Google Awards Grants to Left-Wing Media Outlets, Critics Say

Left-of-center media receive prime placement in search results, while right-of-center media receive less favorable placement or are banned outright, critics say.

The Mountain View, California-based company says its spending the money because its committed to helping journalism thrive in the digital age and is funding projects from around the world that meet specified criteria, with the intent of producing learnings and thought leadership that can be shared with the wider industry.

With its 34 new grants, 29 of which went to U.S.-based outlets, the Google News Initiative North American Innovation Challenge is underwriting the production of left-biased news reports, according to critics such as Corinne Weaver.

Weaver details some of the recipient organizations in an article titled Google funds 29 US journalism projects that decidedly swing left, at the media-bias watchdog website NewsBusters.

The center has taken more than a half-million dollars in grants since 2009 from the philanthropies of hedge fund manager George Soros, the preeminent funder of the activist left in the United States.

While Maine Today Media, a grant recipient, doesnt endorse candidates, its editorials espouse left-wing viewpoints on abortion, immigration, and climate change.

Torstar, the parent company of far-left Canadian daily newspaper The Toronto Star, is also listed as a recipient of Google cash.

President Donald Trump has tweeted that Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good.

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