Tue Jul 4, 2023 – 3:19 pm EDTTue Jul 4, 2023 – 3:32 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — If you were wondering why you have heard so much about Russia’s collapse and how Ukraine is winning the war, a new report from a journalism watchdog has the answer.
The media narrative on the war in Ukraine against Russia is set by the same donor class which benefits from wars.
According to a June 30 report by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), titled “How the Military-Industrial Complex Sets the Media Narrative on Ukraine” – “Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders…”
This “research” is what sets the agenda for what we know as “the news.”
Major outlets
Citing a report by The Quincy Institute, whose start-up funding was curiously provided by both George Soros and Charles Koch, the report considered 11 months of war reporting from major mainstream outlets.
The New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal were found to be “…seven times more likely to cite think tanks with war industry ties than they were to cite think tanks without
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