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Google Agrees to $110 Million Deal to Fund Local Newsrooms – Plans to Push Leftist News Agenda?

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Google has agreed a deal with the state of California to provide over a hundred million dollars in funding to local newsrooms.

The California company, which is known for its aggressive leftist bias and close ties to the Democratic Party, will direct around $110 million to local newsrooms.

Politico reports:

Under the deal, the details of which were first reported by POLITICO on Monday, Google and the state of California would jointly contribute money over five years to support local newsrooms, excluding broadcasters, through a “News Transformation Fund” housed at UC Berkeley’s journalism school.

Google would give $110 million to journalism initiatives, and the state would kick in $70 million,

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