"Musk has not ended the media bias but he stamped an expiration date on it. The media will obey the marching orders from the deep state until publishers realize the Trump Train is here and the gravy train ain’t coming back."
"Thanks to DOGE, I learned the media’s coverage of Trump’s two presidencies was not based on talking points but on marching orders from the deep state. Musk traded in his Tesla for a DOGE Ram and we all found out the federal government gives millions to media outlets.
"The old saw holds that he who pays the piper calls the tune.
"That tune sure ain’t the Star-Spangled Banner.
"The deep state sold Russiagate and all sorts of other crackpot conspiracy theories to the American people through state-paid media outlets such as NYT, AP and BBC. Politico alone received $8.2 million from the government last year through special subscriptions that begin at $10,000 each.
"Last Tuesday, Trump stopped the payments and a few hours later, Politico failed to meet its payroll. The news outlet denied, denied and denied that there was a connection. It was an implausible denial. In politics, there are no such things as coincidences.
"The Guardian tried to call the truth a conspiracy theory but failed to convince me:
"The subscription payments to Politico were not the only ones under fire. Social media accounts also shared screenshots of payments to the Associated Press and the New York Times. Musk called the New York Times “government-funded media” after reposting screenshots of subscriptions the government bought from the outlet."BBC Media Action, an international charity that supports and trains local journalists and outlets around the world, received funds from USAID that totaled about 8% of the charity’s income in 2023-24. The charity is “completely separate from BBC News,” it has said, and does not produce news itself." . . .
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