2025-02-06
Well, independence is not very likely when it receives copious funds from a government agency.
As we are finding out slowly, the US may not be a model of probity that other governments should emulate.
USAID seems to have been something of slush fund for ... let's just say dubious causes, as has been propelled unceremoniously into the public gaze by Elon Musk.
Another recipient of similarly government-funded largesse is thought to be a major "independent" political journal.
When the "free press" is funded by the vested interests, even if indirectly, it isn't free any more.
Think it couldn't happen here in the UK?
