Posted on 02/15/2025 4:05:05 AM PST by MtnClimber
Nearly half a billion in taxpayer-funded media manipulation.
If an obscure nonprofit received hundreds of millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars, trained thousands of journalists, influenced media outlets worldwide, and quietly scrubbed its leadership and key records from the internet—wouldn’t you want to know why?
That’s precisely what’s happening with Internews Network, a so-called “independent” media organization almost entirely bankrolled by USAID since 2008.
Through extensive U.S. government funding, Internews has trained journalists, produced media content, and shaped global narratives, all while supporting censorship initiatives under the guise of combating “misinformation.”
Internews has been systematically erasing its public-facing disclosures. Critical information about its governance, leadership, and programming has been removed or modified—particularly around Inauguration Day.
The executive and legislative branches must investigate this purging of key intelligence about the organization.
These actions suggest a concerted effort to limit public access to information about Internews’ leadership, funding sources, and ideological agenda.
If Internews is genuinely committed to press freedom, why is it selectively managing what information is accessible to the public?
Key Findings from the Recent Form 990
Internews’ most recent public Form 990 spotlights several key facets of its funding and operations:
Revenue Sources: Over 95% of Internews’ revenue comes from U.S. government funding, primarily through USAID, the U.S. State Department, and other federal agencies. According to this disclosure, Internews reported total revenue of approximately $97 million, with over $92 million coming from government grants.
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It looks like this started under 0bama. That would make sense.
Are we zeroing in on the source of the “word of the day” that all media outlets use to denigrate Trump?
He figured out how to enable Marxist, America hating government officials to use taxpayer money to fund the destruction of America from within while they got rich in the process. This solves the basic internal contradiction of the Cloward Piven strategy - why would activists and politicians actively work to economically destroy the country they live in? ? The answer is because they have been getting rich in the process
DOGE reveals mysterious DoD payments to Reuters news agency for “large scale
social deception” project between 2018-2022.........claims it was for “cyber defense.”
Questions swirl wrt a news agency receiving millions for “social engineering”
come as other media outlets face scrutiny over federal funding.
Source: USASpendingGov, @stillgray........more at x.com ...
Operation Mockingbird
It does look like Operation Mockingbird.
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