According to data from USASPENDING.GOV, US government agencies have reduced the tremendous $ 34 million contract with Politico -based news outlet, Politico.
Payments are different from the scope and from almost all government agencies. The Ministry of Home Affairs (DOI) National Park Bureau contract Politico’s Energy and Environment (E & E) News Service subscription is equivalent to $ 862,025 from 2021 to 2025.
Another DOI subsidiary, a U.S. fish wild biological service, has created a $ 455,140 order for Politico in search of “online news subscription” in a similar time. (Related: Elon Musk’s claim that links USAID to Bioweapons is not as far as you want you to think in a deep state)
The Environmental Protection Agency, the Energy Bureau, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (HHS), and the Ministry of Finance spent millions of dollars on any of E & E or Politico Pro subscriptions.
According to multiple reports, Politico Pro’s subscription can cost about $ 10,000. The service is A Self -proclaimed “Customized policy intelligence platform with regulations and legislation tools.”
This platform has a dedicated report team that is completely independent than the products supported by the advertiser. The cheapest version of the platform is to provide members of Congress staff, detailed policy newsletters, built trackers, and additional services.
The best edge of a product called Pro Analysis Included Data analysis Promotion Political “Intel” about procedures, people, and industries.
When I was working in the Senate, we all had Politico Pro by default.
I have never signed it. So I can only assume that Politico is a blanket trading that has been solved by the federal government.
I had never used it -I never did it. Then I got a value of 0.
Gobsmacking Listen to Subscription = $ 10k https://t.co/zds4RWQ5SO
-Samuriman (@Samlyman33) February 5, 2025
The government also spends a lot of money on the subscriptions to other news organizations. For example, HHS only paid the New York Times. More than $ 26 millionFor subscription again. AP communication (AP) Can be counted Several government agencies as a faithful subscriber.
It’s not just politics. AP communication has been collecting millions of dollars over the government for many years.
AP bias is completely reasonable. pic.twitter.com/rrrh5jpykvy
-Kail Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025
The large amount of taxpayers, which flows in the media financial resources, has raised questions about journalistic honesty and independence over all recipients, but the involvement of Politico is particularly questionable.
Politico’s high -quality premium products are a large price tag because they are the result of the huge network of detailed reports.
“In the actual scandal of super -expensive DC news service (many costs $ 100,000 to 150,000), these entities dig up important public interest information, and only lobbyist can read the news. It can be different from the extension of the lobbyist and the reporter Lee Fang.
The actual scandal of super expensive DC News Services (a lot of costs are $ 100,000 to 150,000), these entities dig up important public interest information, and only lobbyist can read the news, and these services are Robbyist. Intel’s extension is something different. get together.
-Lee Fan (@Lhfang) February 5, 2025
In addition to the subsidies by the government, Politico is sponsored by Swampy Advertisers, such as Pharmaceutical Research and America manufacturers.
With the closing of the Trump administration of the US International Agency (USAID), the public agency paid politics for subscriptions, and people questioned the outlet independence.
Richie McGinnis, a former video director of Daily Call, is far from the context of the subscriber base to increase the idea of the intellectual community that the story of the hunter Biden Laptop is “Russian disinfection”. I pointed out that it was meaningful.
From this story @politico It makes sense at last! pic.twitter.com/1xs3yjca2i
-Richie🎥mcg🍿 (@richiemcginniss) February 5, 2025
Two former Politico journalists told reporters that Politico’s leadership did not cover the laptop.
“I was told that this came from the height of Politico. Don’t write about laptops, don’t talk about laptops, don’t tweet about laptops. And the only thing that Politico wrote is it. MARC Caputo, a former Politico reporter, MARC Caputo, which was called a fake information, at least a charitable information.
