Politico pushes back at 'misinformed,' 'flat-out false' claims over subscriptions to federal agencies

The apical executives astatine Politico are powerfully pushing backmost against what they telephone "misinformed" and "flat-out false" claims made against the outlet implicit subscription fees that came from national agencies.

"Politico has been the taxable of statement connected X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and immoderate of it has been flat-out false. Let’s acceptable the grounds straight," Politico CEO Goli Sheikholeslami and editor-in-chief John Harris jointly wrote successful a enactment to readers. 

"Politico is simply a privately owned company. We person ne'er received immoderate authorities backing – nary subsidies, nary grants, nary handouts. Not 1 dime, ever, successful 18 years. Millions of radical astir the satellite work our journalism connected Politico.com, Politico.EU and successful newsletters. It is supported by advertizing and sponsorships," they continued. "Politico Pro is different."

POLITICO DENIES IT'S A 'BENEFICIARY OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS' AS QUESTIONS SWIRL OVER RECEIVING TAXPAYER FUNDS

Politico is pushing backmost astatine the "misguided," "flat-out false" claims made against the outlet implicit the subscription fees it had received from the national government. (Screenshot/Politico)

Sheikholeslami and Harris past elaborate the costly subscription service. 

"It is simply a nonrecreational subscription work utilized by companies, organizations, and, yes, immoderate authorities agencies. They subscribe due to the fact that it makes them amended astatine their jobs – helping them way policy, authorities and regulations successful existent clip with news, quality and a suite of information products," they wrote. "At its core, Politico Pro is astir transparency and accountability: Shining a airy connected the enactment of the agencies, regulators and policymakers passim our immense national government. Businesses and entities wrong the authorities find it utile arsenic they navigate the chaotic regulatory and legislative landscape."

They said the bulk of Politico Pro subscribers are successful the backstage assemblage and that 90% renew their subscription to the service. 

"Government agencies that subscribe bash truthful done modular nationalist procurement process – conscionable similar immoderate different instrumentality they bargain to enactment smarter and beryllium much efficient. This is not funding. It is simply a transaction – conscionable arsenic the authorities buys research, equipment, bundle and manufacture reports. Some online voices are deliberately spreading falsehoods," they continued. "Let’s beryllium clear: Politico has nary fiscal dependence connected the authorities and nary hidden agenda. We screen authorities and argumentation – that’s our job."

WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES DOGE IS CANCELING PAYMENTS TO POLITICO

On Wednesday, White House property caput Karoline Leavitt vowed immoderate authorities payments Politico had been receiving volition extremity arsenic President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cracks down connected spending. 

"I tin corroborate that the much than $8 cardinal payer dollars that person gone to, essentially, subsidizing subscriptions to Politico connected the American taxpayers dime, volition nary longer beryllium happening," Leavitt said.

"The DOGE squad is moving connected canceling those payments now," she continued. "This is simply a full authorities effort to guarantee that we are going enactment by enactment erstwhile it comes to the national government’s books."

There was speculation connected societal media that the $8 cardinal successful question each came from USAID, the bureau presently being targeted by DOGE co-founder Elon Musk, but lone $44,000 of it came from that agency. Base Politico Pro subscriptions are typically betwixt $12,000 and $15,000 for 3 users, according to a idiosyncratic with cognition of the pricing and The Washington Times.

Government bureau spending connected Politico subscriptions pre-dates the Biden administration, according to USAspending.gov.

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