This was in the New London Day a couple of days ago:
Hartford — The State Department will have $160 million at its disposal over the next two years to help news organizations overseas combat propaganda from countries such as Russia.
“This fund would be used to try to build up independent journalism in states that don’t have a history of it,” U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said to a room full of reporters Tuesday while announcing passage of bipartisan legislation that he cosponsored with Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio.
The U.S. wouldn’t pick the message or censor any newspaper or website, Murphy said, but “would be simply offering to help other countries in their efforts to produce more independent journalism to counter this Russian propaganda narrative.”
via the New London Day
Quite laudable, I’m sure, but wouldn’t that money be better spent here trying to combat propaganda from sources such as Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, the Koch Brothers, etc., etc., etc.? What is it that Jesus said? Oh:
“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
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