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Our Tax Dollars at Work! $364 Million from Taxpayers to Help Expand the Left's Media Influence

Here is still another example of unnecessary and wasteful spending of taxpayers’ money, specifically by our State Department, which for years has demonstrated a very leftist bias. While trying to overlook all the incompetence in our federal government, both now and in earlier years, it is still amazing to me that such a specific leftist, not balanced, media effort has been allowed to exist and thrive for so long. The bottom line for me is that this is simply more proof that the U.S. government should not be funding any media efforts here or around the world, not only because they are a wasting of taxpayer dollars, but also because of their harmful and politically biased goals.

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By Mike Ciandella

The 1st Amendment says Congress shall make no law “respecting the establishment” “of the press.” Someone should tell Congress. In 10 years, the U.S. government spent $364 million funding the liberal journalism nonprofit Internews, also supported by left-wing billionaire George Soros.

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