That's absolutely true. It's just not a standard by which I want to consume my media diet. That is, that Koch or Thiel fund bullshit content for others is no reason for me to accept someone else bullshitting in the content I consume. I want to avoid bullshit altogether. Right? Sometimes it's tough.
A Russian group made a fake media company and was paying rightwing influencers $400,000 a month for content. Some of them knew they were getting paid by Russia and some didn't. They all trashed Biden and Democrats. That's what we are up against.
Yes. I'm aware of that story. Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, and others took money from Kremlin sources laundered through a private company in the US. They claim no wrongdoing. (Though did not return the money) But that outrage is not a funding model, it's a crime. We agree on a lot here.
Look, I gave that article credulity based on that Wired published it. I've been reading Wired for decades. I'm not a Lorenz fanboy, so I'll wait on retractions and detailed counters. Your perspective matters to me too. But details matter. At least you know I'm reading.