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Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ says it's Kremlin funded
- kennyloginz 2y ago[flagged]
- kelseyfrog 2y agoWhy does this keep happening?
- smt88 2y ago"Why do authoritarian governments secretly fund sympathetic media personalities in enemy countries?" seems like a question that answers itself.
- Gud 2y agoAre the mentioned “media personalities “(Tim Pool) really sympathetic to authoritarianism? From what little I’ve seen, no. I only know Tim Pool from his accurate portrayal of Swedens failed immigration experiment. Perhaps he’s now yet another boot licker?
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- infamouscow 2y ago[flagged]
- kelseyfrog 2y agoWhat's it like to be them?
- infamouscow 2y ago[flagged]
- protomolecule 2y ago[flagged]
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago[flagged]
- jrflowers 2y agoFWIW Tim Pool calls for a civil war and the imprisonment and deaths of his political rivals (1) and has spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda (2) so you have a point if you consider that to be Exactly The Same Thing as the BBC. There is a kind of odd phenomenon of equivocating countries that are allies with countries that are not and clear cut propaganda and incitement to violence with literally any other type of benign speech. I don’t know why people engage in such a forced thought experiment but it does happen. 1 https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1829950849482694938 https://x.com/KamalaHQ/status/1829950849482694938 2 https://x.com/realvisigoth/status/1831441494601077081 https://x.com/realvisigoth/status/1831441494601077081
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago[flagged]
- sceptical 2y agoThe escalation narrative is propaganda. It is intended to sway public opinion and end support for Ukraine. But people seems to forget that Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine can and should do whatever they can to defend themselves. There is no escalation. We can see that with the Kursk invasion and the other of Putin's numerous red lines that has already been crossed.
- throwaway48476 2y agoPutins red lines are just china's final warning.
- aguaviva 2y agoIs anything that is anti Ukraine considered propaganda? That's very clearly not what was said. Rather, they were referring specifically to content from Tim Pool. I agree he comes off as uncontrolled and it is bizarre. That's good to know. But here's the thing -- it doesn't matter that he may be right, or partially right on certain details (like Nordstream, for example). Because as a whole -- it's still propaganda, just from how it's structured, and the pungently shrill, and yes, intentionally uncontrolled and bizarre tone he employs. And from all the deceptions and diversions that's it packed with, and which we very quickly key into once we stop to break it all down. That's how propaganda works. It's kind of like a shit sandwich, we might say. Parts of it might be kind of tasty actually, and perhaps have some nutritive value. But as a whole, its nutritive value is entirely the opposite. And in fact can be quite toxic. As is basically every piece of content you will find from Tim Pool and others of his mold.
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- Zigurd 2y agoYou may have read or heard that some of the sums of money involved are pretty fabulous. The people getting that money are loudly proclaiming that they were duped despite published communications that indicate they knew exactly what they were doing. Are they trying to protect their reputations? Yeah think about that for a minute. If you read all the way to the end of the indictment there's a section called forfeiture allegations. That means the doj is going after all the money involved in the scheme. That's why people are playing dumb.
- tim333 2y agoI'm slightly surprised there's anything illegal in free speech America. What are the restrictions on dictators paying youtubers to say they are great?
- Zigurd 2y agoSo far the illegality is about Russians not registering under FARA. The influencers may have known who they were dealing with and may have to disgorge the money they got.