The U.S. State Department’s ‘Become-Liars-Like-Us School-of-Journalism’

The country infamous for its running dog-mainstream media cheering anything Obama in a cacophony of barks,  including the “fundamental transformation” of their own country,  is now branching out through its State Department to the world.

Bureaucrats of the U.S. State Department, who have already taken it upon themselves to teach “ethics” to the “up and coming journalists” of India, are going to “embed” up-and-coming Russian journalists in American newsrooms. Having gained control of the mainstream media on home turf,  why not try for world media control?

“The U.S. State Department is looking to design and facilitate a media ethics course for journalists in India, and has even proposed appropriating the name of Robin Thicke’s 2013 hit “Blurred Lines” as a title for the course. (Weekly Standard, April 20, 2015)

“The U.S. consulate general in Hyderabad, India, is looking for a non-profit to co-develop the course to help Indian journalists gain a “baseline understanding of the international industry standards,” including “accuracy, honesty, transparency, impartiality, and accountability,” and is willing to spend $20,000 - $25,000 on it.

“The grant documents note that credibility is a key part of journalists’ jobs to “keep their readership informed, hold us all accountable, filter fact from fiction, and unmask false narratives masquerading as truth.” To that end, the State Department would like a full-time faculty member to propose curriculum content and develop a syllabus tailored to communicate journalistic standards to an Indian university audience. Additionally, the grant calls for a “U.S.-based, university-level journalism professor,” suggested by the non-profit subject to approval by the State Department, to act as consultant in the development of the course.

“Once the course preparation is complete, the journalism professor will visit India at least three times: to meet with the coordinating university in India and “observe existing on-the-job training in various media houses,” to conduct a three day seminar for other stakeholders, and to participate in first offering of the newly-designed course. The grant specifies that both the accommodations for the professor and the venue for the seminar must be a four-star hotel.”

Via: Canada Free Press

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