This is important context to today's news. You have a questionable story published by a paper funded by a right wing billionaire. And some of the people making the most noise arguing the story is legit are also possibly being funded by a right wing billionaire.
https://twitter.com/hunterw/status/1316491519554093058
Based on my mentions, a lot of folks are confusing the Federalist Society and the Federalist. It's an easy mistake to make! Both are backed by, as @SenWhitehouse put it yesterday, "big anonymous money." google.com/amp/s/slate.co…
And that gets to one of the most important things I realized after moving to DC from Brooklyn in 2017. There is a whole ecosystem of ideological organizations and media outlets here that aren't funded through commercial means or grassroots support.
A lot of these groups that shape the contours of our political discourse are funded by ideological oligarchs. Today is a phenomenal example of how they are truly able to steer the conversation.
If you're hearing about the "secret emails" story or even the meta debate where people at places like the Federalist and the Daily Caller are complaining that it's being censored, it's a conversation heavily driven by a pair of right wing billionaires.
These folks pay legions of talented people who urge you not to trust any other media while going to great lengths to hide their own motivations and backers.
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