Progressive Left wants control over media views not approved by them
Not that anyone has to worry about Juan Williams getting another job, it is to point out how the system of media is being manipulated. A man with a highly positive acclaimed career is smeared and called a racist along with a question of his mental status by the company he has devoted his time, expertise, and loyalty.
NPR CEO has now said she spoke in haste, but still that media hypocritical mentality comes with a high cost:
NPR hypocritical by Doug Powers
“Free Juan!” But Williams has now been liberated from the government-funded media’s politically correct shackles. It’s taxpayers who need to be untethered from NPR and other state-sponsored public broadcasting. by Michelle Malkin
Juan Williams in The Washington Post Article
In the wake of this highly-publicized firing, important questions are being asked. Why does NPR continue to receive federal taxpayer funds? An organization, that on the day it fired Juan Williams, announced that it has accepted a multi-million dollar grant from billionaire and one of the post powerful funding sources of the Left – George Soros – money to be spent on hiring NPR reporters. I imagine those reporters whose salaries will be paid by Soros will have all the freedom they want as they do their jobs – as long as it doesn’t involve criticizing the Left.a thought. The problem is that in the case of former NPR journalist Juan Williams, an honest thought – a feeling – about Muslims and 9-11 – cost him his job.
Media attack against Fox News by leftist billionaire:
George Soros and Media Matters attack
Media Matters, the liberal activist group that wages a rhetorical war against Fox News Channel and others in the conservative press, will announce on Wednesday the receipt of a $1 million donation from the philanthropist George Soros.
If millionaires can dictate was is being said on one station then why not the rest?
Another example of media control based on outrageous contributions by special interest groups:
SEIU has invested significant resources in protecting Reid this election. They have mobilized their union members in support of top Senate Democrat and have made a $500,000 contribution to the Patriot Majority Fund, a 527 group that is doing field and media work in Nevada.by Michelle Malkin
Now if you support leftist media then tax breaks for all:
Google tax loopholes and Obama’s fundraiser with google.Google’s income shifting — involving strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” — helped reduce its overseas tax rate to 2.4 percent, the lowest of the top five U.S. technology companies by market capitalization, according to regulatory filings in six countries.
Who much will would you pay for freedom?
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