Study reveals George Soros’ global media ties

An activist group has found that the billionaire has financial connections to at least 253 news outlets around the worldBillionaire George Soros has financial ties to at least 253 media organizations worldwide, helping him to mold public opinion and insulate himself from criticism, a new study by a conservative US watchdog group has found.The 92-year-old, America’s biggest donor to Democratic political candidates and liberal causes, has built connections with press outlets and activist media organizations by bankrolling them through his not-for-profit groups, the Media Research Center (MRC) reported on Tuesday. The recipients of Soros’ money reach readers, viewers and listeners in virtually every corner of the world and in many languages.

“Soros once told the New York Times that he was working to bend the arc of history in the right direction,” the MRC said. “He means it.”

Tuesday’s report was the first in a three-part series that will reveal the extent of the media influence that Soros wields. The second and third installments will lay out how much money the Budapest-born activist has funneled into media organizations and will identify the establishment outlets that have ties to the “propaganda czar,” the watchdog group said.

Buying connections with media organizations has helped the Hungarian-born billionaire advance his “open society” agenda by promoting abortion, Marxist economics, anti-Americanism, defunding police, environmental extremism and “LGBT fanaticism,” the MRC claimed. “His global media clout is massive… These groups wield massive power over information in international politics.”

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