How Can Axios Report on Trump Admin—And Take Their Money?
Posted on AllSides April 23rd, 2020
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When Axios co-founder and chief executive Jim VandeHei announced his D.C-centric news site’s good fortune Wednesday—a nearly $5 million low-interest pandemic-related loan from the Trump administration’s Payroll Protection Program—the obvious question was how this supremely well-connected outlet will avoid going soft on the government officials they’re supposed to be holding accountable.
“That’s a little bit weird,” said a prominent news executive who asked not to be further identified, and whose organization is too large to benefit from a program designed to help small businesses with 500 employees or fewer.
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