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Mike Benz

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PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

So Internews has a network of about 6,000 different media organizations. They train 9,000 journalists around the world. They're basically a worldwide Operation Mockingbird apparatus for the U.S. State Department to be able to create a symphony of media in foreign countries.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

So Internews has a network of about 6,000 different media organizations. They train 9,000 journalists around the world. They're basically a worldwide Operation Mockingbird apparatus for the U.S. State Department to be able to create a symphony of media in foreign countries.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Well, actually, if you pull up the clip of the CEO of, just type in CEO, go to like X and just type CEO Internews advertiser. And you'll see this was very viral.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Well, actually, if you pull up the clip of the CEO of, just type in CEO, go to like X and just type CEO Internews advertiser. And you'll see this was very viral.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Elon was livid at this, as everyone should be, because I've been talking about Internews, their huge role in internet censorship, because they use the State Department's media apparatus to push advertiser boycotts and all sorts of other things. Yeah, if you start from the beginning, it's just 28 seconds, you'll see. This is the CEO of Internews right here.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Elon was livid at this, as everyone should be, because I've been talking about Internews, their huge role in internet censorship, because they use the State Department's media apparatus to push advertiser boycotts and all sorts of other things. Yeah, if you start from the beginning, it's just 28 seconds, you'll see. This is the CEO of Internews right here.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

So that's the general of, effectively, the CIA State Department USAID media octopus with thousands of tentacles around the world. Now, here's Brazil. Here's Internews in Brazil, okay? Because media promotes censorship in these countries, and that legitimizes the passage of anti-misinformation laws. When judges act corrupt...

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

So that's the general of, effectively, the CIA State Department USAID media octopus with thousands of tentacles around the world. Now, here's Brazil. Here's Internews in Brazil, okay? Because media promotes censorship in these countries, and that legitimizes the passage of anti-misinformation laws. When judges act corrupt...

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

People don't take to the streets because internews media is saying that's what they should have done. In fact, internews will put pressure on governments if they don't censor what the State Department wants censored there. So here's what they did in COVID. They created a program in Brazil called Rooted in Trust.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

People don't take to the streets because internews media is saying that's what they should have done. In fact, internews will put pressure on governments if they don't censor what the State Department wants censored there. So here's what they did in COVID. They created a program in Brazil called Rooted in Trust.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

You see, it's a global pandemic information response program countering the unprecedented scale and speed and spread of rumors and misinformation. Project focuses on, you know, see, Lebanon, Mali, Colombia, Sudan, Brazil. They have a whole section on Brazil in this report as well. Look at the highlights so far. Rudy and Trust has tracked more than 19,000 rumors about the virus.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

You see, it's a global pandemic information response program countering the unprecedented scale and speed and spread of rumors and misinformation. Project focuses on, you know, see, Lebanon, Mali, Colombia, Sudan, Brazil. They have a whole section on Brazil in this report as well. Look at the highlights so far. Rudy and Trust has tracked more than 19,000 rumors about the virus.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

14 languages, 81 million people. In response to the unique rumors sourced from each country context, the project has produced over 130 rumor bulletins, 500 radio broadcasts, and 480 other media stories. Through a series of training opportunities, events, peer-to-peer networks, and grants, Rooted in Trust has sponsored 550 local media organizations.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

14 languages, 81 million people. In response to the unique rumors sourced from each country context, the project has produced over 130 rumor bulletins, 500 radio broadcasts, and 480 other media stories. Through a series of training opportunities, events, peer-to-peer networks, and grants, Rooted in Trust has sponsored 550 local media organizations.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

350,000 people, almost 5,000 listening groups for this, all to basically ban the ability to question facts.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

350,000 people, almost 5,000 listening groups for this, all to basically ban the ability to question facts.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Oh, nobody.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Oh, nobody.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Sure.

PBD Podcast
USAID Corruption & Brazil's Elections w/ Nikolas Ferreira & Mike Benz | PBD Podcast | Ep. 550

Sure.