A Tennessee-based media company with prominent MAGA personalities on its roster has been accused of receiving millions of dollars from two employees of Russian state-backed media company Russia Today (RT) in order to influence American viewers.

According to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, the Russian employees created a $10 million scheme “to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging.”

  • @rayyy@lemmy.world
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    108 months ago

    Subverting democracy is cheap as dirt.

    Putin switched to psyops when Russia was short on money for military hardware and it has been a fabulous success for him.

    • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      -28 months ago

      Putin switched to psyops when Russia was short on money for military hardware

      Russia, famous as a country without any mass media or clandestine propaganda networks prior to 2022.