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This article from Capital Research Center examines the network of left-leaning nonprofit journalism organizations, analyzing their funding sources, interconnections, and influence on media narratives. It is part of an investigative series scrutinizing how progressive foundations and donors fund ostensibly independent news outlets.
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- •Investigates funding networks behind nonprofit journalism organizations with left-leaning editorial perspectives
- •Examines how major progressive foundations channel money into media outlets that present themselves as independent journalism
- •Analyzes the influence these funded outlets have on public discourse and political narratives
- •Part of a multi-part series from Capital Research Center, a conservative watchdog organization focused on nonprofit sector oversight
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# The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Big Philanthropy’s Play
Another tech billionaire, Laurene Powell Jobs (widow of legendary Apple executive Steve), acquired The Atlantic, the influential newsmagazine, through her Emerson Collective in 2017. Credit: Arctic Circle. License: https://shorturl.at/svwI7.
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by [Michael Watson](https://capitalresearch.org/person/michael-watson/)
May 14, 2024
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