Obama paid NPR to sell Iran Deal
A group the White House recently identified as a key surrogate in selling the Iran nuclear deal gave National Public Radio $100,000 last year to help it report on the pact and related issues, according to the group's annual report. It also funded reporters and partnerships with other news outlets.
The Ploughshares Fund's mission is to "build a safe, secure world by developing and investing in initiatives to reduce and ultimately eliminate the world's nuclear stockpiles," one that dovetails with President Barack Obama's arms control efforts. But its behind-the-scenes role advocating for the Iran agreement got more attention this month after a candid profile of Ben Rhodes, one of the president's top foreign policy aides.
In The New York Times Magazine article, Rhodes explained how the administration worked with nongovernmental organizations, proliferation experts and even friendly reporters to build support for the seven-nation accord that curtailed Iran's nuclear activity and softened international financial penalties on Tehran. (MORE)
6 comments:
When the AP does not want to name Obama it calls him a "group".
This is one of the newer tactics Dems use. In Philly, we see all kinds of studies and OPEDs claiming we need to give schools more and more money and we need taxpayer paid all day Kindergarten. They do it because it works quite well in brainwashing the electorate.
The Demos have been doing that forever. And people have been wise to it.
Lem said...
When the AP does not want to name Obama it calls him a "group".
If you think Pissy's money was used, you also thing the Ozark Mafia lives on its own money.
Why, oh why am I not surprised?
Why does this matter? NPR receives 6% of their funding from government, the majority of the rest from pledge drives contributed to by individual donors, corporations and non-profits. You'd almost have to expect that non-profits such as this would be a major part of the mix.
R&B- It matters because this is state run media. We don't have state run newspapers, or state run internet- but we do have state run talk radio (the only medium that conservatives have a strong presence AND the only place that progressives have failed to win in the market fairly)
Your stats are waaaaay off. Its at least 16% from feds alone. Then add in the progressive shell game where the NEA (or other) gives a grant to the XYZ foundation, who then give a donation to NPR. Each group skimming a little cream off the top.
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