Tenet Media is no more.

The conservative media network folded Thursday night, just one day after the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment accusing it of being funded by Russian state-controlled mediaaccording to Tenet Media field reporter Tayler Hansen.

The indictment accused Tenet and its founders of receiving nearly $10 million from employees of Russia Today as part of “a scheme to create and distribute content to U.S. audiences with hidden Russian government messaging,” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a statement.

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    2 months ago

    Make sure everyone knows Blaze Media was ‘duped’ as well

    The fallout from the alleged propaganda scheme lost Chen her broadcasting gig with another far-right media group, Blaze Media,

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      And on the odd chance they aren’t a Russian propaganda machine, then at best they can’t seem to distinguish their own work from Russian propaganda