Posted on 08/05/2020 9:28:44 AM PDT by Hojczyk
“The board members come from different professional, cultural and religious backgrounds and have various political viewpoints,” they wrote in a New York Times op-ed on May 6. “Some of us have been publicly critical of Facebook; some of us haven’t.”
Contemporaneous news articles reinforced this message, reporting that the board’s ideologically and geographically diverse members criss-cross the ideological spectrum.
A closer look, however, reveals that 18 of its 20 members collaborated with or are tied to groups that have received funding from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations – which is one of the most well-funded and influential progressive organizations in the country.
Open Society’s reach is so vast that simply receiving support from the institution is not a proxy for political leanings – one member has received support from Soros and the Charles Koch Foundation. But the fact that 90% of the board’s members have ties to that progressive group raises questions in an environment where conservatives complain about big-tech bias and internet censorship.
Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei: A program manager at Soros’ Open Society Foundations in West Africa.
Katherine Chen: Academic professor, journalist. Often retweets material critical of Donald Trump and supportive of Barack Obama.
Maina Kiai: Director of Human Rights Watch’s Alliances and Partnerships Initiative, which received $100 million from Open Society Foundations. She was founding leader of the Kenya Human Rights Commission, which received $615,000 from Soros over two years.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearinvestigations.com ...
Anybody know of a right leaning fact checker which I can manually reply with a post on issues posted bu leftists?
Anybody know of a right leaning fact checker sites which I can manually reply with a post on issues posted by leftists?
bkmk
Facebook = Fakebook
Lists of control of the whole world. Who could do this except Satan?
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