Media Influence and Control
The recurring narrative surrounding George Soros focuses on his significant financial investments in media outlets and the perceived implications of this influence on public discourse and political narratives. Critics often frame him as a manipulative figure who uses his wealth to control media narratives, suppress conservative voices, and distort democratic processes, leading to ongoing debates about media bias and ownership. This theme persists due to the contentious nature of campaign finance and the broader implications of media ownership in shaping public opinion.
Coverage Over Time
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Framing Breakdown
By Show
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Quotes from Coverage
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Host / other voice“Steve was right. You know, billionaires, they're taking over mainstream media. They're attempting to take over talk radio. If you know, George Soros bought 200 radio stations. They're trying to censor us.”
Host / other voice“they're all rooting for an economic disaster they're rooting for inflation they're rooting for uh military disaster in the mid-east you could just tell it they they all they are is democrat operatives and they've and they've never been real reporters. That's all they know is to just spew, you know, whatever comes across from the George Soros type of type of social media.”
Host / other voice“George Soros, many of you may remember, a group link to George Soros started buying up radio stations. One of them, a Spanish talk station in Miami, conservative. I do remember this. This was from a few years ago. Well, they've shuttered it as of this week.”
Host / other voice“Did you know that the George Soros Open Society Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the groups who funded that disgusting article, justifying Charlie's death, do you know they benefit from generous tax treatment?”
Host / other voice“George Soros and Bloomberg, they have no idea where John's town is, but their money was flowing into there because they're trying to capture Pennsylvania.”
Host / other voice“one of the big funders of left-wing chaos in the streets is George Soros. He's given money to a bunch of these groups, including the sunrise movement.”
Host / other voice“George Soros bought up over, didn't buy. He acquired 200 radio stations last year if you didn't know it, and a lot of those were in Alabama.”
Host / other voice“the left takes care of their people, left-wing billionaires, left-wing billionaires in this country, not just George Soros, there's a bunch of them.”
Host / other voice“they're talking about the Nation magazine where you and I have both written for. They're talking about George Soros, right?”
Host / other voice“Did Colbert ask any questions when George Soros bought all those radio stations over 200 of them? Did he say anything?”
Host / other voice“I have heard spots on WFLA from George Soros's moveon.org. With not surprising misleading information and concluding that with a patent lie that, quote, storms are only getting worse.”
Host / other voice“All the special interest money and the George Soros money and all these folks, they're going to continue to pour in because they know they have a problem.”
All Episodes
12 weeks · 20 episodesGeorge Soros is mentioned in the context of a political convention where press credentials were allegedly denied unless media outlets could show financial ties to him. The speaker suggests that this requirement indicates a level of control or influence Soros has over the event. The mention of Soros serves to criticize the Democratic Party's practices and the perceived elitism in their operations.
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