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2024-03-06 20:27:58 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F7D6A75391B9986535A9B64005CC1DE1EDA4D74BC1CB1834E7463FAE8B7842E7
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Original Note:
Truth in Media is run by Russian state employee Ben Swann. Fired by CBS, he managed RT America and received $6.8 million by Russia in August 2022 to produce propaganda content, with a personal salary of $420,000. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/inside-the-russian-propaganda-mill-beaming-out-of-a-florida-strip-mall https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/08/russian-media-organ-agrees-to-pay-millions-to-u-s-conspiracy-theorist-for-kremlin-propaganda/
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