woah woah woah ..

Not that I am in favor of it, but this bill is meant to sponsor and support independent media in places where the independence of the media is in question - ie. Russia. No place is this more a problem of course, than in the United States .. but the US gov't could not spend the resources provided by this bill at home, because that would be just waaaay tooo obvious - and US-based corporate media is doing a pretty damn good job supporting the policies of power already :0) For certain the money will not be going to journalists who have nothing good to say about the US government, so while it will serve to battle censorship and propaganda in whatever country the US targets, it will also promote pro-American propaganda.

It's a farce .. for certain .. but it is not designed to stifle independent journalists, domestically. It is a slipperly slope .. kind of a joke actually, a government giving money to journalists to promote their independence!? lol .. it's a little crazy in fact! :)

In all things we must remain rational and true to the truth.