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[–] Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pot/kettle.

‘CIA sidekick’ gives £2.6m to UK media groups

https://declassifieduk.org/cia-sidekick-gives-2-6m-to-uk-media-groups/

NED money has gone to UK investigative groups Bellingcat, Finance Uncovered and openDemocracy, as well as media freedom and training organisations Index on Censorship, Article 19, the Media Legal Defence Initiative, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Spudger@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

The whole Bellendcat thing sounded a bit sus to me when I first came across them being lionised in the UK press. One plonker sitting in his bedroom outdoing the might of the Five Eyes? Mmm, sure.