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Huffington Post investigative journalism arm funded by George Soros associate - 05/09/09
Earlier this year, the Huffington Post announced the creation of an "Investigative Fund" to do investigative journalism. The hilarity of the HuffPost doing real journalism is illustrated by the fact that almost six weeks later they haven't produced anything [1] and by their Z-list celebrities who had previously used a related tag [2].
And, while the announcements [3][4] mentioned the name of the Fund, they didn't mention the Soros connection (link):
The program's startup budget will be $1.75 million. The money will be provided by the Huffington Post and the Atlantic Philanthropies. The...
Suzanne Gamboa /AP big scoop: 55 U.S. citizens deported in past eight years - 04/13/09
Suzanne Gamboa of the Associated Press - with help from Traci Carl and Peter Prengaman - offers her version of investigative journalism in "AP IMPACT: Citizens held as illegal immigrants" (
Rosa Brooks to Pentagon; CFR, Soros; her Darwinistic, anti-American immigration policy; journalism bailout - 04/09/09
Former Los Angeles Times columnist Rosa Brooks is going through the revolving door again, this time to be an advisor at the Defense Department, specifically to Michele Flournoy the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. There's a lot about her not to like; here's just some of it:
1. She was affiliated with George Soros' Open Society Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations.
2. During the Clinton years, she advised Harold Koh in his previous position at the State Department.
3. In her farewell (for now) column, she advocates for a "government bailout of journalism" (link). In addition to...