Media Across Spectrum Raise Concerns Over Trump’s Reported Palantir Partnership

A recent report from The New York Times (Lean Left bias) that software company Palantir is deepening its working relationship with the federal government has sparked concerns of increased domestic surveillance across the spectrum.

For Context: Since President Trump took office, Palantir has received over $900 million in government spending and contracts and is in talks with several agencies, according to anonymous sources.

Reason For Concern: An opinion from Elizabeth Nolan Brown of libertarian publication Reason (Center) warned that even though the Trump administration is reportedly using Palantir’s tools to “track illegal immigrants,” it would likely expand to tracking of everyday Americans. Nolan cited reporting from several other mainstream outlets and concluded, “It seems unlikely that any administration will say ‘No thanks, shut it down, we don't need total information on everyone.’”

Founders’ Backgrounds: The only outlet from the right AllSides found to cover the story was ZeroHedge (Lean Right), which described the advancements of artificial intelligence as creating a “dystopian hellscape” and said the deeper partnership with Palantir would give way to “unparalleled surveillance powers over American citizens.” ZeroHedge mentioned the “longstanding relationship” between co-founder Peter Thiel and Elon Musk and highlighted a CNBC (Lean Left) interview in which co-founder and CEO Alex Karp touted Palantir for “single-handedly” stopping “the rise of the far-right in Europe.”

MAGA Criticisms: MSNBC (Left) highlighted a Newsweek (Center) report that highlighted “far-right” Trump supporters like the Hodgetwins and Nick Fuentes, who were alarmed by The Times’ report.

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