An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
Not really sure what to make of BTC’s involvement in this.
not a hard decision. he’s dead to me. voted off the island. persona non grata. exiled from the realm and condemned to spend the rest of his years wandering the desolate wasteland.
if I had to guess, 70% chance that he doesn’t respond to this at all and hopes it blows over, 30% chance he tries to downplay his involvement as “oh my role was totally minor, they just pulled me in for one meeting to ask my advice” or some other “well yeah I rode on Epstein’s plane but I never went to his island” type of bullshit excuse.
“I’m part of a team of creators that’s created Chorus Media. Chorus is a creator-led group of voices…”
“I’ll be focused on message coordination”
“creator-led” and “message coordination” hits a little bit different with the additional context in this reporting…
if you want to stay subscribed to his channel, go ahead, I can’t stop you. but every time you watch a video of his, and he interviews some “up-and-coming activist” or “exciting progressive candidate” there needs to be a nagging question in the back of your head about whether that person is there for authentic reasons, or because of an undisclosed sponsorship from Chorus (or whatever new group they create after this).
there’s also an opportunity cost aspect. 10 minutes spent watching a Brian Tyler Cohen video is 10 minutes not spent watching a video from a progressive creator who doesn’t take illicit dark money like this. the shitty reality is that YouTube and similar platforms care only about views and clicks, etc. if you want to reward authenticity, it’s necessary to vote with your eyeballs.
not a hard decision. he’s dead to me. voted off the island. persona non grata. exiled from the realm and condemned to spend the rest of his years wandering the desolate wasteland.
if I had to guess, 70% chance that he doesn’t respond to this at all and hopes it blows over, 30% chance he tries to downplay his involvement as “oh my role was totally minor, they just pulled me in for one meeting to ask my advice” or some other “well yeah I rode on Epstein’s plane but I never went to his island” type of bullshit excuse.
YouTube short from him, from November 2024: Progressive creators debut MAJOR announcement
“I’m part of a team of creators that’s created Chorus Media. Chorus is a creator-led group of voices…”
“I’ll be focused on message coordination”
“creator-led” and “message coordination” hits a little bit different with the additional context in this reporting…
if you want to stay subscribed to his channel, go ahead, I can’t stop you. but every time you watch a video of his, and he interviews some “up-and-coming activist” or “exciting progressive candidate” there needs to be a nagging question in the back of your head about whether that person is there for authentic reasons, or because of an undisclosed sponsorship from Chorus (or whatever new group they create after this).
there’s also an opportunity cost aspect. 10 minutes spent watching a Brian Tyler Cohen video is 10 minutes not spent watching a video from a progressive creator who doesn’t take illicit dark money like this. the shitty reality is that YouTube and similar platforms care only about views and clicks, etc. if you want to reward authenticity, it’s necessary to vote with your eyeballs.