Timothy Birdnow

Follow the money, folks!

From Richard Cronin:

The money flows from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation --- into media no less than others:

"....grants to media organizations such as ABC and The Guardian, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, raise obvious conflict-of-int erest questions: How can reporting be unbiased when a major player holds the purse strings?"

"To garner attention for the issues it cares about, the foundation has invested millions in training programs for journalists. It funds research on the most effective ways to craft media messages. Gates-backed think tanks turn out media fact sheets and newspaper opinion pieces. Magazines and scientific journals get Gates money to publish research and articles. Experts coached in Gates-funded programs write columns that appear in media outlets from The New York Times to The Huffington Post, while digital portals blur the line between journalism and spin."

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