Soros-funded group urges more government control of media

The policy director at a George Soros funded,
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Marxist-founded organization calling itself Free Press has just taken
a key State Department position, WND has learned.

Free Press Policy Director Ben Scott has been named a policy advisor
for innovation at the State Department.

“We will miss Ben’s leadership, wise counsel, and strategic brilliance
— for Free Press and the overall movement for media and technology
policy in the public interest,” said Free Press President Josh Silver.

Free Press is a well-known advocate of government intervention in the
Internet.
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Scott authored a book, “The Future of Media,” which was edited by the
founder of Free Press, Robert W. McChesney, who is an avowed Marxist
who has recommended capitalism be dismantled.

McChesney is a professor at the University of Illinois and former
editor of the Marxist journal Monthly Review.
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In February 2009, McChesney recommended capitalism be dismantled

“In the end, there is no real answer but to remove brick-by-brick the
capitalist system itself, rebuilding the entire society on socialist
principles,” wrote McChesney in a column.

The board of Free Press has included a slew of radicals, such as
Obama’s former “green jobs” czar” Van Jones, who resigned after it was
exposed he founded a communist organization.
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Last week, WND reported Free Press published a study advocating the
development of a “world class” government-run media system in the
U.S. http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=156025

Now the group is pushing a new organization, StopBigMedia.com, that
advocates the downfall of “big media” and the creation of new media to
“promote local ownership, amplify minority voices, support quality
journalism, and bring local artists, voices and viewpoints to the
airwaves.”

Free Press has ties to other members of the Obama administration

Obama’s “Internet czar,” Susan P. Crawford, spoke at Free Press’s May
14, 2009, “Changing Media” summit in Washington, D.C. Crawford’s pet
project, OneWebNow, lists as “participating organizations” Free Press
and the controversial Association of Community Organizations for
Reform Now, or ACORN.
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Crawford and Kevin Werbach, who co-directed the Obama transition
team’s Federal Communications Commission Review team, are advisory
board members at Public Knowledge, a George Soros-funded public
interest group.

A Public Knowledge advisory board member is Timothy Wu, who is also
chairman of the board for Free Press.

Like Public Knowledge, Free Press also has received funds from Soros’
Open Society Institute.
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Soros-funded group urges media run by government
Marxist-led study has close ties to Obama White House officials

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