Posted on 08/30/2023 9:38:57 AM PDT by Starman417
The Associated Press, the country's top wire service, is now bankrolled in part by millions of dollars from left-wing foundations, including one founded by "1619 Project" author Nikole Hannah-Jones.The media industry is “supposed” to be the truth-seekers and completely transparent, correct? But what we are seeing now is the MSM, who often scream and demand for maximum disclosure, are hiding it own dirty secrets. Zero curiosity investigating themselves. Writing up stories for left-wing groups and their mega-rich cohorts.The news organization last year announced a series of "partnerships" to subsidize reporters covering climate change, race, and democracy. A review of the donor roster shows that the vast majority fund left-wing political causes, while none are supporters of conservative initiatives.
The Ida B. Wells Society, founded by "1619 Project" lightning rod Hannah-Jones, has teamed up with filmmaker Steven Spielberg's Hearthland Foundation, for example, to foster "more inclusive storytelling" at the Associated Press.
In some ways, it was a natural partnership: The AP's global investigations editor, Ron Nixon, serves on the Ida B. Wells Society's board of directors. In others, it may prove more problematic, given that Hannah-Jones's own reporting has been disputed by historians, who have argued—among other things—that her account of the motivations of the American revolutionaries is factually inaccurate.
The funding, much of it from these sorts of overly political actors, will make it more challenging for the Associated Press to swat away accusations of political bias. In one high-profile example, critics blasted the organization for revising its style guide to instruct reporters to avoid the use of terms like "the French," which the AP indicated was "dehumanizing."
AllSides, a group that tracks media bias across the industry, last year changed its rating for the AP from "center" to "leans left," citing what it said was an increase in "word choice bias" and "bias by omission of views" in its coverage. AllSides says it closely monitors the Associated Press's content because the AP's content is "broad and far-reaching."
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AP = Agitation and Propaganda
Enemy propaganda.
lily white liberals and rich men north of Richmond. Democrats all.
I’ve suspected this for years, and that it goes across the entire media, not just the AP.
My reason for this is my knowledge of artists, and of the mentality of artists. And of my belief that most “journalists” are actually writers who can’t get their own creative ideas published.
Writers will do anything for a buck. They want to write, but they think they should be well compensated for their work product. This is because they’re well aware of how many writers make a lot of money writing. They think they deserve to be compensated generously too. “Stephen King’s a writer, I’m a writer, why should he make more than I?”
The fact that being a writer is typically a very low-paying job strikes them as unfair; this unfairness makes them victims of the unjust Capitalist system.
Their victimhood justifies their doing anything necessary to make money. Anything necessary as writers, that is. Anything necessary to not have to moonlight as something else, as so many writers do, especially when they’re young and haven’t built an audience.
For these reasons, and because so many young people want join the profession of “writers,” buying a writer is cheap.
Just look at any website of the “alternative media.” You’ll find dozens and dozens of unknown, recent-grad writers. They are paid very little by these online publications, often nothing.
Remember when it came out how little The Huffington Post was paying their writers? Unfortunately, I can’t find the history of the Huffington Post by Google, but I seem to recall over the months leading up to the purchase of that publication by AOL, it came out that many if not most of their writers received no compensation at all, except for their byline as writers for The Huffington Post.
That’s the lot of the typical young writer. Throw them a few bucks and they’ll write whatever you want.
Add in the fact that most of them are lefties to begin with, and you have the recipe for the near-total dominance of the Left-wing point of view in “journalism.” It’s been that way since the ‘60s, if not before.
Here’s an example, the Poynter Institute in St. Pete.
A hive of scum and villainy.
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