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Onetime Disinformation Donors Back Left-Wing Propaganda Targeting Disinformation [REPOST]
On Tuesday, political media outlet Axios reported on the latest project of controversial Democratic operative Tara McGowan. McGowan will head Good Information, a nominally for-profit “public benefit corporation” venture “to…
by Michael Watson on December 27, 2022

Organization Trends
Onetime Disinformation Donors Back Left-Wing Propaganda Targeting Disinformation
On Tuesday, political media outlet Axios reported on the latest project of controversial Democratic operative Tara McGowan. McGowan will head Good Information, a nominally for-profit “public benefit corporation” venture “to…
by Michael Watson on October 27, 2021

Organization Trends
Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Media State of Play
In early 2019, we surveyed the media landscape with a focus on the role of liberal-backed but nominally nonpartisan not-for-profit news outlets like ProPublica and Center for Public Integrity, which…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021

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Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Liberal Cancellation Movements
As the for-profit right-of-center media are embroiled in turmoil, left-wing activists in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors are seeking to de-platform the right-of-center networks and to silence right-of-center reporting.
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021

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Nonprofits and Journalism Update: The 1619 Project
Perhaps the most prominent ostensibly journalistic endeavor since our last review of the media landscape was the “1619 Project,” an effort by controversial New York Times Magazine writer and 2016…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021

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Nonprofits and Journalism Update: Responses from the Center and Right
The Trump years brought sea changes to the media, as a motivated woke-liberal audience flowed in alongside millions of dollars in nonprofit and for-profit money. Alongside that audience influx came…
by Michael Watson on October 20, 2021