internal Revenue Service continues to leave uncollected tax money on the table, the agency beefed up its surveillance capabilities in a move that alarms both conservative and liberal privacy advocates. Now some complain the […]

Yet John Koskinen asked Congress for more money. Huh? Photo by BrookingsInst

From the Washington Examiner: Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus were expected Thursday to call for the impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, who Republicans have criticized for failing to reform the embattled agency that admitted to slow-walking requests for tax-exempt status from conservative groups. A spokesman for the Freedom Caucus said the group’s […]

It’s a legitimate concern. Photo by BrookingsInst