Trust in Mainstream Media’s Paid-For Climate Reporting Collapsing

Reporters like to portray themselves as truth-tellers who hold the powerful accountable. In reality, many of them are hired guns who publish propaganda under the guise of doing journalism. For example, did you know that the Associated Press takes in millions of dollars from philanthropies — the Hewlett Foundation, Walton Family Foundation, and others — to fund "reporting" (i.e., propaganda) on climate change, such as stories that this summer's heat wave is due to man-made global warming? The good news is that a growing number of Americans are abandoning legacy media like the AP for better sources of information.

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