[19] In 2022, Soros’s Fund for Policy Reform, a large 501(c)(4) advocacy and lobbying nonprofit within the Open Society network, gave Courier Newsroom $2.5 million. [20]In advance of the 2024 elections, Courier Newsroom is expanding its propaganda empire. Under Kyle Tharp, described by media outlet Semafor as “a veteran of Democratic political campaigns,” Courier Newsroom is staffing up. [13] InfluenceWatch, “States Newsroom (Newsroom Network),” https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/the-newsroom/. [17] InfluenceWatch, “Courier Newsroom,” https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/courier-newsroom/; InfluenceWatch, “ACRONYM,” https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/acronym/; InfluenceWatch, “Tara McGowan,” https://www.influencewatch.org/person/tara-mcgowan/; Charles Fain Lehman, “Why Is Laurene Powell Jobs Funding Fake News?,” Washington Free Beacon, June 11, 2020, https://freebeacon.com/media/why-is-laurene-powell-jobs-funding-fake-news/.

Source: Washington Post May 14, 2024 21:21 UTC