Hey some nerd (me) is quoted here in this Columbia Journalism Review story about how low-power FM radio stations weathered federal funding cuts by being too small to be eligible for federal funding... in contrast to NPR. The invulnerability of the truly grassroots? 馃摶馃挌
https://www.cjr.org/feature/public-media-funding-cut-low-power-radio-lessons-community-broadcasting.php
When you accept money from despots, they become your overlords.
Google & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/07/heres-a-look-at-who.html
Apple & #PrinceBonesaw
https://www.businessinsider.com/saudi-arabia-crown-prince-visits-apple-google-2018-4
Silicon Valley & Charles Koch
https://www.axios.com/2017/12/14/koch-tries-its-hand-at-venture-capital-1513277500
Twitter & Alwaleed bin Talal
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2022/10/31/saudi-prince-alwaleed-becomes-twitters-second-largest-shareholder/
#MoscowMitch & Deripaska
https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061
Trump & Vekselberg
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/5/11/17337448/viktor-vekselberg-michael-cohen-trump-russia