{"id":1440268,"date":"2022-04-15T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440268"},"modified":"2022-04-15T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:30:26","slug":"irony-overload-soros-backed-group-complains-about-billionaires-like-elon-musk-being-toxic-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irony-overload-soros-backed-group-complains-about-billionaires-like-elon-musk-being-toxic-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Irony Overload: Soros-Backed Group Complains About Billionaires Like Elon Musk Being \u201cToxic\u201d to Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firony-overload-soros-backed-group-complains-about-billionaires-like-elon-musk-being-toxic-to-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1440268&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A left-wing outlet funded by liberal billionaire George Soros whined that the world\u2019s richest man\u2019s plan to purchase\u00a0Twitter was a threat to democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Free Press released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/news\/press-releases\/musks-attempted-takeover-twitter-would-be-toxic-its-330-million-users-and-democracy\">statement<\/a> April 14 headlined, \u201cMusk&#8217;s Attempted Takeover of Twitter Would Be Toxic for Its 330 Million Users and Our Democracy.\u201d This follows Tesla CEO Elon Musk\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/business\/joseph-vazquez\/2022\/04\/14\/its-happening-elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile\">recently announced<\/a> $43 billion bid for a hostile takeover of one of the most censorship-obsessed platforms in the country. Free Press castigated Musk for being a critic of \u201cefforts by companies like Twitter and Meta to moderate platform content and restrict the spread of hateful and threatening speech and disinformation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Free Press Co-CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGo4Justice\">Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a> railed that \u201c'[u]sers of social-media platforms shouldn\u2019t have to be subject to the whims of bombastic billionaires who are detached from reality and lack any true commitment to free expression, racial justice and democracy.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>&#8220;What the richest man in the world wants, the richest man in the world might get. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Musk doesn\u2019t want to buy another expensive bauble but a global online community that includes more than 330 million people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Our statement: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zFg2G9BqOl\">https:\/\/t.co\/zFg2G9BqOl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Free Press (@freepress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/freepress\/status\/1514633326564413443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez&#8217; complaint about billionaires is hypocritical given that her own outlet is also financed by billionaires. In fact, two of Soros\u2019 groups ($4,785,000), leftist eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar\u2019s Democracy Fund ($3,010,000) and three other major left-wing donors have given at least $11,574,000 to Free Press between 2003 and 2019 alone, according to Foundation Directory Online data.\u00a0Other major left-wing Free Press financiers included the Ford Foundation, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/ford-foundation\/\">reportedly<\/a> \u201cfunded organizations closely associated with violent [left-wing] activists.\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/rockefeller-brothers-fund-gets-behind-bds\">historically<\/a> anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/rockefeller-brothers-fund\/\">Rockefeller Brothers Fund<\/a> and pro-abortion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/rockefeller-philanthropy-advisors\/\">Rockefeller Philanthropy Avisors<\/a> are also Free Press donors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-blog_image_100_ img-fluid blog-img\" data-insert-class=\"image-blog_image_100_\" data-insert-type=\"image\" height=\"564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/FreePressDonationsLeftWingDonors.png\" width=\"930\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGo4Justice\/status\/1514633938102222851?s=20&#038;t=gePB1cLpofXtZa9qnKOdTA\">pleaded<\/a> on Twitter for the platform to reject Musk\u2019s offer and pontificated: \u201cThis isn\u2019t just about money, it\u2019s about public health and safety, civil and human rights, and <strong>democracy<\/strong>.\u201d [Emphasis added.]\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Musk should stick to cars. Twitter should reject this offer. This isn\u2019t just about money, it\u2019s about public health and safety, civil and human rights, and democracy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u7p7jyJQl5\">https:\/\/t.co\/u7p7jyJQl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Gonz\u00e1lez (@JGo4Justice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JGo4Justice\/status\/1514633938102222851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Complaining about \u201cdemocracy\u201d is pretty rich coming from the same outlet that tried to get the Federal Communications Commission to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/business\/joseph-vazquez\/2020\/04\/08\/soros-funded-left-wing-group-free-press-fails-get-fcc\">censor former<\/a> President Donald Trump\u2019s coronavirus briefings as \u201choaxes.\u201d Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019 tweet got heavily ratioed for its disingenuousness, with over 720 comments and only over 20 likes. Tablet Magazine Chief Technology Officer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/contributors\/noam-blum\">Noam Blum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1514655242507403272?s=20&#038;t=gePB1cLpofXtZa9qnKOdTA\">didn\u2019t mince<\/a> words: \u201c[T]he CEO of Free Press is an enemy of information.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>the CEO of Free Press is an enemy of information.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1514655242507403272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gonz\u00e1lez even demanded that Twitter increase its notorious censorship operation to satisfy left-wing snowflakes who reel at the thought of free speech. \u201c\u2018Specifically, we\u2019re calling on Twitter and all platforms to stop amplifying bigotry and conspiracy theories that are toxic to our information ecosystem, threaten public health and safety and undermine democracy,\u2019\u201d Gonzalez griped. This is also hypocritical, given that Gonz\u00e1lez\u2019 group was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/business\/joseph-vazquez\/2021\/09\/24\/soros-funded-group-fcc-letter-included-question-whether\">once ripped apart<\/a> by the FCC for including a violent, hate-filled comment in its leftist petition for the agency to investigate its \u201chistory of racism.\u201d The comment questioned whether Republicans should be shot \u201cto reclaim our democracy.&#8221;\u00a0Free Press issued a statement following the backlash\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freepress.net\/news\/press-releases\/free-press-statement\">acknowledging<\/a>\u00a0\u201cthat some violent and inappropriate language was included in the comments\u201d of its petition. The group <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/liberal-group-includes-call-to-shoot-republicans-in-letter-to-fcc\/\">reportedly<\/a> \u201cwithdrew the petition\u201d after the FCC denounced it.<\/p>\n<p>Take a seat, Free Press.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Conservatives are under attack.<\/em><\/strong><em> Contact Free Press at <a href=\"tel:(201)%20533-8838\">(201) 533-8838<\/a> and hold it to account for its hypocritical pontificating about billionaire Elon Musk purchasing Twitter when it gets financing from other left-wing billionaires.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A left-wing outlet funded by liberal billionaire George Soros whined that the world\u2019s richest man\u2019s plan to purchase\u00a0Twitter was a threat to democracy. 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