Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, believes the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) probe into an alleged Russian influence operation targeting right-leaning influencers appears “confected” to distract from Chinese influence scandals on the left and pay-for-play in the corporate media.
Appearing on the Charlie Kirk Show, Kassam noted that the alleged Russian influence operation centers on a Canadian personality, Laren Chen, who has appeared “quite anti-Trump in her rhetoric” in recent years. Other influencers referenced in connection with the scheme, such as Tim Pool and Benny Johnson, seem to have been “unwitting, unwilling participants,” even according to the DOJ.
“It smacks of 2016… the smoking gun doesn’t appear to be anywhere near MAGA world,” Kassam said.
The National Pulse chief said the DOJ announcement, which comes just weeks before the November election, feeds into a “confected narrative” about Russian influence on the right that distracts from leftists’ involvement in high-profile Democratic scandals, such as Senator Bob Menendez taking money, gold bars, and other bribes from foreign governments, and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence on the left.
“China is far and away more influential with things like this than Russia [or] Iran, and we never, ever seem to talk about that,” Kassam said, citing “Marxist journalist training programs” and operations that “peddle propaganda” down to the level of public schools, such as the Confucius Institutes.
WATCH:
The Biden-Harris Justice Department’s latest Russia probe looks like a 2016-style distraction from Chinese influence scandals and Foreign Agent violations on the left, explains @RaheemKassam. pic.twitter.com/g4uLq7CLWU
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) September 6, 2024
Kassam also stressed that foreign influence is out in the open in the corporate media: “Think of the likes of News Corp, CNN, Bloomberg, all of these guys,” he said, noting they have “vast, vast international operations, [and] they also vast, vast amounts of foreign cash sloshing around, foreign board members that sit at the tops of their companies [and] have an influence over what the news looks like.”
“[W]hen you look at these huge media conglomerates, it’s all pay for play… They’re laundering information, they’re laundering falsehoods a lot of the time,” he said, contrasting this with the National Pulse being “100 percent member-funded.”
WATCH:
As the Biden-Harris Justice Department tries to focus everyone’s attention on alleged Russian influence over a few social media personalities, @RaheemKassam reminds everyone of the huge influence of foreign money (and foreign executives) in the corporate media: pic.twitter.com/YPnOveCr9q
— Jack Montgomery (@JackBMontgomery) September 6, 2024
