I guess this will surprise some people.
‘One of the world’s most influential global investigative news organizations, whose work has regularly produced political shockwaves, has been primarily funded since its launch by the United States government’
A Giant of Journalism Gets Half its Budget From the U.S. Government – Ryan Grim
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/occrp-budget-funding-us-government-usaid
As for me, I *am* surprised that Mediapart collaborated to this reporting. I didn’t think that they would bite the hand that fed them stories (or fed other outlets stories they’d loved to publish instead). Good for them I suppose.
Here’s their story: https://www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/international/021224/hidden-links-between-giant-investigative-journalism-and-us-government