• hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    There are tons of U.S. leftists who have bad takes on AES states, though. Not all of them can be feds. He's for sure sus, but I don't think there's enough to definitively label him a fed.

      • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        Following the money is a useful investigative method, but it's not conclusive in cases like this.

        Say a journalist gets their work printed in a few publications and does some podcasting that brings in additional money. If one of those publications gets some nefarious federal dollars, how much impact does that have on the journalist's work?

        • FlavorTownUSA [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          It has the impact of subsidizing someone who is shilling for the government. Don't resort to quantum theory because they just happen to play on your sympathies

          • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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            4 years ago

            "Quantum theory" is calling someone a fed because one of the outlets they get published in at some point got money from some federal organization. That's ridiculous, and copjacketing is a real problem. You have to have a stronger connection before you levy that sort of accusation at someone.

            Say the National Endowment for Democracy is a minority shareholder in the Washington Post. Is every WaPo journalist now a fed?

            • FlavorTownUSA [she/her]
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              4 years ago

              Lol yes a thousand times about the wapo journalists, bezos has contracts with the CIA anyways like are you really sure you wanna go with that example? Anyways, lots of idiots work for the feds, and guess what that makes them? You know I have to do it to em: Also feds.