Mike Benz

Well, that's right. But there's two forms of that. And I'm just also trying to educate people as they... go through this discovery process about the extent of it, because you're going to see it's everyone. But there are two forms of it. One is

Well, that's right. But there's two forms of that. And I'm just also trying to educate people as they... go through this discovery process about the extent of it, because you're going to see it's everyone. But there are two forms of it. One is

one is you know a hundred percent it's pernicious uh the other one has there's smoke but there's not necessarily fire and so when i say this the smoke not that obviously creates an incentive to um please your the people giving you these government procurements for example if the this is this is what i published for example about reuters you know the biden administration

one is you know a hundred percent it's pernicious uh the other one has there's smoke but there's not necessarily fire and so when i say this the smoke not that obviously creates an incentive to um please your the people giving you these government procurements for example if the this is this is what i published for example about reuters you know the biden administration

one is you know a hundred percent it's pernicious uh the other one has there's smoke but there's not necessarily fire and so when i say this the smoke not that obviously creates an incentive to um please your the people giving you these government procurements for example if the this is this is what i published for example about reuters you know the biden administration

you know, government agencies, you know, tally something like $300 million to, to various Reuters sort of sister, sister company groups between their, between their news agency, between their, their Westlaw arm in between their, you know, sort of like forensic and like accounting services. But, you know, you, you see these big, like $60 million worth of grants from the justice department.

you know, government agencies, you know, tally something like $300 million to, to various Reuters sort of sister, sister company groups between their, between their news agency, between their, their Westlaw arm in between their, you know, sort of like forensic and like accounting services. But, you know, you, you see these big, like $60 million worth of grants from the justice department.

you know, government agencies, you know, tally something like $300 million to, to various Reuters sort of sister, sister company groups between their, between their news agency, between their, their Westlaw arm in between their, you know, sort of like forensic and like accounting services. But, you know, you, you see these big, like $60 million worth of grants from the justice department.

And, you know, Now, the Justice Department's paying for Westlaw, you know, which is a Thomson Reuters thing. It still makes Reuters richer. But Reuters is writing hit pieces on the very people that the Justice Department is going after. And so it's softening up, you know, the enemies.

And, you know, Now, the Justice Department's paying for Westlaw, you know, which is a Thomson Reuters thing. It still makes Reuters richer. But Reuters is writing hit pieces on the very people that the Justice Department is going after. And so it's softening up, you know, the enemies.

And, you know, Now, the Justice Department's paying for Westlaw, you know, which is a Thomson Reuters thing. It still makes Reuters richer. But Reuters is writing hit pieces on the very people that the Justice Department is going after. And so it's softening up, you know, the enemies.

And in fact, you know, Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize for its hit piece for its investigative series on malfeasance by Elon Musk and all of his portfolio companies, Tesla, X. Neuralink, SpaceX. And meanwhile, the Biden administration had 11 different regulatory agencies going after all of those.

And in fact, you know, Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize for its hit piece for its investigative series on malfeasance by Elon Musk and all of his portfolio companies, Tesla, X. Neuralink, SpaceX. And meanwhile, the Biden administration had 11 different regulatory agencies going after all of those.

And in fact, you know, Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize for its hit piece for its investigative series on malfeasance by Elon Musk and all of his portfolio companies, Tesla, X. Neuralink, SpaceX. And meanwhile, the Biden administration had 11 different regulatory agencies going after all of those.

And so the media getting paid by the government was providing the ammunition for prosecutions and regulatory and disciplinary actions against the very stated targets of the government. And so you don't have a you don't have a stated agreement in that case, you have a very, very perverse incentive.

And so the media getting paid by the government was providing the ammunition for prosecutions and regulatory and disciplinary actions against the very stated targets of the government. And so you don't have a you don't have a stated agreement in that case, you have a very, very perverse incentive.

And so the media getting paid by the government was providing the ammunition for prosecutions and regulatory and disciplinary actions against the very stated targets of the government. And so you don't have a you don't have a stated agreement in that case, you have a very, very perverse incentive.

But there are places where you have, where it's even worse because there's, again, there's sort of two forms that can take in the form of, you know, paying for services, but then also there's the affirmative sponsoring of media. So, you know, for example, And I believe it's the State Department, maybe USA, does pay like the Reuters News Agency for work abroad.

But there are places where you have, where it's even worse because there's, again, there's sort of two forms that can take in the form of, you know, paying for services, but then also there's the affirmative sponsoring of media. So, you know, for example, And I believe it's the State Department, maybe USA, does pay like the Reuters News Agency for work abroad.

But there are places where you have, where it's even worse because there's, again, there's sort of two forms that can take in the form of, you know, paying for services, but then also there's the affirmative sponsoring of media. So, you know, for example, And I believe it's the State Department, maybe USA, does pay like the Reuters News Agency for work abroad.