For anyone not familiar with these terms, VoA and Radio Marti are US government (very closely tied to CIA) propaganda outlets, the latter being directed at Cuba. The USIA used to be the official arm of the US government that handles propaganda, until it was transferred over to the BBG/USAGM Broadcasting Board of Governors/US Agency for Global Media.
I was unaware of this connection before, so I thought I’d share it with you all.
EDIT: Would anyone else be interested in a research comm for stuff like this?
tucker tried to be CIA in the 80s and wanted to fight sandinistas in nicaragua, if i recall
he’s also a Big Meat heir (no, not the sexy kind, the carnist kind)
I didn’t know he tried to be CIA in the 80s. Know where I can find more info on that? I do know that Anderson Cooper interned for the CIA, which is weird.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/689969/tucker-carlson-tried-join-cia
I do know that Anderson Cooper interned for the CIA, which is weird.
Vanderbilt heir too
Much thanks for the link.
Vanderbilt heir too
Yep, I definitely knew about that. Isn’t it curious how some of these news personalities come from east-coast “old money” and/or have deep state ties?
Here is the twitter thread about tucker in Nicaragua https://nitter.net/alanrmacleod/status/1497516067811430404
being named dick and calling your kid tucker is a really good bit tho
He was also a reporter who exposed “The Dale” (a fake car developed in the 70s by a trans woman libertarian grifter) as a fraud. Shockingly he was a transphobic shithead. There’s an HBO documentary about it.
RCR are libs, but their video on the Dale is really fantastic
e: actually i hadn’t watched the whole thing, it might do a transphobia
e2: okay they try to give our undeniable girlboss yassqueen a fair shake, but they’re still basically cis youtubers drawing largely from cissexist histories
Also a podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/carsandcomrades/501652/
I thought the title was “Tucker Carlson’s dead” for a second :sadness:
