It’s no secret that Geoge Soros remains one of the most prominent — and arguably the most visible — of the globalist-leftist power brokers. At 92 years old, his influence in shaping public policy and public opinion is just as significant as it ever has been — and his grip on the media is an important source of his power.
A new report from Newsbusters highlights just how deep Soros’ propaganda machine runs.
According to Newsbusters, which describes itself as “an online rapid-response vehicle for documenting, exposing, and neutralizing liberal bias in the media,” the Soros network consists of hundreds of media, humanitarian, and social justice groups that not only let the Hungarian-born billionaire “wield massive power over information in international politics,” but also make it possible for him to “mold public opinion on practically every continent and in many languages.”
Per the report, one of the biggest media recipients of Soros cash is Project Syndicate, which prides itself on being “the world’s opinion page” and on having an audience of “prominent politicians, policymakers, scholars, business leaders, and civic activists from six continents.”
From 2016 to 2020, Soros gave at least $1.5 million to the outlet, which, among other left-wing talking points, promoted abortion and restrictive climate change policies.
Another major recipient of Soros financing during this period was the Poynter Institute, which Newsbusters characterizes as “a global Soros-backed Ministry of Truth.” The Poynter Institute got $492,000, with which it funded its International Fact-Checking Network, which consists of 100 “fact-checkers,” including the well-known PolitiFact.
But, as Newsbusters reports, these so-called “fact-checkers” are less about propagating truth and more about censoring speech that flies in the face of leftist dogma.
Then there’s the U.K.-based openDemocracy, which received $1,633,457 from 2016 to 2020. Their website gets over 11 million visits per year. The content is not only published in various languages, but is also syndicated by newspapers and magazines in several countries.
Not surprisingly, National Public Radio in the United States took $600,000 from Soros’ foundation in 2016.
In a breakdown of the Newsbusters report, news channel RT detailed the way in which Soros leverages his propaganda network to further the narratives he favors:
In mid-2022, the Biden administration announced that despite two consecutive quarters of negative growth, the technical definition of a recession, the country was not in fact in a recession.
This announcement immediately followed a Project Syndicate column by … Harvard economist Jeffrey Frankel, which argued that even if official estimates pointed to two quarters of negative growth, “it does not necessarily mean that the US has entered a recession.” Then, days after the White House denied the US was in recession, the Soros-connected Politifact published a “fact-check” arguing the Biden administration hadn’t changed the definition of recession.
Speaking to Newsbusters, author Matt Palumbo, who wrote The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros, explained that Soros’ vast network not only allows him to control what information finds its way to the public, but also offers him the protection of journalists. Because of his media assets, “reporters see him as an ally, not a target for investigation.”
“If they’re ever covering him in a negative way, it’s framed as if his critics are the bad guys for noticing … but because it’s convenient for them on the left, they can do that and the media goes along with it,” Palumbo said.
In just one example demonstrating this phenomenon, the Anti-Defamation League has blasted critiques about Soros and his extensive political influence as “conspiracy theories” that are “a gateway to antisemitism.”
“Although the vast majority of Soros-related conspiracy theories do not mention his Jewish heritage, the concern remains that they can serve as a gateway to the antisemitic subculture that blames Jews for the [George Floyd] riots,” ADL writes.
The Soros network has also been expending resources to prop up the Biden administration while attacking President Donald Trump.
The Congressional Integrity Project, a pro-Democrat dark money group that indirectly receives money from Soros, is currently digging up dirt on Republicans involved in the probe into Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
Specifically, the Congressional Integrity Project is targeting Reps. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), publishing press releases and research reports in which the group attempts to frame the two Republicans as hypocrites for their roles in investigating Biden. Comer chairs the House Oversight Committee, while Jordan chairs Judiciary.
Also, the pro-Democrat network of websites known as Courier Newsroom, which has gotten money from Soros, is running a campaign to get Trump back off of Facebook and Twitter.
In an October 2019 interview with The New York Times, Soros said that “The arc of history doesn’t follow its own course [and] needs to be bent,” and that he was “engaged in trying to bend it in the right direction.”
Soros has long since confirmed he’s the one who will do the bending. And to a great extent, he’s been very successful.
