On with Kara Swisher Useful Idiots? How RIght-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda
Podcast Episode | 64 min | Talk-Show

On with Kara Swisher

Useful Idiots? How RIght-Wing Influencers Got $ to Spread Russian Propaganda

Podcast Episode | 64 min | Talk-Show

Last week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, the Kremlin was paying right-wing influencers, like Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson, to spread Russian propaganda. The payments ...See moreLast week, the Department of Justice announced major indictments alleging that, among other things, the Kremlin was paying right-wing influencers, like Dave Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson, to spread Russian propaganda. The payments were funneled through a Tennessee-based company called Tenet Media, and while Rubin, Pool, and Johnson deny knowledge of the plot ... they don't seem to have asked too many questions about the mysterious benefactor who was supposedly funding Tenet and paying them unseemly large amounts of money. Unfortunately, this is only the latest in a string of foreign influence campaigns coming from Russia, China and Iran and targeting American elections. To break down all the news, Kara is joined by Julia Davis, Alex Stamos, and Brandy Zardrozny. Julia is a columnist for the Daily Beast, an investigative reporter, and the creator of the Russian Media Monitor; Alex is the chief information security officer at SentinelOne, the founder of the Stanford Internet Observatory, and a former chief security officer at Facebook; and Brandi is senior reporter at NBC News who covers the Internet, especially politics, tech, and extremism. See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Julia Davis Self - Russian Media Expert / Investigative Journalist Self - Russian Media Expert / Investigative Journalist See fewer	Medal of Honor (2000)
Nina Jankowicz Self Self See fewer	The Wizard Rockumentary: A Movie About Rocking and Rowling (2008)
Tim Pool Self - Propagandist (archive sound) Self - Propagandist (archive sound) See fewer	The Tim Pool Channel (2012)
Alex Stamos Self Self See fewer	Political Gabfest (2005)
Kara Swisher Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Behind the Binary: AllThingsD (2012)
Brandy Zadrozny Self Self See fewer	Virulent: The Vaccine War (2022)