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Do you think the Drudge Report got any USAID money?

Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:07 am
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
26361 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:07 am
I checked it out for the first time in ages to see if he was back on the Trump Train...and he is not.

I loved his site back in the day, but never go now. I wonder if some USAID cash steered him off course...
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 11:08 am
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91892 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:09 am to
Didn't he sell it to someone else a few years back?
Posted by Laugh More
Member since Jan 2022
3303 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:10 am to
I think it is a fair question to ask of anything political that went from one side to another in a DRASTIC fashion.

That type of change doesn’t happen without a traumatic event, massive sustained propaganda, and/or big time money.
Posted by jlnoles79
Member since Jan 2014
14190 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:11 am to
quote:

Didn't he sell it to someone else a few years back?


That's been the word. Not sure how involved he is anymore
Posted by captainFid
Never apologize to barbarism
Member since Dec 2014
9007 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:11 am to
I absolutely believe they and many of the usual subjects [left leaning] have, is some way or another.

I will be more shocked to find organizations the progressives call 'far right', like FOX News (lol), Newsmax receiving any.
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
12478 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:17 am to
A Soros group bought Drudge. Soros groups definitely have received USAID. I think we can connect those dots.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
50683 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:23 am to
quote:

Chicken
quote:

USAID cash
As a media venue with a political forum that, for the most part, runs unimpeded by censorship, albeit with a definite conservative bent, were you ever approached with an offer to 'subscribe' in exchange for some editorial control or manipulation of perception?
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
161851 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:24 am to
Maybe money was bundled via the fake news agency Internews Network.

Listening to Benz on Rogan my head was spinning at all the webs of fake news---- and how money and intel changed hands IN JUST THE Trump Ukraine phone call impeachment.

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Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
26361 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:25 am to
His wikipedia page still shows him as the owner...

LINK

although that could be BS...does anyone have a link that shows he no longer owns it or runs it himself?
Posted by redneck hippie
Oklahoma
Member since Dec 2008
6266 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:32 am to
quote:

although that could be BS...does anyone have a link that shows he no longer owns it or runs it himself?


Its been asked many times. I think I even googled it a few years ago. As far as I’ve seen no one really provides proof. It’s all speculation
Posted by wartiger2004
9X National Champions WDE RIP CK
Member since Aug 2011
19841 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:36 am to
Agreed Cluckster, used to be my go to for headlines and my gosh talk about turning a company 180. Never visit it anymore.
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
3964 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:37 am to
He sold it years ago
Posted by Chicken
Jackassistan
Member since Aug 2003
26361 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:37 am to
quote:

He sold it years ago
link?
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
12478 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:38 am to
The Bureaucracy has done a masterful job laundering the USAID money. Sometimes up to two or three shell non profits. The mob would be proud.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23887 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:39 am to
quote:

I wonder if some USAID cash steered him off course...


Have you ever been offered?
Posted by texas tortilla
houston
Member since Dec 2015
3966 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:39 am to
i can remember when matt drudge had a show on fox news on saturday evenings. back then, he was after the clintons big time. then he got rich and things changed.
Posted by Zipfer2022
Member since Nov 2011
3753 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 11:45 am to
I check drudge every weekday morning out of habit. They were complete TDS during the election, calmed down for a bit after, and are now ramping back up.

I’m sure they indirectly received USAID money.
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
5527 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 1:56 pm to
quote:

I absolutely believe they and many of the usual subjects [left leaning] have, is some way or another.

I will be more shocked to find organizations the progressives call 'far right', like FOX News (lol), Newsmax receiving any.

Newsbusters apparently got some money. They were supposed to be a self proclaimed middle of the road source
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
74633 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 1:56 pm to
I thought Drudge sold out to some CCP shell corp years ago.
Posted by GhostOfFreedom
Member since Jan 2021
13001 posts
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:19 pm to
It is a good question.

I think Reddit likely got money, too. I wonder how long they are going to stay up in price? They are down 6% today. I wonder if people suspect that their profits were based on USAID subscriptions and paid advertising.

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