Mon Mar 7, 2022 – 10:27 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) paid hundreds of American media companies to run advertisements promoting COVID jabs as part of a “comprehensive media campaign.”
The widespread media outreach was outlined in documents obtained by conservative media outlet The Blaze, which filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request against the federal agency demanding transparency.
The news sheds light on the close relationship between mainstream media outlets and the federal government, which have frequently worked together to advance the narrative of universal vaccination.
In an exclusive article published March 3, The Blaze reported that documents obtained from the HHS showed the Biden administration had “purchased advertising from major news networks including ABC, CBS, and NBC, as well as cable TV news stations Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC.”
The Biden administration also purchased ads in “legacy media publications including the New York Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, digital media companies like BuzzFeed News and Newsmax, and hundreds of local newspapers and TV stations.”
“The government also relied on earned media featuring ‘influencers’ from ‘communities hit hard by COVID-19,’” the report
The remainder of this article is available in its entirety at LifeSite News
The views expressed in this news alert by the author do not directly represent that of The Official Street Preachers or its editors