Agony of Sorrow

After the USAID dissolution, we realize that many independent media are by no means independent.

USAID解散後，我們發現許多獨立媒體根本就不獨立。

BBC這是此地無銀三百兩，自己承認拿了USAID的錢了 -

BBC is trying to cover up its guilt. They admitted that they took money from USAID - even though it claims that BBC news has nothing to do with BBC charities. BBC News has been caught repeatedly making false reports and has become a notorious propaganda tool! In this statement, the BBC claimed that 75% of the countries in the world do not have freedom of the press. Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, many people have come to understand that even Europe, the United States and Canada do not actually have freedom of the press or freedom of speech.

儘管這邊宣稱BBC新聞與BBC慈善事業無關。BBC新聞屢次作假被抓包，已經是個惡名昭彰的宣傳工具了！BBC在這份聲明中宣稱，世界上75%的國家都沒有新聞自由，從這次俄烏戰爭爆發後，我理解到，原來歐洲、美加這些國家其實也沒有新聞自由、言論自由。

According to this Telegraph report::

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/02/05/bbc-media-action-charity-received-usaid-funding/
Among the agencies who would be impacted by the closure is BBC’s international charity BBC Media Action, which counts USAid as its second largest donor.
受關閉影響的機構包括 BBC 的國際慈善機構 BBC 媒體行動，美國國際開發署是其第二大捐助者。
In the 2023-24 tax year, the US taxpayer-funded agency gave £2.6 million to the organisation, which trains journalists and helps improve communications in some of the world’s poorest countries.
在 2023-24 納稅年度，美國納稅人資助的機構向該組織捐贈了 260 萬英鎊，用於培訓記者並幫助改善世界上一些最貧窮國家的通訊。
On Tuesday it emerged media outlet Politico had received $8.2 million from the US government in recent years.
週二有消息稱，媒體《Politico》近年來已從美國政府獲得 820 萬美元。

No wonder there are so many "ammusing" reports from 《Politico》....
難怪《Politico》有這麼多搞笑的報道..

Several "independent" media outlets in Ukraine have had their funding cut off by Trump and have publicly sought financial support. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which was recently shut down by Musk, had funded 707 "independent" media organizations outside the U.S., 279 civil media outlets, and selectively supported over 6,200 journalists within various NGOs globally.

Multiple "independent media" outlets in Ukraine have announced a suspension of their news activities. Anna Babinets, the CEO of the Ukrainian media outlet Slidstvo.info, directly stated that 80% of their budget comes from the U.S., and they might not survive this time.

"Independent" media from other countries like Moldova, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Poland, or Romania are also concerned by the stop of USAID. “Around 75% of our budget comes from European and American grants." Anastasia Condruc, editor-in-chief at Moldova.org said.

The practice of buying off media has been in operation by the U.S. since the 1980s. It wasn't fully exposed for the world until USAID is dissoluted by Trump.

烏克蘭多家「獨立」媒體被川普切斷資金支持，並公開尋求經濟支持。近期被馬斯克關閉的美國國際開發署（USAID）曾資助美國境外707家「獨立」媒體組織、279家民間媒體，並選擇性地支持全球各類非政府組織的6,200多位記者。

烏克蘭多家「獨立媒體」宣布暫停新聞活動。烏克蘭媒體Slidstvo.info執行長安娜·巴比涅茨直接表示，該媒體80%的預算都來自美國，這次他們可能撐不住了。

摩爾多瓦、北馬其頓、波士尼亞和黑塞哥維那、匈牙利、波蘭或羅馬尼亞等其他國家的「獨立」媒體也對美國國際開發署停止援助表示擔憂。 「我們大約 75% 的預算來自歐洲和美國的資助。」Moldova.org 主編 Anastasia Condruc 說。

美國自1980年代就開始實施收買媒體的做法。直到美國國際開發署被川普解散後，這個問題才完全暴露在世人面前。