Another investigation uncovered how local governments have also spent considerable federal money on pushing propaganda. The Conejo Guardian in California reported that $1.8 million of federal COVID money was used by Ventura County supervisors to buy positive local media coverage regarding business-shattering public health mandates.
The investigation showed that, among other media outlets, The Acorn Newspapers received $450,000 in forgivable federal "COVID" loans and $262,000 in County funding via advertisements, and the Acorn's coverage of public health policy was universally positive and affirming during that time.
The Guardian analyzed 18 months of Acorn issues and found virtually no disagreement in its pages with County policy regarding mandatory vaccinations, universal mask requirements, unprecedented control over local businesses, churches and schools, and other matters of public concern.
No mention was made in the newspaper's pages of adverse reactions to COVID shots, people losing jobs or disagreeing with the County's drastic changes to medical privacy or basic freedoms. The massive disruptions taking place in families, schools and businesses were virtually ignored by the County-funded Acorn and other local media.
Research also showed that the owner of The Acorn Newspapers, J. Bee NP Publishing Ltd, received a coronavirus-related Paycheck Protection Loan from the Small Business Administration of $444,335.00 in February 2021 through JPMorgan Chase Bank. This loan's status, last updated by the Small Business Administration in November 2021, is now listed as "Paid in Full or Forgiven." Another source says the loan was entirely forgiven.
The Ojai Valley News, with a print circulation of just 3,000, received a whopping $42,955 in County ads, by far the largest amount in terms of cost-per-reader. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's population was just 7,470 people in 2019.
The Santa Paula Times, with a circulation of 9,000, received even more $79,720 in County COVID-messaging money. The Fillmore Gazette accepted $47,260; Vida newspaper, $75,800.
Lazer Broadcasting Corp., a self-described "minority owned, Spanish language radio broadcaster," received $119,889 to push the County's COVID messaging.
One of the largest chunks of COVID-messaging money went to the Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), which received $263,445 to conduct what it calls "vaccine outreach."
"We have just lived through the most extensive propaganda campaign in the history of the world and it was paid for with taxpayer dollars. You paid for it. I paid for it," said Emerald Robinson, a former Newsmax reporter, who also said: "Fox News & Newsmax Took Biden Money To Push Deadly COVID Vaccines To Its Viewers." Robinson wrote that "nearly the entire corporate media took money from the Biden administration to push the vaccines to their audiences without disclosing it. More importantly, so-called 'conservative' media organizations took money from the Biden administration to spin positive stories about deadly and ineffective vaccines to their conservative viewers who were right to be suspicious and did not disclose it."
Despite all the bad data on COVID health impacts, the Biden administration has maintained blocks on the use of early home treatments using generics that a number of bold doctors have used very successfully.
So many truth tellers have tried to inform the public about vaccine limits and risks, but we have been fighting powerful propaganda and, to a large extent, losing the battle. Yet the fight must continue. Especially as the Biden administration pushes vaccine jabs for young children, and also pushes booster shots that reliable medical experts say are unnecessary.
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