‘Objective’ News Source Received more than $8 Million from Taxpayers
This is clearly not what America’s founders meant when they wrote ‘Freedom of the Press’ into the first amendment. The ‘press’ or more broadly, journalism, was supposed to serve as a check against government. It wasn’t meant to receive CHECKS from the government. Yet, that’s exactly what has happened.
POLITICO, a prominent—and supposedly objective—news source has over 8 million reasons to be a propaganda arm of the government establishment it is supposed to hold accountable. Jim Renacci, former four-term U.S. Congressman from Ohio, draws a clear line of distinction between POLITICO and National Public Ratio (NPR), for example. “We know what NPR is,” says Renacci, “it is a government-funded entity. We don’t’ like it but at least they can’t hide what they are. POLITICO is very different, at least in that regard.”
Other left-wing, establishment-approved outlets like CNN and Yahoo News are doing damage control for POLITICO, referring to this controversy as a ‘conspiracy theory’ to bat away inquiring minds. Of course, that term has been the ever ready touch point smear since the grassy knoll days.
Even the Yahoo News headline gives away the proverbial ghost. It bellowed: No, Politico Did Not Receive ‘Substantial Funds’ from USAID. The implication that it received SOME funds from Taxpayers, also unacceptable for an ‘objective’ news outlet. “Why is such an outlet intended to report unfiltered news receiving ANY taxpayer dollars?” Renacci asks rhetorically.
Relevant Article(s):
No, Politico Did Not Receive ‘Substantial Funds’ from USAID
OPTIONAL Q&A
- Why do you believe government funding of media outlets like POLITICO is a fundamental threat to press freedom?
- You distinguish between NPR and POLITICO—what makes POLITICO’s situation more concerning in your view?
- How does government funding compromise a media outlet’s ability to hold power accountable?
- Some argue that public funding helps support journalism—why do you believe it does the opposite?
- What should be done to ensure a truly free and independent press in the U.S.?
- The term ‘conspiracy theory’ is often used to dismiss scrutiny—why do you think this label is being applied to concerns about POLITICO?
- Do you think Americans are aware of how deeply establishment media is intertwined with government influence? If not, how can that change?
- If government-backed media continues unchecked, what long-term consequences do you foresee for American democracy?
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ABOUT JIM RENACCI…
In 2010, Jim filed to run for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District, taking on a well-funded Democratic incumbent. Jim won the election by 9 percent.
While in Congress, Jim earned a reputation for being a principled conservative and effective legislator. He quickly rose through the ranks to serve on the Committee on Financial Services, as vice-chair of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, and as a member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. After just two years, Jim was named to the powerful Ways and Means Committees and Budget Committees.
Jim’s track record as a blue-collar entrepreneur demonstrates his only allegiance has ever been to the very people who D.C. bureaucrats forcibly unemployed that fateful day in an Ohio car dealership — the everyday Americans forgotten by the Swamp. He represents the people’s hopes and fears, bringing actionable results back to the working people who gave him a voice.
Over 30 years ago, Jim Renacci moved to Ohio with a few hundred dollars, dreaming American dreams of starting a family and launching a business. Growing up in a blue-collar union family in western Pennsylvania, Jim Renacci was the first in his family to graduate from college.
Not only did the blue-collar entrepreneur realize his own dream, but Jim also became the answer to countless Ohioans.
But politics had other plans. In 2009, the Obama Administration took over General Motors, shuttering dealerships across the country— including Jim’s in Northeast Ohio. Shutting down Jim’s dealership killed 50 good-paying jobs in his community — and Jim wasn’t going to stand by while neighbors were going hungry. How could Washington blatantly interfere in the everyday lives of hard-working Americans who wanted nothing more but their own chance at the American Dream?
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