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Last September, the global ad agency, Havas, hired Brad Parscale's firm, Clocktower X, to conduct a digital campaign on behalf of the state of Israel. This is according to the Foreign Agents Registration Act filings, which were reviewed by Time magazine. Under Parscale's operation, he would produce 100 original pieces of content each month with aimed at least 80% for Gen Z audiences across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and podcasts. In a services agreement, Parscale pledged to amplify the campaign across social media, integration of narrative messaging into the Salem Media Network properties, and align distribution channels, which refers to the Christian Conservative Broadcasting and Publishing Company,
where he is the chief strategy officer. He vowed that the effort would produce at least 50 million digital impressions per month, as well as influence how AI tools such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropix Cloud, and Google's Gemini characterized Israel and the war. For all of this, they agreed to pay some $1.5 million per month. And so what you can see here is that you had a nearly 40 to $50 million ad campaign, which has now been running for years in the background, exclusively targeted at the MAGA base to keep them from staying on side whenever it comes to the issue of Israel.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–10:22
2
What is the Brad Parscale/Israeli influence operation targeting MAGA influencers?
10:22–14:17
3
How much did Parscale's Clocktower X campaign promise to produce and cost per month?
14:17–16:52
4
Which right‑wing influencers and networks were implicated in the pro‑Israel paid campaign?
16:52–31:31
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How does paid influencer messaging distort U.S. political and diplomatic debates?
31:31–46:32
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