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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 -Capital Research Center
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by Michael Watson
May 14, 2024
The Left’s Nonprofit Journalism Empire: Social Madness, Local Partisans, and Big Bets
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Big Philanthropy’s Play : Press Forward
At stake in the fight over control of local-media outlets is the power to dictate the terms of coverage and political discourse with the media outlets that opinion polling suggests are most trusted by the public. Polling from the Pew Research Center conducted in 2021 showed that among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike, information that came from local news organizations was more trusted than information from national news organizations or social media. [1] A Gallup survey conducted for the Knight Foundation later in 2021 also found that local news organizations were substantially more trusted than national news organizations. [2]
Retaking control of local and national narratives by controlling local journalism outlets and exploiting their higher trust are attractive propositions for left-of-center activists. To that end, the MacArthur Foundation (2021 assets, $8.7 billion) announced a five-year, $500 million funders’ coalition to “strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information.” [3] The coalition, called “Press Forward,” declared that its mission would be to “enhance local journalism at an unprecedented level to re-center local news as a force for community cohesion; support new models and solutions that are ready to scale; and close longstanding inequities in journalism coverage and practice.”
In a press release, the MacArthur Foundation asserted that “Press Forward is independent of ideology.” That would be surprising if true, given that MacArthur is one of the longest-standing institutions in the overwhelmingly liberal world of Big Philanthropy. One of MacArthur’s most prominent programs, the MacArthur Fellowship or “genius grant,” counts among its alumni such prominent liberal figures as 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones , Biden administration acting Labor
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