Want an arts grant? Better toe the party line!

There's a scandal brewing in the arts world, and the media is of course sweeping it under the rug.

It has been revealed that agencies that dole out grants for the arts have been discriminating against venues and works that do not act as a pipeline for official propaganda. Many venues need grants just to survive, and they've become captive to the party line.

Some of the funding received by art museums and performance halls is contingent upon them hosting events that support the official narrative and imposing COVID restrictions on patrons.

Furthermore, independent music recording acts have been denied grants because their songs openly oppose war and the hated "new normal." The thought police has shut out whole new kinds of music, while established broadcasters get handouts and are allowed to buy up more and more stations.

Meanwhile, Broadway theater – already awash in dough - received tens of millions of dollars in bailout money from American taxpayers as compensation for its refusal to reopen as normal after the pandemic. Broadway's choice to not reopen normally prevented or discouraged attendance. Each play that was affected could apply for up to $10 million. In other words, Broadway got free money from the taxpayers for its pro-war stance and support of lockdown culture – while dissenting works were denied funding.

Predictably, the media hasn't covered this sorry episode at all.