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Does Gates Funding of Media Taint Objectivity?

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In an article that’s nearly 10 years old but more relevant today than ever, The Seattle Times takes on the question of how grants to media from the Gates Foundation may be steering the news that you get every day.

“The foundation’s grants to media organizations such as ABC and The Guardian, one of Britain’s leading newspapers, raise obvious conflict-of-interest questions: How can reporting be unbiased when a major player holds the purse strings?” the Times asks.

Unfortunately for the reading public, grants aren’t the only methods of funding Gates uses to “help” — aka, influence — the news. It also funds training programs and think tanks for journalists, as well as published research and articles in magazines and scientific journals.

SOURCE: The Seattle Times February 2011