{"id":2024901,"date":"2023-09-07T16:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-philanthropies-fund-the-latest-non-partisan-journalism-initiative\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:48:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T20:48:42","slug":"liberal-philanthropies-fund-the-latest-non-partisan-journalism-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-philanthropies-fund-the-latest-non-partisan-journalism-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Philanthropies Support New &#8216;Non-Partisan&#8217; Journalism Initiative"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fliberal-philanthropies-fund-the-latest-non-partisan-journalism-initiative%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=2024901&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--><div>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Press Forward&#8217;s Mission to Save Local News<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h3>Left-wing\u200d billionaire Pierre Omidyar at\u2064 the 2010 Clinton Global\u200c Initiative \/ \u200cGetty Images<\/h3>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A consortium of philanthropies on Thursday launched a &#8220;non-partisan&#8221; journalism \u200dinitiative to <strong>reverse the dramatic decline<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">local news<\/a>.\u2064 The\u2062 roster of nearly two dozen donors includes some of the country\u2019s biggest liberal philanthropies, raising questions \u200dabout the group\u2019s pledge to remain &#8220;independent of ideology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Press Forward plans to spend $500 million over the next\u200b five years to fund local news organizations \u200bin order to <strong>strengthen communities and democracy<\/strong> \u2063 and provide an\u200c <strong>active pushback<\/strong> against disinformation &#8220;in\u2062 the media\u200d ecosystem.&#8221; The group hopes to fill a vacuum of local \u2063news coverage after the closure of 2,200 local newspapers over\u2062 the \u200bpast two decades. The \u2063proliferation of so-called news deserts has \u200dcoincided with &#8220;an increasingly divided America and weakening \u2062trust in institutions,&#8221; Press\u2063 Forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/press-forward-will-award-more-than-500-million-to-revitalize-local-news-301920816.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the ambitious journalism initiative seems unlikely\u2063 to \u200drepair an ideologically divided America. Though Press Forward \u200dsays it will emphasize\u200d nonpartisanship, a claim echoed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/07\/press-forward-launch-save-local-journalism?utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=editorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-purge-has-begun-where-it-stops-nobody-knows\/\" title=\"The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.\">media coverage<\/a><\/a> of \u200cthe project, its donors fund\u200c many\u2062 ideological causes\u2014mostly\u200d those on the liberal end\u2062 of the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent donors to Press Forward include liberal charities like the Democracy Fund, Ford Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation. The Democracy Fund, backed\u2063 by liberal billionaire Pierre Omidyar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-philanthropies-fund-the-latest-non-partisan-journalism-initiative\/\" title=\"Liberal Philanthropies Support New 'Non-Partisan' Journalism Initiative\">supports liberal news outlets<\/a> like <em>Mother Jones<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/marc-elias-makes-millions-off-democratic-gerrymandering-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gave<\/a> \u200b$1.5 million to former Hillary Clinton campaign attorney Marc Elias. The Ford Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/ford-foundation-rallies-behind-1619-project-creator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">funded<\/a> \u200bthe work of 1619 Project creator Nikole\u2063 Hannah-Jones, and the MacArthur Foundation recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/grantee\/translash-media-inc-10115456\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded grants<\/a> to TransLash Media, a startup behind the podcast \u200b&#8221;The Anti-Trans Hate Machine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Influence Watch, which\u200c tracks nonprofit groups, assesses that Press Forward donors \u200blike the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/mcknight-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McKnight Foundation<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/heising-simons-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heising-Simons Foundation<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/alfred-p-sloan-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfred P. Sloan Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/joyce-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joyce \u200cFoundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/lumina-foundation-for-education-inc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lumina Foundation<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/rita-allen-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rita \u2063Allen Foundation<\/a> support \u200cleft-of-center causes related to\u2063 the environment, \u2064racial issues, and gun control.<\/p>\n<p>Press\u200b Forward is the latest philanthropy to fund a news endeavor. Democratic\u200d megadonors George Soros \u200dand Reid Hoffman \u2063have poured millions\u2064 of\u200b dollars into a\u2063 Democrat-aligned media startup, New Information. Craig Newmark, a Biden donor who founded Craigslist, funds a variety of journalism schools to the\u200c tune of millions\u200b of dollars \u2062a year.<\/p>\n<p>More\u2063 than a dozen philanthropies fund the Associated\u2064 Press\u2019s efforts to beef up its climate, election, and race reporting.\u200b Many of the AP\u2019s\u2064 donors also back liberal causes, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-republicans-launch-stop-stacey-effort-ahead-of-possible-abrams-2022-announcement\/\" title=\"GA Republicans Launch \u2018Stop Stacey\u2019 Effort Ahead Of Possible Abrams 2022 Announcement\">voting rights group<\/a> of Democratic heavyweight Stacey Abrams, and Take Back the Court, which aims to expand \u2063the Supreme Court, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/associated-press-coverage-of-courts-climate-bankrolled-by-dozens-of-left-wing-foundations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the organizations funding the AP are also Press Forward donors. That includes the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Outrider Foundation, and Hewlett Foundation. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was a leading proponent of Obamacare. The Outrider Foundation \u2062embraces an apocalyptic view of\u200c climate \u200bchange. \u200bThe Hewlett \u200bFoundation pours money into hundreds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-some-democrats-concerned-their-voting-rights-bill-might-be-racist\/\" title=\"Report: Some Democrats Concerned Their \u2018Voting Rights\u2019 Bill Might Be Racist\">liberal advocacy groups<\/a>, and is a major funder of Planned \u2062Parenthood.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Forward&#8217;s local news-saving efforts are funded by Pierre Omidyar&#8217;s Democracy Fund and other philanthropies. 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