All the (BBC) news that’s fit to twist
Posted on 24 Feb 25
by Tony ThomasIn Uncategorized
Elon Musk was wrong to say the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had funded ($US32,000) a comic book in Peru promoting trans guys in frocks. My own fact-check shows that the funder was actually the State Department, and the protagonist in Peru’s The Power of Education comic (above) was a gay super-hero, not a transitioner. See here.[1]
My main interest in the USAID boondoggle is how it’s been corrupting journalists on a global scale. That’s what this essay’s about.
USAID from its $US40-billion budget allocated $US268 milion last year alone to propping up global “independent” media, better called “dependent”. USAID was supporting 6,200 journalists in nearly 1,000 outlets. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) unblushingly complained that Trump has plunged NGOs, media outlets, and journalists doing ‘vital work’ into chaotic uncertainty.
Doubters might need some perspective on how USAID became and remained a Deep State player while Republican and Democrat presidents came and went. There’s nothing comical in USAID’s $US18.5-billion largesse to Muslim terror states since 2019 — states which have killed some 3,000 US military personel. A sample:
https://cliscep.com/2025/02/24/all-the-bbc-news-thats-fit-to-twist/
