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/op…

Brian Berletic – 2025 X post regarding Konde’s US government funding and Indonesian protests: https://x.com/BrianJBerletic/status/1…

Konde – Homepage (US, UK, Australian government funding listed at bottom):
https://www.konde.co/

Internews – Donors and Supporters:
https://internews.org/about/current-d…

Tempo – Tempo Responds to Prabowo’s Claims of Serving Foreign Interests (Jan. 2026):
https://en.tempo.co/read/2082833/temp…

Open Society Foundation, Soros Development Fund – Media Development Investment Fund:
https://www.soroseconomicdevelopmentf…

Mongabay – ‘Without us, no scrutiny’: Indonesia’s independent media count cost of US funding cuts (Mar. 2025):
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/03/wit…

Global Forum for Media Development – Indo-Pacific Media Advancement Program:
https://gfmd.info/fundings/indo-pacif…

Human Rights Osaka – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation:Struggling for Democracy and its Own Sustainability:
https://www.hurights.or.jp/archives/f…

Ford Foundation – Indonesia Legal Aid Foundation:
https://web.archive.org/web/202404151…

New Atlas – Western-funded “Fact-Checkers” Cover Up US Interference in Indonesia:

Western-funded “Fact-Checkers” Cover Up US Interference in Indonesia

New Atlas – US-Indonesia Gaslighting Part 2: “Fact Checkers” Attack Reports Exposing US Interference:

US-Indonesia Gaslighting Part 2: “Fact Checkers” Attack Reports Exposing US Interference

Guardian – US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/200…

NYT – U.S. Groups Helped Nurture Arab Uprisings (2011):
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/wo…