YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe

Perhaps the most accurate cliché is that if a deal appears too good to be true, then it probably is.

To wit: If a “private investor” of unknown origin approaches you through an intermediary, offering you $400,000 a month to make “four weekly videos” for a politically partisan website and YouTube page, you may want to attempt to follow the money to make certain you’re not being paid by a foreign government as a propagandist. And if you do attempt a bit of due diligence and ask after the identity of your private investor...