I'm still not even convinced any of this is true. I'm not ready to throw Chen under the bus, although I agree she's most likely to be involved, if there's anything to be involved in.
Also, I think if there's something at all, it was likely Russians working for the US. If the allegations are true, it's weird they tried so hard to get Tim Pool and the like onboard, but didn't ask him for anything. If there's even half-truths here, the whole thing was still a massive setup. They potentially created a phony organization, just to try to ruin independent political commentary, and big names like Tim Pool specifically.
If the allegations are true, it's weird they tried so hard to get Tim Pool and the like onboard, but didn't ask him for anything.
That's the funny thing, it's not like any of the hires seemed to have a shift in beliefs or start talking about stuff they weren't talking about before. Other than Matt & Tayler they all had pretty big followings before and pretty much everyone knew who they were, so it's not like this gave them some big platform.
So what was their plan exactly??
Step 1. Fund new media company
Step 2. ?????
Step 3. Trick Westerners into loving glorious Russia
Which just goes to show the story is not what they're trying to say, and these people were targets of an attack, not targets of a con to spread propaganda for a foreign power. This is character assassination; they were never asked to do anything, and my have been tangentially connected to foreigners. And the US government was either directly involved, or at the very least let it happen and continue to happen, until the most convenient time to "expose" them.
Again, character assassination, and an attack on all independent media.
I'm still not even convinced any of this is true. I'm not ready to throw Chen under the bus, although I agree she's most likely to be involved, if there's anything to be involved in.
Also, I think if there's something at all, it was likely Russians working for the US. If the allegations are true, it's weird they tried so hard to get Tim Pool and the like onboard, but didn't ask him for anything. If there's even half-truths here, the whole thing was still a massive setup. They potentially created a phony organization, just to try to ruin independent political commentary, and big names like Tim Pool specifically.
This is a censorship op, no questions about it.
That's the funny thing, it's not like any of the hires seemed to have a shift in beliefs or start talking about stuff they weren't talking about before. Other than Matt & Tayler they all had pretty big followings before and pretty much everyone knew who they were, so it's not like this gave them some big platform.
So what was their plan exactly??
Step 1. Fund new media company
Step 2. ?????
Step 3. Trick Westerners into loving glorious Russia
Which just goes to show the story is not what they're trying to say, and these people were targets of an attack, not targets of a con to spread propaganda for a foreign power. This is character assassination; they were never asked to do anything, and my have been tangentially connected to foreigners. And the US government was either directly involved, or at the very least let it happen and continue to happen, until the most convenient time to "expose" them.
Again, character assassination, and an attack on all independent media.
They were also using FISA to spy on everyone, apparently.