Tenet Media is no more.

The conservative media network folded Thursday night, just one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing it of being funded by Russian state-controlled mediaaccording to Tenet Media field reporter Tayler Hansen.

The indictment accused Tenet and its founders of receiving nearly $10 million from employees of Russia Today as part of “a scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement.

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    2 months ago

    Wasn’t there some kind of media or internet crash in Russia during the 2016 or 2020 election? I was on reddit then, and remember there being 2 or 3 days of a solid 99% reduction in pro-Trump posts cuz all the bots suddenly stopped.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, the Internet connection between Russia and everywhere else went down, and the number of right-wing trolls plummeted.