Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) was OUTRAGED when he learned that ProPublica would be supporting investigative journalism at a local newspaper over the course of the next year and posted a befuddling video on Wednesday evening attacking The Courier-Journal and ProPublica’s funding model, complete with a dig at billionaire donor George Soros.
OUTRAGEOUS.
ProPublica, a left-wing activist group funded by the likes of George Soros, is now funding . . . "investigative reporting" at the @courierjournal.
Is this the future of journalism?
Who is holding the Courier-Journal accountable? https://t.co/U3fdQUO6U9
— Governor Matt Bevin (@GovMattBevin) December 13, 2018
ProPublica — which launched a new program to help support investigative journalism at 14 different newsrooms around the U.S. this year — shot back late Wednesday, by listing their Pulitzer wins, clarifying their funding model and pointing out the Courier-Journal’s coverage of Bevin’s unethical behavior.
“You called us a ‘biased, left-wing organization.’ Actually we believe in evidence. Hard, indisputable evidence. Carefully gathered and precisely told,” ProPublica tweeted.
Read the thread below:
Very nice to meet you too, @GovMattBevin!
You asked who @ProPublica is. We thought we’d give you some answers. Like everything we do, they are, you know, actually accurate. https://t.co/hiRsyoQXhk
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
First, we’re thrilled to be partnering w/ the fine folks at the @courierjournal. They’re just one of 14 newsrooms we’ll be supporting.
The paper’s reporting project is v promising. We won’t say more b/c we believe in gathering facts first. https://t.co/ZbtsXxd7oy
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
You called us a “biased, left-wing organization.” Actually, we believe in evidence. Hard, indisputable evidence. Carefully gathered and precisely told.
Perhaps that’s why our peers have given us 4 Pulitzers, 3 Peabodys, 2 Emmys, 6 Polks, a duPont and a National Magazine Award.
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
And for those who are curious, we’ll absolutely send you the investigation when it comes out.
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— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
P.S. Our new partners at the @courierjournal have been doing lots of good work, like this recent story about how @GovMattBevin hired a buddy for a govt job and then gave him a $215,000 raise. https://t.co/VLji0ZMEiq
(Via @RobertFaturechi)
— ProPublica (@ProPublica) December 13, 2018
Niiiiiiiiiice…
That’s how you burn a Trumpette
The election for KY governor is next year. I really hope we can be rid of this guy.
Bevin should be worried.
The University of Kentucky was forced to re-hire a tenured professor that Bevin had ordered fired from the public school for commenting on public health issues.
Rather than expose Bevin’s involvement the university settled at the last minute to avoid this information from becoming part of the public record.
He bought a home from a donor whom he gave a state job, for 1/3 of the appraised value.
He tried to hire another donor for a high level position until the CJ put it on the front page. He nearly cost the University of Louisville their accreditation.
Bevin is as crooked as they come.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matt-bevin-kentucky-pensions_us_594bf56ce4b0a3a837be3d56
The fates of self-righteous hacks like Bevin haven’t been working out too well lately…
Bevin’s idea of hard indisputable evidence is the Creation museum in his state.