For the last few weeks, I’ve been finalizing some intensive research and was in the process of writing up a multi-part post that was to be published after the mid-term elections.  One of the installments in the series will focus on the left’s push for a public takeover of the media – touching upon everything from the historical aspect of traditional media’s financial collapse, to the left’s “Media Reform” project and “New Public Media” plan, to the complete portfolio of George Soros’ media investments.

However, in light of the most recent onslaught of attacks against Andrew Breitbart and the Big sites, I thought it might be prudent to extract a few different elements from this future series and publish an early post today.  Because given the concerted efforts to use a variety of media and advocacy outlets to manufacture falsehoods in an attempt to intimidate and silence the voice of conservatives, I thought it important for others to see how –and why – some of these media outlets are connected.  Because it extends well beyond Media Matters, NPR, and Huffington Post.

While the debate continues to rage over the prospect of defunding National Public Radio (NPR) of its federal taxpayer dollars in the wake of Juan Williams’ firing, the left is busy tending to its strategy.  They’ve once again taken to opining about their Utopian notion of a national public media system, hoisting it as the antidote to partisan viewpoint peddling.  And by partisan viewpoints, they mean those that aren’t *their* viewpoints.

The left’s fantasies were further spotlighted by several recent developments in the media industry, only weeks and days apart from one another.

  • On October 2, NPR announces $1 million grant from the Knight Foundation
  • On October 7, Center for Public Integrity, an often cited source for liberal journalists, announces a $1.7 million grant from the Knight Foundation.  CPI has also received millions in funding from George Soros’ Open Society Institute, including another recent grant of $100,000.
  • On October 17, NPR announces a $1.8 million grant from George Soros’ Open Society Institute
  • On October 18, the Huffington Post announces the merger of its non-profit journalism arm into the Center For Public Integrity, with an additional $250,000 grant from the Knight Foundation for the merger.
  • On October 20, Media Matters announces a $1 million grant from George Soros’ Open Society Institute
  • On October 26, Google announces a $2 million grant to the Knight Foundation for media innovation

In the midst of this funding blitz, the left quickly summoned its boycotts and attempts at silencing voices against the right:

To set up this picture, take note that only weeks before this flurry of activity, the NY Times ran an article that focused on big donors who are cutting support to Democrats during this election.

For Mr. Soros, who was also a big donor in 2006 and 2008, it is a matter of being more focused on pushing to get the policy outcomes he wants than on the electoral process, [Soros adviser] Mr. Vachon said.

…The attention of Mr. [Peter] Lewis, chairman of Progressive Insurance, also appears to be elsewhere this year. Jennifer Frutchy, who advises Mr. Lewis on his philanthropy, said he was focused at the moment on “building progressive infrastructure and marijuana reform.”

These statements from two of the left’s most reliable big donors hints at the premise of my series of posts to come.  Investing in elections is soon to become a strategy of the past on the left.  Elections are temporary; they lose momentum; their outcomes are not dependable.  The only solution for pushing a progressive agenda onto the American people with a majority of acceptance is by way of public opinion. By embedding it into the daily lives of average Americans.

Consider for example that innovations like social media and smart phones were so well advertised, so readily available, so addictive that they quickly became a way of life for Americans without most ever consciously taking notice of any potential negative consequences.  Do we speak in spurts of 140 characters now? Have our attention spans been shortened? Are we less personable as a society? Has bullying become easier to do? Are we ever too accessible now?  Have such innovations extended our work time to 24 x 7 and our personal/family time to close to zero?

Now imagine progressivism infiltrating society in the same viral way as the next cool new smart phone or iPad.  It’s perhaps simplifying things a bit, but I think you get the point.  It stands a far better chance at succeeding than through the fair process of those pesky things called elections.  Only by the time it’s become popular culture, we can’t keep up with its negative impacts.

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