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Mike Lindell Gave MyPillow Promotional Deal to QAnon Shows: Report

Fringe web shows can reap 25 percent of sales from MyPillow’s promotional codes—a big business in conservative circles.

Podcasts and web shows about the QAnon conspiracy theory are selling MyPillow products under a sweetheart deal with the company's election-denying founder, Media Matters reports. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is a vocal election fraud conspiracy theorist, hosting a 2021 “symposium” dedicated to the debunked claim that Donald Trump actually won the 2020 election. Media Matters, a left-leaning watchdog group, found that Lindell's company had given out special promotional codes to at least 17 “QAnon-supporting shows and figures,” including one that describes itself as reporting on “Qanon Posts, Qanon News, Qanon Related Prophesies.” The promotional codes represent a significant profit-sharing deal. The shows receive at least 25 percent of all sales linked to a promotional code, Media Matters noted.