CNN is part U.S. State Department? Or is that just tinfoil?
So, it wouldn’t be surprising, seeing as how Google receives a good bit of money from......
Tinfoil, IMO. The government does fund or support propaganda efforts, some of that openly (Voice of America), some of it covertly (CIA assets in press operations throughout the world, including the US - see Operation Mockingbird). It may be that some part of the US government pays funds to CNN International. Not likely to be a clear public trail for that, though.