U.S. Helps Pro-Ukraine Media Run a Fog Machine of War
As Congress debates major new funding to support the Ukrainian war effort, U.S. taxpayer dollars are already flowing to outlets such as the New Voice of Ukraine, VoxUkraine, Detector Media, the Institute of Mass Information, the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine and many others. Some of this money has come from the $44.1 billion in civilian-needs foreign aid committed to Ukraine. While the funding is officially billed as an ambitious program to develop high-quality independent news programs; counter malign Russian influence; and modernize Ukraine’s archaic media laws, the new sites in many cases have promoted aggressive messages that stray from traditional journalistic practices to promote the Ukrainian government’s official positions and delegitimize its critics.
Related (front organizations):
In addition, we cooperate with the Aspen Institute Kyiv, Deloitte, Hay Group, the European Business Association, the American Chamber of Commerce, Internews, Content Fund, the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, and the International Republican Institute
VoxUkraine (VoxCheck):
Institute of Mass Information (IFEX – Ford Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, IREX – Ford Foundation, US State Department, Reporters Without Borders, Sigrid Rausing)
Reporters Without Borders:
Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine (Suspilne)
Detector Media (Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, European Union, National Endowment for Democracy)
Zinc Network’s Clients and Partners (EU DisinfoLab, Open Information Partnership – Members, TFA Limited, UK FCDO):
European Federation of Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists (Knight Foundation – CIA Partner per Wayne Madsen)
International Renaissance Foundation (Open Society Foundations)
Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law:
Digital Security Lab Ukraine (Front Line Defenders)
Front Line Defenders receives financial support from the 11th Hour Project, the Iris O’Brien Foundation, Al Jazeera, American Jewish World Service, the Arcus Foundation, Bread for the World, the Channel Foundation, Environmental Defenders Collaborative, European Commission, the Ford Foundation, the Foundation for a Just Society, the Goldman Environmental Foundation, Google, Helmsley Charitable Trust, Hivos International, Lifeline: Embattled CSO Assistance Fund, the Lifes2Good Foundation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, the Mize Family Foundation, the Oak Foundation, the Open Society Foundations, the Overbrook Foundation, the Roddick Foundation, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Swedish International Development Agency, the Swedish Postcode Lottery, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (Victims of Communism Memorial), and the Tides Foundation.
Influence Watch
Introducing Media Defence’s Newest Partner: Human Rights Platform, Ukraine
Adessium Foundation, Ford Foundation, Craig Newark Philanthropies, Hivos, UNESCO, US State Department, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund, Limelight Foundation, Matrix Chambers, International Center for Not-For-Profit Law, Thompson Reuters Foundation, Fred Foundation, Law Society Charity, Open Society Foundations, Luminate (Omidyar Network).
RealClear Media Group:
I know that I’ve covered the Ford Foundation, Omidyar Network, Open Society Foundations, and the Rockefeller Foundation, before:
2012 – The NDAA Legalized The Use Of Propaganda On The US Public
Fang doesn’t mention that the 2014 Euromaidan was a color revolution, either:
Euromaidan 2014 – Orange Revolution – War in Donbass
Color Revolution – Regime Change Keywords
I’m sure that I’ve missed some things. If so, feel free to comment or contact me if you’d prefer to remain anonymous.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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