Who’s funding NPR, other media outlets slandering pro-lifers? George Soros.
It should come as no surprise that most of the mainstream media leans pro-abortion. What’s really interesting about that, however, is that these media outlets claim to be impartial, while they take money from far-left groups and individuals like George Soros.
The George Soros-funded National Public Radio (NPR) is among the media outlets which failed to correctly cover a recent White House summit on social media censorship where Live Action’s president Lila Rose detailed deliberate silencing of the groups’ pro-life message. Last week, Live Action News documented the skewed reporting by the Washington Post, for ignoring evidence from Live Action while a report published by NPR portrayed attendees as far right kooks.
NPR’s headline initially read, “Far-Right Social Media Personalities Headed To The White House.” The taxpayer-funded media outlet later toned down the title, but left their inaccurate portrayal intact by quoting far-left Media Matters president Angelo Carusone’s false portrayal of attendees: “There’s a couple of establishment players there, but for the most part they’re far-right extremists and a lot of people with ties to white nationalism.”
NPR social media summit on censorship of pro-life calls attendees far right
Rose responded to NPR on Twitter, writing, “@NPR, this is ridiculous, NOT ‘news.’ You call anyone who disagrees w/ far-left ideology, ‘far-right.’ You quote far-left conspiracy theorist, Soros-funded Media Matters as authorities.”
Lila Rose criticizes NPR social media summit on censorship of pro-life (Image: Twitter)
A 2010 press release quotes Soros boasting his support of Media Matters, saying, “Media Matters is one of the few groups that attempts to hold Fox News accountable….”
Media Matters funded from far left George Soros Open Society Foundation
Soros’s Open Society funds pro-abortion organizations like Planned Parenthood, exposed by Live Action on social media:
In 2010, NPR itself was promised a $1.8 million grant from Open Society and in 2011, NPR’s Public Editor published a piece by Alicia C, Shepard, taking NPR to task for accepting the Open Society funding for the NPR program All Things Considered:
George Soros Open Society Foundation gives 1.8 million to NPR
The op-ed also pointed out that “Soros’ foundation has donated to NPR before…. NPR executives say they gave a lot of consideration to taking Soros’ money, determining that it would be wrong to turn down money because of someone’s political beliefs and based on how it looked…. The right, in particular, has demonized Soros for the money he has given to other journalism organizations… such as the… Center for Public Integrity, ProPublica and the Center for Investigative Reporting.”
Interestingly, in 2016, the Soros non-profit again granted NPR $600,000.
George Soros Open Society Foundation gives NPR 600K
A 2016 Newsbusters report claims Soros gave NPR $2,300,000 and has accepted funding from another financier of abortion — the MacArthur Foundation. They claim:
In years past, Media Research Center (MRC), identified Soros as being tied to at least “30 mainstream news outlets – including The New York Times, Washington Post, the Associated Press, NBC and ABC.”
Soros funding to media 2004-2014 (Image and research: Newsbusters)
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