Move over, MoveOn. Another well-funded propaganda organ of the Left is coming, operating under the guise of charitable public service.Herb and Marion Sandler, legendary capitalist multi-billionaire builders of a financial empire, and philanthropic allies of Peter Lewis and George Soros, are ponying up $10 million a year for a charitable venture to supply investigative reporting at no cost to newspapers, which are laying off editorial employees (and others) as their business model becomes obsolete.Efforts are being made to wrap this nascent propaganda venture in the cloak of pure public interest, as its Latinate (pesudo-academic?) name "Pro Publica" suggests, but we are skeptical. The board comprises a distinguished multi-ethnic panel that even includes a white male former Republican Congressman, Jim Leach of Iowa. Former Wall Street Journal editor Paul Steiger is in charge (for the time being).No doubt there will be window dressing stories going after subjects who...(Read Full Post)