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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 05:53 PM Apr 2017

Former Breitbart News reporter joins Russian propaganda news agency Sputnik

Former Breitbart News reporter joins Russian propaganda news agency Sputnik



http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/former-breitbart-news-reporter-joins-russian-propaganda-news-agency-sputnik/

Former Breitbart News investigative reporter Lee Stranahan is launching a radio show for Sputnik, a news organization owned and operated by the Russian government, the Atlantic reports.

“I’m on the Russian payroll now, when you work at Sputnik you’re being paid by the Russians,” Stranahan told the Atlantic’s Rosie Gray. “That’s what it is. I don’t have any qualms about it. Nothing about it really affects my position on stuff that I’ve had for years now.”

In a series of Twitter posts Wednesday, Stranahan promoted his new Sputnik radio show, a Crossfire-style debate show called “Fault Lines with [Garland] Nixon and Stranahan.” Stranahan promises the show, which launches Monday, will be “original, provocative and entertaining.”

As Gray reports, Stranahan quit Breitbart last month after he claimed he was prevented from covering the White House. He said the upside of working with Sputnik is the freedom that comes from working with a Russian propaganda network.
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Former Breitbart News reporter joins Russian propaganda news agency Sputnik (Original Post) Miles Archer Apr 2017 OP
I mean seriously....what the fuck... dhill926 Apr 2017 #1
I'm shocked I tell ya... Shocked world wide wally Apr 2017 #2
Well Stranahan ProudLib72 Apr 2017 #3
A new revolving door has opened in the universe randr Apr 2017 #4
Just move along, folks, nothing (Russian) to see here ... PsychoBabble Apr 2017 #5
guess you go .. stillcool Apr 2017 #6
He's also buddy-buddy with Greenwald, but I'm not supposed to mention that Blue_Tires Apr 2017 #7

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Well Stranahan
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 06:00 PM
Apr 2017

You are now in the same league as Comrade Trumpsky, although I think he will remain the top paid Russian propagandist.

PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
5. Just move along, folks, nothing (Russian) to see here ...
Wed Apr 5, 2017, 06:11 PM
Apr 2017
“I’m on the Russian payroll now, when you work at Sputnik you’re being paid by the Russians,” Stranahan told the Atlantic’s Rosie Gray. “That’s what it is. I don’t have any qualms about it. Nothing about it really affects my position on stuff that I’ve had for years now.”


TRANSLATION:

Been in the bag w Pootie for years ...
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