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Has anyone considered the possibility that he was funded by the Israeli government? This would be one of the smartest ways to influence the US media, to finance a genuinely charismatic investor in media companies.


Conspiracy theorizing is fun, but it's a lot easier to believe that he's just a talented investor.


Isn't the Israeli government partially funded by the U.S. government? In which case he is funded by the U.S. government, in order for the U.S. government to influence the media.



Wow. Whenever Israel comes up, it's always "Never attribute to your own ignorance what can be explained by the involvement of Mossad."

In Maxwell's case, he was working with too many different countries to be totally loyal to one in particular. He was semi-famous for publishing translations of awful hagiographies of communist dictators in the 80's (and of censoring other books as a favor to friends).


Perhaps we can compromise on "Never assume anything that affects Israeli interests happened by accident."


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