Michael Loewinger
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1,738 appearances
16 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 19 Sep
Michael Loewinger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In some cases, a lot of money.
Though you often can't tell from the videos themselves, a recent New York Times investigation, co-reported by Ken Benzinger, dove into the wild west of social media political advertising.
Four hundred thousand dollars.
Also in California, former representative Katie Porter had a similar operation.
You spoke with one such creator, Josh Green.
He's twenty-six years old, and he goes by the moniker Josh the Progressive on social media.
His coverage of candidate for governor Tom Steyr was initially critical.
But a few months later, Josh the Progressive was singing a different tune.
That video in support of Tom Steyr coincided with a twenty one thousand five hundred dollar check from Tom Steyr's campaign.
What did he tell you about his decision to accept this money?
Josh.
When it comes to disclosing to his audience that he's accepting this money, he has a a mixed track record,
Let's talk about the different strategies, because I found this really interesting from your piece.
One of them is obviously to pay a bunch of money to some of the most visible accounts.
Another strategy is to pay much less money to much smaller accounts so they can post at a much higher volume.
You wrote about a company called Sideshift, which has taken that approach.
And one content creator in particular, Paige Dunmeyer, who has uh let's say not been so forthcoming about who she is and where she lives in her process of endorsing a whole slate of candidates.
So, as you say, a lot of these payments are done, you know, quietly.
It's almost invisible to many viewers.
Some creators say that campaigns have asked them to actively conceal the fact that they're being compensated.
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