Evidently, McCain is not alone - according to the article there is a large group of media organizations which have applied for Open Society grants.
The media are communist/socialist traitors.
That's the bad news. The good news (if I read it correctly) is that Free Republic (and others) made a considerable contribution to the defeat of John False Kerry in '04. We can only grow in strength from now on. Surely, it wasn't a "one time only" phenomenon.