(Wired posted this very important work exposing fake alt-left 'journalists' for being on the take... then they put it behind a damn PAYWALL. Screw Wired. Here is the whole article from Wayback Machine.)
from Wired
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it secret—and agree to restrictions on their content.
In a private group chat in
June, dozens of Democratic political influencers discussed whether to
take advantage of an enticing opportunity. They were being offered
$8,000 per month to take part in a secretive program aimed at bolstering
Democratic messaging on the internet.
But the contract sent to them from Chorus,
the nonprofit arm of a liberal influencer marketing platform, came with
some strings. Among other issues, it mandated extensive secrecy about
disclosing their payments and had restrictions on what sort of political
content the creators could produce.
In their group chat, influencers debated the details.
“Should
we send a joint email (with all of our email addresses) … or, are we
just going to send things separately and hope they change everything for
everyone?” Laurenzo, a nonbinary creator in Columbus, Ohio, with over 884,000 TikTok followers, asked the group. Some joked about collective bargaining. “Any Newsies fans here?” Eliza Orlins, a public defender and reality TV star known for her appearances on Survivor, posted in the group. “‘We’re a union just by sayin’ so!’”