Rechtsgerichtete US-Influencer sagen, sie seien Opfer einer angeblichen russischen Verschwörung geworden

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrlv7jdnq8o

43 comments

  1. They knew what was happening, they just figured the ends would justify the means

  2. So, maybe be a little more thorough in vetting your sources?

  3. Awhh those little crybabies because they are exposed for commiting a crime. Hoping those influencers will be convicted soon.

  4. victims of their own stupidity and greed, or completely complicit and just playing the victim card now that the evidence is exposing them.

    let them cry.

  6. I’m sure they’re so, so remorseful that they will be donating those big bags of cash they got from putin to worthy causes.

  9. Maybe they should go back to school and get real jobs? Also maybe stop trusting people with a history of turning on their allies? Well, I guess they can’t do that or they wouldn’t be able to talk to themselves or their fan base. 

    Maybe they should just shut up and stop complaining that their own bullshit was turned against them.

  10. Victims of a brand-new bank account in their name in Nicosia.

  11. They accepted money to push a political agenda they happily wanted to share with their viewers anyways. Im over it but glad there seems to be someone paying attention

  13. I’m sure they were wiping their tears away with all that fucking Russian money for being so victimized

  14. Not buying it, try again.

    Someone who looks at everything that has happened since 2013. including a full scale invasion for no reason other than fascist warmongering and imperialism. all while conducting a “hybrid war” against Europe, America, and their allies.

    looks at all of that and says “Ukraine is our enemy, We owe Russia an apology”

    That kind of person would have been Lynched during the world wars.

  15. so they were..idiots who were useful to the russians…

    useful idiots.

  16. They were willing participants in Russian propaganda. Don’t believe their lies.

  17. So odd the folks at r/conservative don’t even have a story mentioning this although it’s perfectly within their circle. Such a weird alternate reality they stay in.

  19. Another poster mentioned how this quote from the movie Casino applies to this kind of situation as well:

    “Listen, if you didn’t know you’re scammed, you’re too fucking dumb to keep this job. If you did know, you are in on it. Either way you’re out.”

  21. Ah ha ha ha ha. Tim Pool is now a victim. Ha ha ha ha ha.

    No, seriously, these people sold out their country cheap is what happened. The start of what should happen to them is a total and complete shunning of them as pubic figures. They’ve done harm to the country we share for a meager profit.

    This deserves an exhaustive investigation.

  22. They were getting paid 100k a week for youtube videos. I think they stayed willingly ignorant of the details of their funding despite the blaring clues something was up- like their handler openly googling “time in moscow” in front of them when their pay was late. I mean 100k a week is a chunk of change, they got a better deal than Menendez did and he was the chair of the Senate foreign relations committee. Of course, Trump got 10 mill upfront just from the Egyptians, so he’s the best negotiator out of them.

  23. Yes. You were. THE WHOLE FUCKING INTERNET HAD BEEN TELLING YOU AS MUCH.

  24. We’re shocked shocked! We were being paid by Russia to say the exact same talking points we were going to say for free

  25. DARVO: deny, accuse, reverse victim and offender.

    Typical Tim “Tool” Poole.

  26. Isn’t ‘personal responsibility’ a cornerstone of right wing beliefs?

  28. They were dealing with people that had Russian names, paying them handsomely to say pro-Russian things, and they didn’t think they were part of a Russian operation? Calling them idiots just gives them an excuse to play the victim.

  29. This is a stupid headline that lets their excuse become the story. It should read:
    Right-wing influencers deny being Russian puppets, despite taking money for pro-Russian stories.

    Why give them a sympathetic title? Fuck these traitors.

  30. Why is anyone letting them turn the headlines for this?

    The got bought off by russia. There are coubtless documents and evidence of them knowing it was the russians

    Between them calling them “the russians”

    Tim pool making statements like “ukraine is the biggest threat to the usa in the world…. we should ask russia for forgiveness”.

  31. well yeah, duh. That’s what we all knew for a long time.

  32. An example of a victim is someone who paid ten grand to Trump University to learn the secret of real estate and got some pamphlets and a pitch for MLM, not someone who took $100k to make a video about how Ukraine is our enemy and didn’t think to ask who was paying for it.

  33. Lmao the jig is up so they’re rushing to put the blame on anyone they can

  35. traitors…they needed to be treated like it too. sick of this shit.

  36. Right wing influencers attempt to absolve themselves of any accountability in ongoing FBI investigation.

    I’m a victim I swear this cash just showed up in my account!!!

    Lock them all up as traitors.

  37. To say “victim” is very disingenuous and really waters down that word. It implies that they were not willing, consenting, and *gleefully* enthusiastic about everything they have said or done. They spent that money on big houses and cars and enjoyed the rewards.

    calling them a victim is a disgrace.

  38. Those American far-right influencers are full of s**t.

    They are not victims, they were willing praticipants who knowingly accepted payment from Russia to spread their fake news.

    Enough is enough and it’s time that they stop with the excuses.

  39. Willingly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars, knowing the source of the funds and happily doing the bidding of the people sending you the money = victimhood?

    They’re victims in the same way Crystal Hefner was a victim for willingly and knowingly marrying a deranged control freak only to get tons of money out of the deal when he died. Only to turn around and pretend like her life was so awful while he was around. She knew what she was doing in the same way these asshats knew exactly what they were doing. Difference is… they were paid agents of a foreign government attempting to subvert another nations election. She was just an overpaid escort. Big difference. Cry me a river.

  41. So taking money to spread pro Russia propaganda is okay as long as the money isn’t Russian?

  42. “Victims” don’t get paid millions to voluntarily repeat the the enemy’s lies and propaganda.

    Traitors do.

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