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after he makes the bed and walks the dog and takes a shower and
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Over the past 30 years a small group of wealthy philanthropies has
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landscape, using tax-exempt funds to What an amazing site! Please keep doing what you're doing. You can
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viewpoints that both complement and challenge the
official version of events -- giving readers the story, as well as
the story about the story. And by contextualizing the news in a
broader fashion than what is available from either the mainstream or
independent media, Cursor creates an expanded media landscape that
levels the playing field between corporate news and alternative
sources.
create a media machine designed
to promote its conservative agenda. Media Transparency is the
Internet's premier site for news, opinion, analysis and investigative
data related to links between these philanthropies and the
organizations and individuals they fund.