Alert ! *BUZZFLASH* loses it's Funding from it's Progressive Editor & Publisher on Jan.1!

[KoKo]

I was sad to see this notice up on "Buzzflash" site this morning. What is going on is that the funding for Progressive Media by big donors is drying up. Also, the "Consortium" which publishes Robert Parry and others writers has had pleas for funding up on their website the past few months saying the same thing.. The funding has dried up from large donors. What's wrong with our Progressives who have the big dollars? We have an election coming up in a year...and they cut the funding for the only liberal media we have?

Why cut off funding for the very independent media our Democrats are so desperate for when it's made such a difference? We here on DU know that the M$M has become even more closed down and biased against Democratic news in the Bush II years. What could possibly make Progressive Donors pull the plug on funding the very media that supports them? :shrug:

Anyway....if you want to read more and donate...here's the statement and link...

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/316

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For many years, the editor and publisher – unrelated to BuzzFlash -- has had the good fortune to receive funding for working on progressive advocacy issues, but that revenue is ending as of January 1. Now, BuzzFlash must carry the full weight.

It has been one of the odd peculiarities of wealthy liberals that they invest in political candidates to the tune of millions of dollars – and organizations that "turn out the vote." This is all well and good, but the right wing has come to power on the strength of their media megaphone (and electoral chicanery.)

Unless the progressive movement begins to reassert control over the media and the framing of issues, it will continue to wage a defensive battle with the wing nuts deciding the terms of the debate.

It’s up to you to ensure the survival and even bolster the beachhead of democracy and truth that BuzzFlash has helped lead on the Internet.

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The ball is in your court.

Miracles don’t happen. The right wing is not going to disappear.

Miracles are made by men and women committed to the vision of our Constitution and a more just world.

BuzzFlash has been working 24 hours a day for 7 ½ years while also doing other important work to pay the bills of its editor and publisher’s family.

Now, we are waging everything on BuzzFlash racing ahead to outpace the corporate mainstream media, or sinking like so many progressive outlets that liberals have failed to fund because they don’t understand how hobbled our cause is without a media that can frame our issues and convey our narrative, which is supported by the vast majority of Americans.

more..........
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/316