Elections Shawn Ryan in Romania - is the mask off?

[USA!USA!]

For those who don't know him or are new to him, Ryan is a US military veteran who is very invested in American/military security news and stories. He is a former US Navy SEAL amongst other government roles like a contractor for the CIA. He runs one of the biggest podcasts in the country.

All of a sudden, he decides to travel to Romania to cover the "stealing of an election" and highlight anti-NATO sentiment and Russian interference allegations. Not only cover, he directly interviews the candidate for over an hour!!

Big surprise, he ends up being anti-NATO and defends Russia here. This feels almost like some Tucker in Russia propaganda.

Why would an American want to fly there for an interview regarding something that does not even directly involve the US, and more heavily involves European nations and Russia. Not only that, but go into very fine detail on X on specific points of Romanian government (almost seems as if it was fed to him).

I don't know if its just the age we are in now or what, but I am fucking skeptical of almost every single talking head involved in media - left or right. It seems like someone else is pulling the strings to highlight special interests.





Full interview is out as well - I was listening on Spotify.

 

[Staph infection]

Fuck em all!

 

[syct23]

It’s just a thought..

 

[Rational Poster]

It seems to me guys like him and Joe Rogan received some offers they couldn't refuse in the past year or so to start getting into overtly political messaging for their podcasts.


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[Kingz]

Dude is number 1 for a week and the left goes after him. What else is new? We need heavy hitter like Jason Kelce’s wife to be the influential podcasts. Not people who travel to countries in turnoil to get the forbidden side of the story.

And Romania was wrong to steal the election from the right wing candidate. If they can’t prove any votes were physically fucked with then it doesn’t matter. Every country runs influence campaigns in other countries. If it doesn’t tap into popular sentiment then it doesn’t matter.

Any suggestion otherwise is pro-tyranny dogshit. Theres a reason they aren’t doing new elections anytime soon. The purpose is to block the candidate they know will win and tiktok clips of likely negligible influence is their cover..but that’s not good enough.

 

[USA!USA!]

It seems to me guys like him and Joe Rogan received some offers they couldn't refuse in the past year or so to start getting into overtly political messaging for their podcasts.


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This exactly.

I am newer to Ryan and was actually enjoying a lot of his shows recently in regards to interviews with military members and some other fascinating stuff.. but, same as Rogan, once they delve head first into politics it becomes a huge turn off.

I'm not talking about political opinions either, I mean actually involving themselves in politics and interviewing political figures regarding politics. Save that stuff for a different show.

This guy literally WENT to Romania and interviewed the candidate himself. I mean.. what??

 

[USA!USA!]

Dude is number 1 for a week and the left goes after him.

Lol what does that even mean.. who is going for him? Someone else maybe?

Am I the left - didn't know that. They should pay me.

 

[TheGreatA]

I can't see these guys as being paid off by Russia or anything, I just think that the new American right has a massive blindspot when it comes to Russia and what they've been doing. Everything underhanded that they accuse the U.S. of doing, Russia has been doing as well, it comes with the territory of being an aspiring "superpower".

 

[USA!USA!]

I can't see these guys as being paid off by Russia or anything, I just think that the new American right has a massive blindspot when it comes to Russia and what they've been doing. Everything underhanded that they accuse the U.S. of doing, Russia has been doing as well, it comes with the territory of being an aspiring "superpower".

Do you think its just because their audience craves it? Because Ryan can't be that stupid. He has to know the optics of this - whether he was paid off or not. It looks very strange.

I guess it makes sense if he is just doing it to tie in the "Trump witch hunt" with his own audience and their narrative.. but, flying out to Romania to directly interview the candidate? Just seems odd.

 

[Kingz]

Lol what does that even mean.. who is going for him? Someone else maybe?

Am I the left - didn't know that. They should pay me.

It means his podcast was number 1 last week ahead of Rogan and now the usual suspects are salty at him and suggesting he has a nefarious agenda.

It’s Romania that is fucked and has their “mask off” moment when they junked an election and more or less suspended their democracy because a status quo stooge wasn’t going to win

 

[USA!USA!]

It means his podcast was number 1 last week ahead of Rogan and now the usual suspects are salty at him and suggesting he has a nefarious agenda.

It’s Romania that is fucked and has their “mask off” moment when they junked an election and more or less suspended their democracy because a status quo stooge wasn’t going to win

Why is he there though? Can you answer that? Why is he in Romania reporting on this and talking with the candidate directly. Why?

 

[Brigfa2]

Conservatives kissing Russia's ass is no different than Democrats supporting Palestine

 

[Spam On Rye]

Glows and spooks. Wouldn't go anywhere near that show. He's just part of the new MSM.

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

Yes the truth is frequently different from what the US propaganda says......

 

[DoctorTaco]

All these SF operators who use their military background to sell shit (coffee, shirts, survival camps, alpha camps, podcasts, supplements, etc.) always feel like snake oil salesmen.

 

[USA!USA!]

Conservatives kissing Russia's ass is no different than Democrats supporting Palestine

I guess why its so glaring is that this guy professes his love for the US military and has served at a very high level in the past, but is staunchly anti-NATO and pro-Russia. Boggles the mind. I know there are others e.g. Michael Flynn.. still hits you like a brick wall when you realize who these people are serving whether it is directly or indirectly. You expect better from your veterans.

 

[USA!USA!]

All these SF operators who use their military background to sell shit (coffee, shirts, survival camps, alpha camps, podcasts, supplements, etc.) always feel like snake oil salesmen.

I try to give them the benefit of the doubt. They served and did a job for the US, and should be respected and celebrated. It's why shit like this hurts to see.

I wanted to support Ryan and found some of his other stuff interesting, but this turns me off from his content big time.

 

[Kingz]

Why is he there though? Can you answer that? Why is he in Romania reporting on this and talking with the candidate directly. Why?

Because there is a lot of interest in the United States(or with his audience) in regards to what is happening in Romania and Europe in general.

A big theme in Europe right now is the establishment going to undemocratic lengths to stifle populism. Romania happens to be the most blatant example to date and it’s not like it wasn’t a big story.

The mainstream media has treated the reasons for junking a free and fair election for dubious reasons with such credulity. I think a lot of people are interested in hearing the side of the candidate that would easily win if Romania wasn’t illegally blocking elections

 

[CantCucktheTuck]

I guess why its so glaring is that this guy professes his love for the US military and has served at a very high level in the past, but is staunchly anti-NATO and pro-Russia. Boggles the mind. I know there are others e.g. Michael Flynn.. still hits you like a brick wall when you realize who these people are serving whether it is directly or indirectly. You expect better from your veterans.

I'm trying to follow your logic here.....

A democratic country and member of NATO(Romania) has cancelled all elections for the foreseeable future because "muh Russian influence".

Sean Ryan flies to Romania to interview the winning candidate(prior to the election being canceled).

The candidate explains the above scenario while adding that there has been no evidence of Russian influence.

The Romanian government hasn't produced any evidence other than "muh tiktok".

Conclusion: Sean Ryan is Pro Russia, anti NATO, and is personally a Putin nuthugger.

 

[TheGreatA]

Do you think its just because their audience craves it? Because Ryan can't be that stupid. He has to know the optics of this - whether he was paid off or not. It looks very strange.

I guess it makes sense if he is just doing it to tie in the "Trump witch hunt" with his own audience and their narrative.. but, flying out to Romania to directly interview the candidate? Just seems odd.

I just think it's part of the skepticism, that is very common in that generation of Americans, about U.S. foreign policy. They grew up hearing all these horror stories about U.S. meddling in foreign affairs, so there's been a re-evaluation of whether Russia is really that bad at all, or if they've just been painted as such by the "establishment". Russiagate didn't help in that regard, it was just a whole lot of hot air, and very little substance, played for views by mainstream media, making that skepticism grow, and also drove up the demand for this type of content that has parallels to the situation in the US.

It seems odd that he'd go that far to pursue the story but I've seen a lot of content creators going for these type of "let's hear it from the horse's mouth" interviews, instead of listening to the story through filtered channels. That, again, is another way in which these skeptical, anti-MSM and anti-establishment channels try to separate themselves from the pack, by giving you content that is "raw" and unedited, rather than having some "expert" explain it to you.

Where they end up failing, often times, is by trying to push their audience too heavily in one direction, to form a certain opinion about the events. I get that these guys, as content creators, need to sell their product and cultivate their audience, but sometimes it goes too far.