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September 9, 2019

Progressive News Site ThinkProgress Shuts Down After Failing to Secure Funding
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In media news, the progressive news site Think Progress shut down Friday
after it failed to secure funding. Think Progress was created in 2005 as
a project of the Democratic Party think tank Center for American
Progress Action Fund but was editorially independent. Journalist Zach
Carter said in a tweet, "The collapse of Think Progress demonstrates
that the Democratic Party establishment and its donor base have little
to no interest in sustaining center-left media outlets, even in the Age
of Trump. The election of Donald Trump and the rise of an American
authoritarian movement seem not to have changed many minds among wealthy
Democrats."


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