Posted on 03/26/2015 11:00:19 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
State run media. When you first heard Rush Limbaugh coin that term, many probably believed he was at the very least guilty of a bit of hyperbole. Well, according to Jeryl Bier of the Weekly Standard, in the case of Politico it really does look like state run media due to payoffs by various federal agencies in the form of subscription fees.
Bier lays out in detail the payoffs, uh, I mean "subscription fees," the feds have paid to Politico over the years. Since 2011 nearly a million bucks paid by federal departments and agencies to Politico with nearly $432, 000 paid last year alone. Oh, and with over $198,000 paid to Politico so far this year, the previous record could easily be broken:
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
They wait 3 days and then declare this ancient history. Hell its been 1 day and Bergdahl is already over with as far as being a story.
I view anything from Politico with skepticism.
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