The Media Thread
This is a topic that gets a lot of play (especially by me), but doesn't really have its own thread so kind of just gets spread around. Seems reasonable to just have a thread to discuss the media.
https://www.richardhanania.com/p/why-the...
Anyways, I dont really endorse this opinion; but in this article Hanania does make a reasonable argument that acknowledges the leftist MSM's partisan flaws, but also argues it is in its totality a positive, and most certainly better than anything that would fill the vacuum if they weren't around. He does acknowledge when it comes to matters of race, the leftist media does show itself to be completely unhinged and should be treated as such. But this is the exception to the rule.
Definitely something for someone who is inherently very critical and skeptical of the media (such as myself) to think about. Especially the part about thinking what would fill the vacuum if they weren't around.
The American MSM doesn't appear to be touching the Iran whipping story yet, but Yahoo scalped this off the Telegraph, so some Western media that is less in bed with Islamofascism is reporting it.
So the MSM isn't reporting this story, except when it is, which all just proves whatever conspiracy nonsense Kelhus is babbling about today
https://news.yahoo.com/iranian-woman-whi...
The American MSM doesn't appear to be touching the Iran whipping story yet, but Yahoo scalped this off the Telegraph, so some Western media that is less in bed with Islamofascism is reporting it.
Why do you think this should be a story in the US?
i've been ranting about this in multiple threads but since this is media i'll put it here..
https://news.yahoo.com/upscale-mexican-r....
Upscale Mexican restaurant Calavera closes under weight of Oakland crime
fox headline that runs..
meanwhile, in reality, they are likely closing because they had to settle a lawsuit for stealing wages from 263 different employees in late 2022.. and since then they have had negative reviews and people have stopped going there. but the media runs press releases from corporations and police like they are the actual story.
actually, i guess they are closing because of crime, it's just they are the criminals.
https://news.yahoo.com/iranian-woman-whi...
The American MSM doesn't appear to be touching the Iran whipping story yet, but Yahoo scalped this off the Telegraph, so some Western media that is less in bed with Islamofascism is reporting it.
I don't know about this woman specifically, but there have been a million articles in the MSM about anti-hijab sentiment and protests in Iran.
i've been ranting about this in multiple threads but since this is media i'll put it here..
https://news.yahoo.com/upscale-mexican-r....
fox headline that runs..
meanwhile, in reality, they are likely closing because they had to settle a lawsuit for stealing wages from 263 different employees in late 2022.. and since then they have had negative reviews and people have stopped going there. but the m
Well, I am sure the rest of Oakland is a safe, thriving place, other than this one poorly run business, and everyone else has great things to say about how safe it is.
Maybe the NAACP that issued the following statement will say it was all a mistake and offer a retraction.
"Oakland residents are sick and tired of our intolerable public safety crisis that overwhelmingly impacts minority communities. Murders, shootings, violent armed robberies, home invasions, car break-ins, sideshows, and highway shootouts have become a pervasive fixture of life in Oakland. We call on all elected leaders to unite and declare a state of emergency and bring together massive resources to address our public safety crisis."
It is always good to know exactly who we are fighting against, and what they believe. And what we risk to lose if we let the Islamists and progressives win.
Funny to join progressive with Islamist as a threat together when the « American conservative » political agenda looks like the talibans theocracy BS….
Scary what is happening in Canada were Liberals RCMP security arrests a reporter for assault but there is no assault for asking a question to the Deputy PM
Justin Trudeau has always believed that there is no freedom of the press and he should be able to license and determine who is media and who is not
Broken YouTube LinkNot a fan of Rebel News and particularly this yahoo who has been in conflict with politicians and officials from both parties before, but that's a pretty ridiculous exchange. Officer puts himself right in the reporter's path, inevitably gets bumped into, and then is strong-arming him, handcuffing him, and telling him he's under arrest for assault. LO****ingL.
That said, I don't know what's scary about this - are you actually thinking this was arranged by the PM or something?
Scary what is happening in Canada were Liberals RCMP security arrests a reporter for assault but there is no assault for asking a question to the Deputy PM
Justin Trudeau has always believed that there is no freedom of the press and he should be able to license and determine who is media and who is not
Well this guy had many problems before on same legal grounds .
But more importantly do u support this kind of journalist « paparazzi » conduct ?
This time he wasn’t much at fault but I guess with his background he gets less leeway then before .
And it’s funny polievre use this incident to claim will defund the cbc , like this had anything to do with this ….
Not a fan of Rebel News and particularly this yahoo who has been in conflict with politicians and officials from both parties before, but that's a pretty ridiculous exchange. Officer puts himself right in the reporter's path, inevitably gets bumped into, and then is strong-arming him, handcuffing him, and telling him he's under arrest for assault. LO****ingL.
That said, I don't know what's scary about this - are you actually thinking this was arranged by the PM or something?
I am not onboard with what Rebel Media does as well but the CBC crosses the line as well. There is a history with Rebel Media and the Trudeau government as they had Rebel banned from a debate , sued Ezra over a book, and the Environment minister blocked them on X for his government account which the courts had it reversed.
When you arrested for simply asking a question and than the RCMP fabricates why and later releases with no charges .
Of course I have zero proof that the PM orchestrated this but he should call out the TCMP for what they did
Well this guy had many problems before on same legal grounds .
But more importantly do u support this kind of journalist « paparazzi » conduct ?
This time he wasn’t much at fault but I guess with his background he gets less leeway then before .
And it’s funny polievre use this incident to claim will defund the cbc , like this had anything to do with this ….
Do I support this kind of journalism were a reporter waits for the deputy PM and asks her a good question why Canada has not classified a group as terrorists when most countries have. Reporters do this everyday from CNN & MSNBC and Fox and Canadian news agencies.
Please tell us what his background would allow him to be falsely arrested and detained for doing nothing ?
Unfortunately, this looks to be the future of America. So called "liberals" want to make it so opposing viewpoints are not legal and dissenters are silenced.
It had nothing with a view point but for someone not looking In front of him while walking .
He could ask his questions on the right plate form at a news conference without any trouble .
I am not onboard with what Rebel Media does as well but the CBC crosses the line as well. There is a history with Rebel Media and the Trudeau government as they had Rebel banned from a debate , sued Ezra over a book, and the Environment minister blocked them on X for his government account which the courts had it reversed.
I believe it was the Leaders' Debates Commission that didn't allow them at the debate, unless there's another time this happened I'm not aware of. He was removed from a Conservative event as well, and likely others, as I alluded to already in my previous post. The issues with Rebel Media, and Menzies in particular, go far beyond "a history with Rebel Media and the Trudeau government".
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal...
When you arrested for simply asking a question and than the RCMP fabricates why and later releases with no charges .
Yes...? Seems like an incomplete thought here - did you mean to finish with something else?
Not only zero proof, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. Is that actually what you think happened?
No, he absolutely should not - that's not the role of the PM. Of course, there should definitely be government officials asking some pointed questions behind the scenes.
I am not onboard with what Rebel Media does as well but the CBC crosses the line as well. There is a history with Rebel Media and the Trudeau government as they had Rebel banned from a debate , sued Ezra over a book, and the Environment minister blocked them on X for his government account which the courts had it reversed.
When you arrested for simply asking a question and than the RCMP fabricates why and later releases with no charges .
Of course I have zero proof that the PM orchestrated thi
His « paparazzis » behaviour isn’t the first time .
Look the end of the video .
It had nothing with a view point but for someone not looking In front of him while walking .
He could ask his questions on the right plate form at a news conference without any trouble .
Your crazy if you think this is a justified arrest? I am not sure if Rebel Media is granted access and you know the Liberals will never allow them a question if they had access
I believe it was the Leaders' Debates Commission that didn't allow them at the debate, unless there's another time this happened I'm not aware of. He was removed from a Conservative event as well, and likely others, as I alluded to already in my previous post. The issues with Rebel Media, and Menzies in particular, go far beyond "a history with Rebel Media and the Trudeau government".
I disagree freedom of the press is just to important. Though this type of behavior from the RCMP does not surprise me. Part of me think Freeland should have said something and said stop what your doing to the RCMP
That a cop overreacts, cuffs a reporter, and then releases him a little while later without even removing him from the scene? I think the cop was away out of line, but people in China and Russia would be thrilled if this was all they had to worry about. This is a pretty silly comparison.
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My first inclination is to say the PM should *never* be making public statements about police actions, as they need to be independent. But there could be exceptions for extreme examples I haven't considered, so I'll just say that this doesn't rise to anywhere near that level IMO.
Do I support this kind of journalism were a reporter waits for the deputy PM and asks her a good question why Canada has not classified a group as terrorists when most countries have. Reporters do this everyday from CNN & MSNBC and Fox and Canadian news agencies.
They must have switched the video after you posted, as this doesn't describe what I saw.
Your crazy if you think this is a justified arrest? I am not sure if Rebel Media is granted access and you know the Liberals will never allow them a question if they had access
Where did I say it was a justified arrest ?
Rebel media has been previously ejected even in conservative conference news so I don’t know why u make it a liberal vs the world thing .
Rebel news are just trash paparazzi behaviour news outlet .
And again we see it here again how they try to make it about something about politics when instead it just about how stupidly they make news …..
It has everything to do with his media outlet. Canada has fallen hard. You had peaceful truck protestors having their financial assets frozen. You have people who defend their homes being thrown in prison. ITs an alt left dystopia
Lol peacefully preventing people to actually be able to used the city for 3 weeks and closing the borders .
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6730653
People in Ottawa-Gatineau mostly told the Ottawa People's Commission that last year's self-described "Freedom Convoy" brought widespread human rights abuses to people in the city's downtown, according to a new report.
The commission, which is separate from federal and city reviews of what happened in Ottawa in January and February 2022, said it wanted to hear from community members about the impact of the protest-turned-occupation about COVID-19 rules and the governments managing of them.
It said in a report released Monday that feedback was largely negative, that people felt unsafe and abandoned to a violent occupation of their neighbourhoods "by force and without their agreement."
« People who live and work in downtown Ottawa endured several weeks of widespread human rights abuse, amidst a climate of threats, fear, sexual harassment and intimidation marked by racism, misogyny, antisemitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and other expressions of hate and intolerance," it said.
"While convoy organizers claimed there was diversity among the participants and supporters, and that was true to a limited extent, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of people involved in the protests were white males."
People told this commission they were driven into by truck drivers, beaten, pushed, chased and threatened. Many felt they either had to remain inside their homes to stay safe from the noise, fumes and people taking up streets or leave the area altogether. »
U clearly live in lalaland .
No surprise from a Putin/trump praiser .
No idea wtf his talking about .
It is pretty wild seeing the media coverage of the Lakewood Church mass shooter. If it wasn't for "right wing" X I would literally have no clue this person is trans. The media is just completely ignoring and obfuscating this. In fact, I am not even 100% sure they are trans, as they somehow have a 7 year old child.
At this point I assume right wing Twitter is telling the truth the media refuses to and the shooter is actually a trans biological male. But it is definitely possible (but not plausible) they are a biological female that uses male aliases. I really have no clue as the media is just obfuscating.
It is also being slow rolled by the media this person has a history of anti-semitism which may be involved in their motives (no surprise here the media would slow roll this).
As far as this alleged booking photo there is also the question how someone born in El Salvador with a hispanic last name is a white non-hispanic. Begs to question what the definition of hispanic is anyway.
There is also the small fact that a "hero with a gun" is the one that stopped the shooter before they were able to kill anyone, which obviously isn't convenient to left wing anti-gun narratives.
Truly bizarre story with many politics/society/culture war related subplots. There is about 10 different threads in this forum this story could go in as a discussion piece.
5'9'' and 190 is a lot of pupusas.
First media link for "Lakewood Church mass shooter" I found (BBC) indicates that the shooter was Hispanic and transgender. But I guess Kelhus is going to keep on lying.
Just like the Nashville shooter the Media will wipe out the obvious
First media link for "Lakewood Church mass shooter" I found (BBC) indicates that the shooter was Hispanic and transgender. But I guess Kelhus is going to keep on lying.
Link to this BBC article? Like I said, I still am not sure they are actually trans. Right wing twitter will often report true things media obfuscates because it isn't convenient to the narrative; but they will also flat out say things that are not true. So anytime something is being reported on right wing twitter that you cant find any confirmation at all in the MSM, even with a lot of digging, there should be some trepidation.
Of course this is a big problem with having such a biased, compromised gatekeeper (the MSM). But that is another tangent altogether.
Also, do you think that booking photo where they are clearly listed as non-hispanic is fake?
This does segue into another "right wing X conspiracy" where it is alleged if someone of potentially ambiguous identity does something good they are black/brown, but if it is a crime or bad they are "white," to cook the books so to speak.
There is actually entire "right wing conspiracy" X handles that focus on showing booking photos of people who don't appear to be "white" by common understanding of the term who are listed as "white" by the justice system after committing a crime.
