[Dudelander]

The source you cite points out that only 8% of public radio's funding comes from federal funding, and less than 1% of NPR's budget comes from federal funding. The federal government does not exercise any editorial control over NPR other than by the mechanisms that apply to Fox, CNN, Newsmax, or any other "private" media organization.

[vuln]

> The federal government does not exercise any editorial control over NPR other than by the mechanisms that apply to Fox, CNN, Newsmax, or any other "private" media organization.

So NPR hires former IC members and then utilizes them to downplay or hype a story? I mean “give an analysis”…

[dingosity]

It turns out that many people leave the intelligence community each year. Many of them move on to other jobs (i.e. - they don't retire, they change jobs.) Some of these jobs are at NPR. What's your point?

[vuln]

Perhaps you should read this article that highlights MSNBC and the lies their paid IC folks spewed relentlessly. Not only were they lying, countless times to push a narrtive MSNBC NEVER corrected any of their “mistakes” oh right “that’s just their opinion, it doesn’t matter if they were previously a spy, they don’t do that anymore”

https://www.racket.news/p/msnbc-sucks

[vuln]

Some of those jobs are at NPR and other News Networks. Some of those jobs are at all the social networks… Some of those are at think tanks… It seems like where ever there is a choke point to information you’ll find a bunch of IC members. It’s just a coincidence, I’m sure.

[Rapzid]

Industries interested in intelligence have a high concerntration of former IC members?

Wow, so slueth. Such conspire.

[oska]

This is highly disingenuous. Former employees of intelligence agencies have no place in employed, paid roles in corporate or state media, because the possibility that they are still working to advance the agencies propaganda or protect their past actions and present causes is way too high.

If they like, they can set up as an independent journalist or commentator, as Ray McGovern has done, where they are invited on as guests or they independently publish their own material. But that's it. No paid commentator/opinion roles, no senior management roles (Jim Baker at Twitter) in the media should be open to them. And any state or corporate media organisation who employs them only confirm their role of being conduits for propaganda.

[vuln]

Thanks. You articulated this better than I could.