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US unveils $1.2 mn to help Ukrainian journalists
Global Post/AFP ^ | 5-2-2014 | jkb/oh

Posted on 05/05/2014 6:34:55 AM PDT by tcrlaf

The United States announced a $1.2 million aid package Friday to help support Ukrainian news outlets ahead of presidential elections later this month.

"Members of the media in Ukraine have faced serious challenges and dangers over the past several months," State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said.

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Announced on the eve of World Press Freedom Day, the funding from the US Agency for International Development "will help to protect vulnerable journalists while also advancing press freedoms and domestic governance in Ukraine," Harf said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: civilwar; euagenda; fundingpropaganda; media; obama; sorosbidding; ukraine
Obama Administration doing the same thing in Ukraine, that they have done in America.

Play along with the approved propaganda line, and you'll get some taxpayer money. (Like the hundreds of millions in Obamacare propaganda cash.)

Don't play along, and you won't get any money.

1 posted on 05/05/2014 6:34:55 AM PDT by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

Imagine if it was Putin who did this.


2 posted on 05/05/2014 6:37:05 AM PDT by McGruff (I'ts not the crime it's the coverup they said.)
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To: tcrlaf

Propagandists don’t work for free.


3 posted on 05/05/2014 6:37:56 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: McGruff

Both sides are doing it and we shouldn’t be paying for any of it.


4 posted on 05/05/2014 6:38:45 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: McGruff; tcrlaf

Yeah, if Putin did this you and tcrlaf would be cheering him on, and glad that he could spread his manure.


5 posted on 05/05/2014 6:39:56 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Still blinded by hate, eh?


6 posted on 05/05/2014 6:40:29 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: tcrlaf

Came for the Russian tears, left satisfied.


7 posted on 05/05/2014 6:42:13 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: tcrlaf

Why?? What is the justification for such an expenditure??


8 posted on 05/05/2014 7:16:59 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: elpadre

‘Why?? What is the justification for such an expenditure??’

JUSTIFICATION?
The Gay Media Messiah doesn’t need any justification for anything. Just ask anyone in the non-Fox mainstream media.


9 posted on 05/05/2014 7:23:54 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: cripplecreek

“Both sides are doing it and we shouldn’t be paying for any of it.”

That is exactly the right point.


10 posted on 05/05/2014 7:25:30 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: tcrlaf

Yes, I hate tyrants. I won’t butter them up or be their apologists. I won’t pimp for them, like some dumb Putinistas do.


11 posted on 05/05/2014 9:06:13 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: tcrlaf

Yes, a horrible crime. Do you have evidence as to who perpetrated it?


13 posted on 05/05/2014 12:23:28 PM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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