Discussion Whats the deal with Chorus 'scholarship' or dark money fund?

[bononos]

Taylor Lorenz wrote an article on Wired which says that Chorus founded by Brian Tyler Cohen which hands out generous funding to left wing influencers has secrecy clauses in their contracts which BTC refutes.
Whats going on here?

 

[KMFJD]

you gotta grease the wheels to keep the ship from veering off to the left

seems a lot of 'democrat' influencers where paid money to hype Kamala's campaign and to steer conversations away from certain topics (these people are very mad at the moment btw)

example's

Influencers get access to political conventions as campaigns court young voters

Democratic National Convention Invited Creators to Attend; 13 Influencers Who Shared Their Experiences

Influencers in the wild at the DNC
The DNC has invited more than 200 social media posters to record and share its convention online

Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers

At DNC, influencers battle journalists for space and access

The DNC Is Officially the Influencer Convention

Social Media Influencers to Speak at the Democratic Convention

While they have millions of followers on platforms like TikTok and Instagram, this week they will share the podium with the top tier of Democratic politics.

web.archive.org

 

[KMFJD]

fyi she wrote the same article about the GOP and their influencers last year

Stop letting right wing influencers cosplay as ‘independent’ media

+ Inside a Russian influence operation, a 'Who TF Did I Marry' TV show, TikTok's alien invasion, and why Gen Zs love choking each other out

web.archive.org

 

[amenx]

Although not stated as such, they basically dont like the direction the Dems are going with majority opposition to Israel and the Gaza genocide. And want to focus only on domestic politics. David Packman, Brian Cohen, Aaron Parnas, Meidas Touch, members of Chorus, dont discuss Gaza. And I'll bet Chorus wants to expand their dem influencers network along that line. So you can guess who the dark money sources may be and why they want to keep it secret.

 

[Pens1566]

I'm not sure I get the outrage (in either direction) with this one. Seems like a circular firing squad with no real benefits.

 

[amenx]

I'm not sure I get the outrage (in either direction) with this one. Seems like a circular firing squad with no real benefits.

Basically boils down to this. Select dem influencers will be paid for their content if it adheres to certain stipulations, incl not disclosing who they are paid by or that they are even paid at all. Other stipulations involve not attacking or criticizing Dem officials or other members of Chorus. The nature of their content may be required to adhere to certain guidelines as well. When you are paid up to $8k a month, many will not want to rock the boat and adhere to whatever guidelines are set for them. This could alter political debates on various matters, ie, foreign vs domestic issues. That dark money is involved suggests nefarious agendas may be at play.

 

[amenx]

Taylor Lorenz wrote an article on Wired which says that Chorus founded by Brian Tyler Cohen which hands out generous funding to left wing influencers has secrecy clauses in their contracts which BTC refutes.
Whats going on here?

BTC may refute but gets refuted himself by Lorenz. Quite convincingly I might add.

 

[bononos]

Basically boils down to this. Select dem influencers will be paid for their content if it adheres to certain stipulations, incl not disclosing who they are paid by or that they are even paid at all. Other stipulations involve not attacking or criticizing Dem officials or other members of Chorus. The nature of their content may be required to adhere to certain guidelines as well. When you are paid up to $8k a month, many will not want to rock the boat and adhere to whatever guidelines are set for them. This could alter political debates on various matters, ie, foreign vs domestic issues. That dark money is involved suggests nefarious agendas may be at play.

Other secret contract clauses forces participants to deny acknowledging the program, that they had to take down articles that Chorus didn't like, and to sort of cede direct dealings with politicians and hand it off to Chorus.

‘Dark money’ group paying pro-Dem influencers up to $8K a month: report

"Chorus Creator Incubator Program" said to be brainchild of Sixteen Thirty Fund, nonprofit accused of operating as left’s answer to the Koch network.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Greenman]

Two grand a week to spout off whatever nonsense your told to say is a pretty good gig.

 

[dank69]

Two grand a week to spout off whatever nonsense your told to say is a pretty good gig.

Good thing conservative influencers don't tolerate this type of shenanigans.

 

[Greenman]

Good thing conservative influencers don't tolerate this type of shenanigans.

I doubt the constatives pay as well, cheap bastards.

 

[Greenman]

Other secret contract clauses forces participants to deny acknowledging the program, that they had to take down articles that Chorus didn't like, and to sort of cede direct dealings with politicians and hand it off to Chorus.

‘Dark money’ group paying pro-Dem influencers up to $8K a month: report

"Chorus Creator Incubator Program" said to be brainchild of Sixteen Thirty Fund, nonprofit accused of operating as left’s answer to the Koch network.

www.yahoo.com

Isn't the woman in that picture the one the DNC hired to lure young men into the democratic party? Seems like she's got a pretty good gig as well.

 

[nickqt]

Fascist shitbag collaborators just totally ignoring millions of dollars Russia funneled directly to NRA "influencers", and right-wing podcasters. Fascist collaborators gonna collaborate with fascists, it's what they do.

 

[dank69]

I doubt the constatives pay as well, cheap bastards.

Wow, imagine believing this. Fox News didn't even blink when they had to pay $787M. Conservative media is a multi-billion dollar industry. There is no way you don't know by now that conservative pundits and the entire GOP work for billionaires. No way. Every policy they push and every vote they cast benefits people that would happily hunt you and your family for sport.

 

[Greenman]

Wow, imagine believing this. Fox News didn't even blink when they had to pay $787M. Conservative media is a multi-billion dollar industry. There is no way you don't know by now that conservative pundits and the entire GOP work for billionaires. No way. Every policy they push and every vote they cast benefits people that would happily hunt you and your family for sport.

So why would they bother paying small time influencers?

 

[dank69]

So why would they bother paying small time influencers?

They still need to convince you sheep to keep voting for them.

 

[Greenman]

They still need to convince you sheep to keep voting for them.

How is that different than what the democrats are doing?

 

[nickqt]

Welp, time to whip out the BothSidesDoIt™ BigLie.

How are the fascists paying people to promote fascism any different than people who support democracy paying people to promote democracy?

Round and round you go if you're trying to reason with a fascist collaborating shitbag.