Information Warfare: Western-Funded Media Takes More Western Money To Cover Up US Meddling

Western-funded media organizations in Indonesia have been funded by the West including George Soros’ Open Society Foundation-funded "Internews" and the European Union specifically to attack, smear, and silence those exposing Western interference in Indonesia.

A recent hit piece attempts to portray those exposing US interference in Indonesia as a “Russian information operation” simply because Russian media outlets reported on verified US interference in Indonesia - interference similar to what Russia itself has faced for decades.

References:

Angelo Giuliano on X:
https://x.com/angeloinchina
Nury Vittachi on X:
https://x.com/NuryVittachi
Tempo - Russia's Operation After the Protests (May 2026):
https://interaktif.tempo.co/proyek/operasi-rusia-setelah-unjuk-rasa/en/
Brian Berletic - 2025 X post regarding Konde’s US government funding and Indonesian protests:
https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1963321700227191075
Konde - Homepage (US, UK, Australian government funding listed at bottom):
https://www.konde.co/
Internews - Donors and Supporters:
https://internews.org/about/current-donors/
Tempo - Tempo Responds to Prabowo's Claims of Serving Foreign Interests (Jan. 2026):
https://en.tempo.co/read/2082833/tempo-responds-to-prabowos-claims-of-serving-foreign-interests
Open Society Foundation, Soros Development Fund - Media Development Investment Fund:
https://www.soroseconomicdevelopmentfund.org/investments/media-development-investment-fund
Mongabay - ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/without-us-there-is-no-scrutiny-indonesias-independent-media-count-cost-of-us-funding-cuts/
Global Forum for Media Development - Indo-Pacific Media Advancement Program:
https://gfmd.info/fundings/indo-pacific-media-advancement-program/
Human Rights Osaka - Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation:Struggling for Democracy and its Own Sustainability:
https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/focus/section2/2004/12/indonesian-legal-aid-foundationstruggling-for-democracy-and-its-own-sustainability.html#:~:text=On%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20support,public)%20to%20implement%20several%20programs
Ford Foundation - Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation:
https://web.archive.org/web/20240415182315/https://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/awarded-grants/grants-database/indonesian-legal-aid-foundation-145912/
New Atlas - Western-funded "Fact-Checkers" Cover Up US Interference in Indonesia:
https://youtu.be/y57Ol8oYJHE?si=kgNvUf_Q0vLwC6y4
New Atlas - US-Indonesia Gaslighting Part 2: "Fact Checkers" Attack Reports Exposing US Interference:
https://youtu.be/qAtqTYn6DS0?si=tKb71bdVWhST2t9z
Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa
NYT - U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/15aid.html

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