OCCRP’s statement “The U.S. government, while providing some funding to OCCRP, has no say in our editorial processes and no control over our reporting,” sums up pretty much everything.
It has been quite clear to observers for some time that the OCCRP’s reports on corruption and organized crime are always directed against governments headed by right-of-centre political parties. Be it India or elsewhere, it is always the right-wing facing the brunt of the OCCRP’s “investigative” journalism.
Now, it’s safe to say that much of the input to such “investigative” reportage was from the intelligence provided by the US govt agencies like the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc.
When the current liberal establishment in the US wants to create hurdles for a right-wing political leader in another country, the OCCRP does the job under the garb of “investigative journalism”.
The Department of State pays the OCCRP for it’s “services”.
OCCRP’s statement “The U.S. government, while providing some funding to OCCRP, has no say in our editorial processes and no control over our reporting,” sums up pretty much everything.
It has been quite clear to observers for some time that the OCCRP’s reports on corruption and organized crime are always directed against governments headed by right-of-centre political parties. Be it India or elsewhere, it is always the right-wing facing the brunt of the OCCRP’s “investigative” journalism.
Now, it’s safe to say that much of the input to such “investigative” reportage was from the intelligence provided by the US govt agencies like the CIA, DEA, FBI, etc.
When the current liberal establishment in the US wants to create hurdles for a right-wing political leader in another country, the OCCRP does the job under the garb of “investigative journalism”.
The Department of State pays the OCCRP for it’s “services”.