It may have sounded like an empty threat after a bitter feud with the Big Tech giants, but former President Donald Trump announced that he would soon launch a media network to rival the "liberal media" and "fight back against" the Big Tech platforms that banned him earlier this year.
Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) is expected to do a soft launch of the social media site TRUTH Social next month and go live in early 2022. The company will also develop a subscription video-on-demand service, TMTG+, that will feature "non-woke" entertainment, news, podcasts and other programming.
"To me, this all has the hallmark of 'I'll believe it when I see it,'" said Ethan Porter, a professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University.