Zuby is joined by investigative journalist and founder of Neutral Point of View, Ashley Rindsberg. Ashley shares how his research into The New York Times led him deep into the world of narrative manipulation, platform bias, and information warfare. The conversation exposes how Wikipedia was quietly reshaped by Clinton-aligned operatives and Soros-linked funding following the 2016 election, how that bias now flows directly into AI systems like ChatGPT and Gemini, and how Iranian state propaganda ended up laundered through Wikipedia into large language models. They also discuss the scale of online influence campaigns, how to protect your mind in a propaganda-saturated world, and why less consumption is almost always the right answer.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:50) From NYT book to investigating Wikipedia

(05:22) How the 2016 election reshaped the information landscape

(07:46) The Clinton connection

(16:26) Why Wikipedia's bias matter

(18:25) How Wikipedia framed Trump

(20:24) Iranian state propaganda inside Wikipedia & AI

(25:07) Bot networks, AI & the modern propaganda machine

(28:22) How to protect your information diet

(33:01) Unbundling news

(39:00) Human nature, attention & the propaganda vortex

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#412 Ashley Rindsberg - Who Controls What You Know

Real Talk with Zuby

#412 Ashley Rindsberg - Who Controls What You Know