Showing posts with label open society foundation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label open society foundation. Show all posts

Monday, November 22, 2010

George Soros Honoured With Globalist of the Year Award

George Soros will be honoured with the Globalist of the Year Award at the Canadian International Council’s Annual Gala Dinner on November 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto, according to the following article. Apparently, this award is presented annually to an individual who has shown leadership and innovation on the international stage throughout his or her career. Mr. Soros is Chair of the Soros Fund Management LLC and Founder of the Open Society Foundations.
       . . . June

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George Soros to address the Canadian International Council at its annual gala dinner
TTKN News:

TORONTO, ON – George Soros, Chair of the Soros Fund Management LLC and Founder of the Open Society Foundations, will be honoured with the Globalist of the Year Award at the Canadian International Council’s (CIC) Annual Gala Dinner on November 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto.

The CIC Globalist of the Year Award is presented annually to an individual who has shown leadership and innovation on the international stage throughout his or her career.

Mr. Soros is Chair of the Soros Fund Management LLC and Founder of the Open Society Foundations. He has established a network of philanthropic organizations active in more than 50 countries around the world.

These organizations are dedicated to promoting the values of democracy and an open society. Mr. Soros is the author of eleven books, including most recently The Soros Lectures at the Central European University.

The evening starts at 6:00 pm with a reception, followed by a keynote address by Mr. Soros. David Dodge, Senior Advisor, Bennett Jones LLP and former Governor of the Bank of Canada, will act as master of ceremonies. Peter Munk, Chairman and Founder, Barrick Gold Corporation, will present the award to Mr. Soros.

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Is A LEFT-WING FOUNDATION Supplying $1.8 Million To NPR To Hire Political Reporters?

George Soros is apparently buying one hundred political “reporters” for National Public Radio (NPR), according to the article below, The article also questions why The New York Times doesn’t even mention the left-wing ideology of the foundation that may be supplying $1.8 million to NPR so it can hire political reporters across the country. I don't think that this is a done deal, but would this compromise the integrity of National Public Radio?
   . . . June

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 George Soros’ Millions Buying ‘Political Reporters’ for NPR
Big Journalism:

The left loves to go wild claiming that Rupert Murdock, a famous conservative, owns a few news outlets. The left is also aghast that well known righty Roger Ailes guides Fox News. Ailes’s ideology makes of his network a compromised product, they claim. It’s all a travesty of “news,” and “proof” that those agencies are contaminated by right-wing ideology say lefty detractors. So, with the news that George Soros is buying one hundred political “reporters” for National Public Radio (NPR), one waits with baited breath for the left to decry the fact that a famous anti-American leftist is buying and influencing the “news.”

One will likely wait in vain, too.

In fact, The New York Times doesn’t even mention the left-wing ideology of the foundation that is supplying $1.8 million to NPR so it can hire political reporters across the country.

What exactly does “enterprise journalism” mean? This sure smacks of agenda journalism as opposed to mere reporting, doesn’t it? And even if that isn’t the intent, the rhetoric here is suspicious.

But what makes this all even more suspicious is the source of the $1.8 million donation. The Open Society Foundations was founded by well-known anti-American George Soros. Yet, nowhere in the news is this made clear to readers.

One might recall the hullabaloo that was raised when it was revealed that News Corp, owner of Fox News, had donated one million dollars to Republicans for this election cycle. It was the end of the world as far as the left was concerned. It was “proof” that Fox could not be trusted.

Yet, here we have George Soros buying reporters for NPR, the same Soros who has an extremely left-wing agenda that he has been pushing on the world for decades. After all, if the assumption that conservatives owning Fox makes its news slanted, shouldn’t the same logic dictate that anything Soros owns reflects his ideology? Shouldn’t we assume that NPR’s new reporters will be left-wing hacks bought and paid for by one of the richest, most active, most extreme left-wing activists in the world?

So what is the difference between a left-wing billionaire buying 100 reporters for NPR and Fox News being owned by conservative owners? Why has the Old Media establishment completely ignored the extremist agenda of the foundation making such a large donation to NPR? Why isn’t NPR to be suspected of being a left-wing mouthpiece now?

The answer to this question can only be that the Old Media establishment is already bought and paid for by the far left and would never raise questions that might reflect badly on a left-wing agenda. Only conservatives need “outing” as far as the Old Media is concerned.

That George Soros owns NPR like this? Well, that’s just a little secret between you and me.


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