I missed my calling. I am working for an independent journalism site, but I should have been working for an “Independent” site.
The difference is subtle: one, Salem Media, has been targeted for destruction by the US government through censorship organizations; the other type of “Independent” site is directly funded by the US government through USAID.
USAID was funding over 6,200 journalists across 707 media outlets and 279 “media” NGOs, including nine out of ten media outlets in Ukraine.https://t.co/tLUoBT2GfNhttps://t.co/Siq2RJOXQf pic.twitter.com/LyaUFuq3He
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 6, 2025
Reporters Without Borders is very upset that US funding is drying up for ‘Independent Journalists™” around the world–9 out of 10 news organizations in Ukraine, for instance, are propped up by your tax dollars. Nothing says “independent” like “paid for the…
