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Nicole Bell, a YouTube spokeswoman, said Mr. Johnson had paid for advertisements meant to drive subscriptions on the platform. 0.500

👤 Nicole Bell 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Nicole Bell said Benny Johnson paid for YouTube advertisements to drive subscriptions

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But over that same period, total monthly views of his videos decreased by more than 40 million, according to data from the analytics firm Social Blade. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson's monthly video views decreased by 40 million from April to July 2025

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Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Subsequent regimes shot or jailed thousands of scientists.

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More recently, Mr. Johnson drew scrutiny for gaining 2.5 million new subscribers to his YouTube channel from April to July of this year, a huge spike that nearly doubled his already large following on... 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson gained 2.5 million new YouTube subscribers from April to July 2025

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Last fall, federal prosecutors revealed charges against two Kremlin operatives who had paid $10 million to a company called Tenet Media to produce video content as part of an influence operation. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Federal prosecutors revealed Kremlin operatives paid $10 million to Tenet Media for influence operation last fall

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Mr. Johnson was one of the influencers contracted by Tenet to make that content. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson was contracted by Tenet to make content

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The war on science began four centuries ago when the Roman Catholic Church outlawed books that reimagined the heavens. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: The war on science began four centuries ago with the Roman Catholic Church outlawing books.

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William J. Broad has a graduate degree in the history of science and has reported on the Trump administration’s science plans and appointments. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: William J. Broad has a history of science degree and reported on Trump's science plans.

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The 1633 trial of Galileo over his backing of the heliocentric theory came to symbolize the church’s hostility to open inquiry. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Galileo's 1633 trial symbolized the church's hostility to open inquiry.

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Experts see President Trump as borrowing some of their tactics. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Experts see President Trump borrowing tactics from authoritarians.

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Later, Mr. Johnson wrote an article that was retracted because it contained social media posts falsely attributed to the antifascist antifa movement. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson wrote article that was retracted contained posts falsely attributed to antifa

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Three years later, while at the Independent Journal Review, a conservative news site, he was accused of plagiarism again. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson was accused of plagiarism again at Independent Journal Review

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Shortly after that, he was suspended and demoted after assigning an article that falsely implied that Mr. Obama had influenced a federal judge’s ruling that adversely affected Mr. Trump. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson was suspended demoted for article falsely implying Obama influenced judge's ruling

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Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence. 0.500

👤 The author 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Authoritarians have long feared and suppressed science as a rival for social influence.

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He jumped to BuzzFeed News in 2012, but was fired two years later, after the publication found instances of plagiarism in 41 of his articles. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson jumped to BuzzFeed News in 2012 was fired for plagiarism in 41 articles

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Mr. Johnson, 39, a father of four who is originally from Iowa, got his start in media in 2011 at The Blaze, the right-of-center website started by the former Fox News host Glenn Beck. 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson started in media in 2011 at The Blaze

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That’s why the White House has embraced new voices across the political spectrum with significant and growing audiences to better reflect the media habits of the American people in 2025 0.500

👤 Davis Ingle 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: White House has embraced new voices to reflect media habits of American people in 2025

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Mr. Johnson has repeatedly been given access to high-level Trump administration officials and invited to take place in numerous events, including sitting on a Justice Department panel titled “Forum on... 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson given access to Trump administration officials invited to events

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Americans’ trust in the mass media is at its lowest point in more than five decades. 0.500

👤 Davis Ingle 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Americans' trust in mass media is at lowest point in five decades

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He has been accused of repeatedly propagating false election information and, like Mr. Pool, produced videos that had been secretly funded, via a seemingly legitimate media firm, by Kremlin operatives... 0.500

👤 Ken Bensinger 📋 Website Article 🏷️ General

Simplified: Benny Johnson accused of propagating false election information produced videos funded by Kremlin operatives

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