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.”

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Knowing it and proving it to a judge, different ballgames entirely. Same ball, but it only gets hit in one of them.

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      They’re also different colours and one is fuzzy like a tennis ball; but I think we’re getting off the point now