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Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« on: February 09, 2025, 10:02:52 am »
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Politico issued an emergency "Note to Our Readers" on Thursday about evidence uncovered by Team Doge that Politico has been paid at least $8 million indirectly via high priced government agency subscriptions to its Politico Pro service.

Bizarrely in the entire note the agency at the center of the scandal dares not mention its name. Yes, you will not see the word "USAID" even once in the note issued by Politico's CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Global Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris.

The damage control starts with the subtitle of the emergency note: "POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight."

"Misinformed" as in Hunter Biden Laptop misinformed which was perpetrated as flat out election interference in Politico in October 2020?

And now the flurry of excuses which very carefully avoids naming a certain agency (emphasis Politico).

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2025/02/09/politico-note-our-readers-funding-falls-flat-readers
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2025, 01:40:30 pm »
...meanwhile, Politico missed payroll.
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Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2025, 02:13:25 pm »
Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
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February 9th, 2025 5:59 AM
 
 
Politico issued an emergency "Note to Our Readers" on Thursday about evidence uncovered by Team Doge that Politico has been paid at least $8 million indirectly via high priced government agency subscriptions to its Politico Pro service.

Bizarrely in the entire note the agency at the center of the scandal dares not mention its name. Yes, you will not see the word "USAID" even once in the note issued by Politico's CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and Global Editor-in-Chief John F. Harris.

The damage control starts with the subtitle of the emergency note: "POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight."

"Misinformed" as in Hunter Biden Laptop misinformed which was perpetrated as flat out election interference in Politico in October 2020?

And now the flurry of excuses which very carefully avoids naming a certain agency (emphasis Politico).

POLITICO is a privately owned company. We have never received any government funding — no subsidies, no grants, no handouts. Not one dime, ever, in 18 years.

Millions of people around the world read our journalism on POLITICO.com, POLITICO.EU and in newsletters. It is supported by advertising and sponsorships.

Advertising money IS government funding. This is not an issue of "dimes," but of many millions.

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2025/02/09/politico-note-our-readers-funding-falls-flat-readers
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2025, 02:59:31 pm »
Merged and moved.
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2025, 03:12:31 pm »
Social Security has never sent "one dime" to anyone either...

Talk about weasel words...
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2025, 03:42:00 pm »
That's a shame.  :laugh:
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2025, 11:08:02 am »
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2025, 03:48:59 pm »
How many of those premium subscriptions to Politico don't track back to anyone? That's what needs to be checked. If a significant number of subscriptions are for nonexistent personnel or entities, then it sure would smell like a payoff.
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Re: Politico 'Note to Our Readers' on Funding Falls Flat With Readers
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2025, 05:20:34 pm »
That was the first thing that crossed my mind.
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