Journalist offered money to push ‘Russian human rights abuses’

Loffredo, an investigative journalist in New York City, has more than 19,000 Twitter followers. “A Ukraine flag account reached out to me with an offer,” he wrote on Twitter. “I post mainstream media reports highlighting Russian human rights abuses and in return for engaging in the info war, I will receive cash payments.”

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The article goes on to describe a SECOND person offered the same:

The Counter Signal founder Keean Bexte has also been offered thousands to push pro-Ukrainian propaganda across his massive Twitter following. Bexte was contacted on Twitter by Kuzma, and offered $200 for each tweet in support of Ukraine.

Kuzma asked Bexte to tweet several times per week. He also said he already has other journalists on his payroll.

In a comment beneath Loffredo’s tweet, Australian Rebel News reporter Avi Yemini says he was given the same offer, accompanied by a photo of the exchange. Yemini has nearly 330,000 followers on Twitter.

Paid agenda is real folks, and in full swing. The same could be said of so many other paid agendas; PAC's, MSM, corporate, you name it. And in particular, here we have a Ukrainian willing to pay for pushing Russian human rights abuse on social media, when Ukraine itself is so very guilty of bombing civilian infrastructure and killing civilians in Donbas.

To those that keep accusing me of pushing Ukraine or Russian agenda, beware that I only have one agenda: and that is being aware enough of this rabid, escalating environment to protect my family and myself when the time comes. TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT. Guilty is guilty, no matter what side of the political spectrum the guilty are on. And the hypocrisy is overwhelming, EVERYWHERE.

What is particularly frustrating is being a called pro-Putin, or pro-Zelensky when all I want to do is discuss matters from an observer standpoint. Some people though are so emotionally invested in one side or the other, that their only means of communicating is with insults and vitriol. It's either that or perhaps- they are being paid.

a reply to: TrueAmerican

What is particularly frustrating is being a called pro-Putin, or pro-Zelensky when all I want to do is discuss matters from an observer standpoint. Some people though are so emotionally invested in one side or the other, that their only means of communicating is with insults and vitriol. It's either that or perhaps- they are being paid. 

Gluck.

a reply to: TrueAmerican

There's enough evil in this mess for both parties to have equal amounts of blood on their hands, along with a whole lot of countries escalating it-at the direction/coercion/blackmail/payolla of the present US administration.

U.S. taxpayer is evidently also paying for these half-baked info warfare operations which are probably run out of some Ukrainian NGO that got a piece of western aid package money,” he told The Counter Signal.

Pretty much

Mystery over

Makes a change from pro Russian Ugandan social media accounts getting rubles for #posting about Russias tactical retreats LMAO

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: TrueAmerican

There's enough evil in this mess for both parties to have equal amounts of blood on their hands, along with a whole lot of countries escalating it-at the direction/coercion/blackmail/payolla of the present US administration.

Yes… fantastic, but Let’s remember whose tanks rolled over whose boarders first though

a reply to: NAFOTroll

Lets also remeber what govt killed their own citizens en mass over an 8 year period.

While also remembering who the west was/is providing weapons to since 2019.

And finally who aided in the overthrow of an elected official in 2014.

a reply to: TrueAmerican

Controlling the narrative is SOP.

I don't blame Ukraine though. IN the 1930's they suffered through a Stalin engineered genocide. Probably don't want to go through a second one.

originally posted by: NAFOTroll

originally posted by: nugget1
a reply to: TrueAmerican

There's enough evil in this mess for both parties to have equal amounts of blood on their hands, along with a whole lot of countries escalating it-at the direction/coercion/blackmail/payolla of the present US administration.

Yes… fantastic, but Let’s remember whose tanks rolled over whose boarders first though

And forget all the years that led up to thses events? And the history of the war-mongering country pushing the buttons?

Why people come to ATS and completely ignore its motto is beynd my comprehension.

Russia is in the wrong, Ukraine is in the wrong and US policy is and has been stoking the fire since day one.

a reply to: grey580

Considering a some on here have no idea of Russia/Ukraine history i suggest you do some research. The Ukrainians wouldn't be here without Russia.

They were both part of the Rus people.


If Rus People were massacred. There would be no Russia today no Ukrainians.

a reply to: grey580

IN the 1930's they suffered through a Stalin engineered genocide

Between the 30s and 40 Ukraine's puppet government was aligned with the German fascists. Committed the worst genocide in Eastern Europe.

The Mass genocide of Poles 100k+

a reply to: TrueAmerican

Yeah it was pretty blatant from the start that the Pro Ukraine propaganda was light years ahead of the Pro Russia propaganda crowd.

Any other site besides ats appeared to have been bombarded with pro ukraine posts. It was pretty blatant on sites like 9gag that every other post was about how horrible the Russian propaganda was yet I never saw one Pro russian post. It was all carefully crafted pro ukraine ads.

No I'm not pro russia or pro putin on this and I trust them as much as I trust the US gov't , the MSM, and the biden administration. However that doesn't mean I close my eyes and pretend not to see what is in front of me and the Ukraine propaganda zombies and bots were and are clearly working overdrive. I'm beginning to think Putin doesn't even understand or is aware of the internet due to the lack of pro russia bots and zombies.