[Peace-discuss] There goes another one.

[C G Estabrook]

Alex Cockburn dubbed it “Truth left out.”

And wasn’t CAP always a Clinton front?



> On Sep 21, 2019, at 9:23 AM, Anna Sutton <messenger at truthout.org> wrote:
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> Another day, another loss for progressive news. 
> Last month it was The Pacific Standard, this month it's ThinkProgress. When their owner and primary funder, the Center for American Progress (CAP), decided to stop funding the site, it was put up for sale. When it failed to sell, the unionized staff were laid off, and CAP announced plans to run the site with scabs. After an outcry from the union, CAP backtracked and opted to archive the site. That was it; that was the end. 
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