Pierre Omidyar's Influence Empire
MintPress 18 Feb –
by Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal
Part I: How One of America’s Premier Data Monarchs is Funding a Global Information War and Shaping the Media Landscape (18 February 2019)
Through his purchase of influence over the daily flow of information to American media consumers, a dizzying array of connections to the national security state, and a media empire that shields him from critical scrutiny, Pierre Omidyar has become one of the world’s most politically sophisticated data monarchs.
Omidyar’s interest in the weaponization of news and data extends to a murky international initiative operating on the frontiers of a rapidly escalating information war.
Parts II and III below the fold.