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Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US’ (brusselssignal.eu)
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[–] Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

'Brussels signal' is a far-right medium, it mixes factual reporting (by agencies like Reuters, Bloomberg, others) with in-house opinionated editorials which basically all adopt a strong nationalistic, Eurosceptic stance.

Far-Right Times - The Emergence of Brussels Signal -- (May 2024)

An English-language news platform with a rightwing mandate, Michael Mosbacher founded Brussels Signal with the backing of American political strategist Patrick Egan [...]

A savvy media entrepreneur, Mosbacher previously helped found right-wing magazines such as Standpoint and The Critic. He served as editor of both projects before moving on to his next big idea.

At the Brussels Signal launch in October, conservative feminist Louise Perry gave a speech on ‘woke ideology’ in which she characterised it as a “second Reformation” and a “war on Christianity itself” [...] Perry spoke alongside anti-woke podcaster Konstantin Kissin. The duet represent the cultural parameters for the news start-up: against what used to be called political correctness, in favour of conservative ideas and values.

So far, Brussels Signal has set clear areas of focus for its news agenda: EU migration policy, the Ukraine war, freedom of speech, and the Green New Deal.

The European Commission is criticised on all fronts, while its challengers are cheered on [...]

Remedia Corp, the publisher behind Brussels Signal, was founded by Patrick Egan in November 2022. He set up Remedia Europe with €275,000 in funding from an undisclosed source [...] It’s not his first media project. Another was Remix News, which was set up to provide coverage of Central and Eastern Europe with messaging sympathetic to Viktor Orbán. This includes articles bashing liberal billionaire George Soros.

Hungarian investigative media group Atlatszo has claimed Remix News is partly financed by the Orbán government. Egan has ties to the Fidesz Party going back more than a decade, according to Atlatszo [...] Brussels Signal has recruited commentators from across Europe. This includes Greek nationalist politician Konstantinos Bogdanos and Polish conservative Krzyzstof Mularczyk [...]

But a much bigger catch is from Canada: former media kingpin Conrad Black. Once a rival to Rupert Murdoch, Lord Black’s company Hollinger International went bankrupt amid a financial scandal in which he was convicted for fraud. [U.S.] President Donald Trump pardoned his old friend Black before he was shunted from office by over 70 million voters. Naturally, Black is a defender of the Trump years and hopes for a Republican victory come November.

'Brussels signal' earns revenue from ads, subscriptions, and events. However, it does not disclose detailed financials or donor lists. You'll easily find more across the web.