The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) granted an activist organization $700,000 in taxpayer funds to create what it calls “counter-propaganda,” — but this isn’t the first time an “anti-terrorism” grant program has been used to demonize conservatives.
The grant was awarded to the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Media Education Lab through the Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention (TVTP) Grant Program, which funds organizations working to “prevent targeted violence and terrorism.” URI’s Media Education Lab said that it would create “counter-propaganda” to address “propaganda and misinformation concerning topics including immigration, racial justice, the coronavirus, and vaccination” and “build on top of concerns about so-called ‘fake news’ and ‘cancel culture.”
The DHS funds were used by the media lab to pay individuals $250 each to write blog posts regarding “misinformation, disinformation,” and “media literacy,” which reportedly teach people how to discern reputable news sources.
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wrote a letter addressed to […]
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