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Quid Pro Quo? Amazon-Funded Progressive Group Calls Company ‘No. 1 Investor in America’
NewsBusters ^ | 6/22/2021 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 06/22/2021 5:47:48 AM PDT by JV3MRC

Liberal tech giant Amazon likes promoting glowing reviews of its company from progressive groups that it funds.

Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon put out a press release June 2 boasting how it was ranked the “No. 1 investor in America” by the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). The presser celebrated how “[f]or the second year in a row, Amazon placed first on PPI’s Investment Heroes list.” One problem: Amazon funds the PPI. Fast Company reported in 2019 that “Facebook, Google, and Amazon all donated last year to the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), a pro-business think tank that regularly sponsors briefings for Democratic elected officials.” Sounds a bit like a quid pro quo, eh Amazon?

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: amazon; bigtech; jeffbezos; propaganda

1 posted on 06/22/2021 5:47:48 AM PDT by JV3MRC
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