Sen Dianne Feinstein
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Great meeting with Metrolink. I got an update on their implementation of Positive Train Control, a key tool for improving railroad safety. Looking forward to working with you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-funded-broadcaster-firing-8-reporters-and-editors-over-rogue-anti-semitic-reports-disparaging-george-soros/2019/02/27/72d711f2-3ad2-11e9-aaae-69364b2ed137_story.html?utm_term=.35a24b05a392
“The person developing the Soros story was using Judicial Watch as a source as I understand it — the story was not only poorly sourced, it relied heavily on one less-than-credible source,” Lansing said.
Judicial Watch has rejected the criticism of its work and said it never spoke to any Martí reporter. The group frequently criticizes Soros and what it says is his “radical left-wing agenda” being subsidized by U.S. foreign aid.
Tom Fitton, the group’s president, said that with the firings, Lansing was “abusing his office to punish people critical of Mr. Soros.”
Lansing said USAGM is beginning a broader content review that could result in further disciplinary action.
The Washington Post reported in December that Martí published a Spanish-language opinion piece warning that the “Islamization” of Europe by migrants is destroying the continent’s Christian character and posing a danger to the United States “greater than that from the Nazis in the 1940s.” The author of that piece has not written for Martí since the Post report.
“I’m confident we’ve found the root of the Soros reporting,” Lansing said. “I’ll reserve judgment on anything else until our content review is completed.”