A NewsBusters column by Dan Gainor:
Books, newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, websites and cutting edge videos. The pieces of the George Soros media empire are as diverse as the nations of the world and just as widespread. From nakedly partisan left-wing media like Think Progress, the blog for the Center for American Progress, and a TV show on MSNBC, to the supposedly impartial National Public Radio, Soros has impact on the flow of information worldwide.
It gives him incredible influence. Every month, reporters, writers and bloggers at the many outlets he funds easily reach more than 330 million people around the globe.
Other well-funded operations include the investigative reporting operations at the Center for Public Integrity ($3.7 million) and Center for Investigative Reporting ($1.1 million), as well as Media Matters ($1.1 million) and the Sundance Institute ($1 million).
Right down to local media that deal with marriage-related news:
"Soros' foundations gave 34 grants from 1997 to 2010 to local NPR member stations and specific programs that have totaled nearly $3.4-million," said the foundations' [spokesperson Maria] Archuleta. Recipients included WNYC and Minnesota Public Radio,' wrote outgoing NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard.
All of which serves to create the desired "echo chamber" effect:
A report by the Media Consortium detailed how progressives had created an "echo chamber" of outlets "in which a message pushes the larger public or the mainstream media to acknowledge, respond, and give airtime to progressive ideas because it is repeated many times." According to the report called "The Big Thaw," "if done well, the message within the echo chamber can become the accepted meme, impact political dynamics, shift public opinion and change public policy."
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Speaking of the media, I came across a very disturbing article regarding freedom of speech and the press coming out of South Africa. Read this and feel the chill of the thought police and modern-day anti-liberty liberals:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixUGyyaj9eWX0Sxvu2mVeze_p8CQ?docId=cdf781a4dd6f4756bf5c4434b24eea95
Government funding of NPR should be erased; it's a mouthpiece for liberal socialist thought and the Democrat party.
As a further thought to the South Africa piece that I posted earlier, it's worthwhile to note that South Africa is the only country in Africa to allow SSM and this shows us how things progress once SSM is allowed . . .
Regarding the South Africa incident, even the most vocal homophobe in the US has nothing to worry about. The Westboro Baptist Church, an organization so vile no one defends them, was recently favored with an 8-1 decision from SCOTUS. Even if SSM marriage were to become fully legal in all 50 states this afternoon, your right to speak out against it would remain fully secure.