Now They Come for ZeroHedge: In the Long Run We are all Cancelled! By James Reed

It looks like the Dissent Right site ZeroHedge, which has as its lead author someone going under the name of Tyler Durdan from the movie Fight Club (1999), has upset the CIA, with its daily blistering critiques of the establishment. Now they are being portrayed as Russian influenced, if not,  Russian agents. Well, don’t worry ZeroHedge buddies, who give us Aussies so much content to work with. They say this about everyone they don’t like. Keep on doing what you are doing, you have struck a nerve! Here, let me quote from another great “Russian propaganda” site, rt.com.

https://www.rt.com/news/549493-zerohedge-accused-russian-propaganda/

“The Associated Press (AP) published an article on Tuesday citing unnamed “US intelligence officials” who accused libertarian financial blog ZeroHedge – which has repeatedly criticized US President Joe Biden – of “amplifying Russian propaganda.”

Nomaan Merchant, AP’s intelligence and national security reporter, wrote that the unnamed officials accused ZeroHedge of publishing articles “created by Moscow-controlled media that were then shared by outlets and people unaware of their nexus to Russian intelligence.”

“The officials did not say whether they thought Zero Hedge knew of any links to spy agencies and did not allege direct links between the website and Russia,” Merchant noted, adding that AP was briefed by the officials “on the condition of anonymity.”

ZeroHedge – which AP acknowledged had been “sharply critical of Biden and posted stories about allegations of wrongdoing by his son Hunter” – denied the accusations and accused AP of publishing a “bizarre hit piece” sponsored by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

“Well, now we've done it – we've angered the CIA, and for what? For publishing views that challenge the conventional narrative, such as disputing that an invasion of Ukraine is actually ‘imminent’ as the US State Department and its mainstream media conduits repeat day after day,” ZeroHedge declared.

“Of course, there is no actual accusation that Zero Hedge works directly with anyone tied to Russia or its intelligence apparatus,” the website noted, before stating that it had “never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy (or any other) agencies.”