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Aurélien

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

dropsitenews.com/p/occrp-budge

Drop Site News · A Giant of Journalism Gets Half its Budget From the U.S. GovernmentBy Ryan Grim

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: mediapart.fr/en/journal/intern

Mediapart · The hidden links between a giant of investigative journalism and the US governmentBy Yann Philippin