Apparently it’s worth millions to the Russian intelligence services to push propaganda videos created by podcasters and boosted by Elon Musk and others to insecure young men.
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Right-wing podcasters like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Benny Johnson, and others contracted with Tenet Media, a Tennessee firm that, according to the Justice Department, was secretly funded by Russian state media. The indictment says two employees of Russia Today gave nearly $10 million to the company to spread pro-Kremlin and pro-MAGA messages to US audiences.
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The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Tim Pool caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED), Dave Rubin (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED), Benny Johnson (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), rubles (Bank of Russia / Wikimedia), body (MART PRODUCTION / Pexels), body (Balpreet Singh / Pexels), chain (Helpka / Wikimedia – CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED), and body (Gage Skidmore / Flickr – CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED).
