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Ploughshares Fund, it was revealed yesterday, has given money to media groups to help it sell the JPCOA, the Iran Deal, to the public. How much money? For starters, they gave NPR $100,000 last year.

They also gave $225,000 to the left -leaning Brookings Institution and $576,500 to the left -leaning lobbying group J Street. All this to create an echo chamber to help sell the JPCOA.

Anyone who opposed the JPCOA on principle was accused of being in favor of war with Iran. This created a war-or-diplomacy binary that was constantly employed in support of the JPCOA.

The Obama Administration doesn't believe in gender binaries, but they do believe in foreign policy binaries.

Ploughshares can grant money to whomever they please. They are a 501(c)(3) foundation that is focused on nuclear non-proliferation.

The idea of nuclear non-proliferation is a noble concept. The idea of nuclear disarmament is a childish one. There is no reason that they deserve tax exemptions on their "charitable" donations.

Ploughshares also disclosed that it contributes to "reputable and strategic media outlets" like The Guardian, Salon, and the Huffington Post. That may be the first time the words "reputable" and "strategic" have ever been used to describe those media outlets. Usually places like Salon and HuffPo are described with words like "progressive," and "lefty."

Strange that the JPCOA is so bad that even lefty shills had to be paid to promote it.

Ploughshares spokeswoman Jennifer Abrahamson said, "It is common practice for foundations to fund media coverage of underreported stories.

The Iran Deal was an underreported story?

The business model for journalism used to be selling advertising space to stereo retailers. Then the newspaper could practice editorial independence. Points of view could be disseminated with letters to the editor, and in the op-ed pages.

When "foundations" are funneling money to media outlets, it creates the appearance of bias. Remember that, next time you listen to NPR, and the little voice-over comes in and tells you, "Funding for this program provided by...."