cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19430855
Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson addressed allegations that a company they were associated with had been paid to publish videos with messages in favour of Russia
A number of high-profile, conservative influencers in the US have said they are “victims” of an alleged Russian disinformation campaign, after the Biden administration accused Moscow of carrying out a sustained campaign to influence the outcome of November’s presidential elections.
Tim Pool, Dave Rubin and Benny Johnson published statements on Wednesday evening addressing allegations that a US content creation company they were associated with had been provided with nearly $10m from Russian state media employees to publish videos with messages in favour of Moscow’s interests and agenda, including over the war in Ukraine.
Are they trying to hide behind a “I didn’t know what I was saying” defense while expecting people to trust and listen to what they say?
From the AP News article on the topic
One unidentified influencer’s contract included a $400,000 monthly fee, a $100,000 signing bonus and an additional performance bonus.
Such savage victimization. I’m sure that they returned all the money once they learned what it was for and where it came from.
Unfortunately the US Department of Justice says they agree because they are (yet again) bending over backwards to protect right wingers from being held accountable for their actions to harm our country
I just want to remind everyone that some dipshit dressed like a WWE wrestling heel managed to convince a Dem majority to vote to defund one of the biggest progressive GOTV operations in the midwest. But they can’t be bothered to hold millionaire media hacks to basic tenants of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
If Harris loses this election in a nail-bitter in some swing state bombarded with fake news, I hope we all remember this moment.
“Well pay you millions of dollars to keep doing your work.”
Ok, but I’m not changing my message, I’m no sellout.
“No worries, it’s perfect as is.”
That’s not a victim, that’s a perpetrator. Whether they knew who was bankrolling the operation or not (they probably did), the fact that their message aligned perfectly with opponents of their country is enough.
Then pay back the money… victims my ass!
Oh so they don’t like being on the receiving end of disinformation campaigns? It’s hard to care even if it was true after how long they’ve been on the other end of them. But also it isn’t true, they did it
