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"Rebel Media" imploding this week
kimmy:
Grab some popcorn and check out the fun at Rebel Media.
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/politicians-contributors-distance-themselves-as-rebel-medias-meltdown-continues/wcm/23597cc0-4c97-4e64-bea4-999bd870f1f1
Rebel contributor Faith Goldy was at the "Unite The Right" rally in Charlottesville, and was in fact just a few feet away when that bozo plowed his car into the protestors. She had been, at the time, talking about what terrible and intolerant people the "anti-fascists" are.
Rebel Commander Ezra Levant says that he had requested that Goldy not attend the rally either as a Rebel Media reporter or as a private individual. But she did, and some of her co-workers were concerned that her coverage came across as sympathetic to the white nationalists. Brian Lilley quit, citing concern over the editorial direction of Rebel Media. Barbara Kay and John Robson followed, expressing similar concerns.
Conservative leader Andrew Scheer has announced he will no longer do interviews with Rebel Media, as have Jason Kenney and Brian Jean (the two leaders of Alberta's "Unite The Right" movement, which aims to unite the Progressive Conservatives with the Wild Rose Party, as opposed to uniting White Nationalists with Neo Nazis.) Canadian Conservatives clearly don't wish to be associated with a website that until this week has been breathlessly hyping alt-right ideas and personalities.
Then things got worse for our Rebel Commander, as it turns out that Faith Goldy also did a podcast with The Daily Stormer (a white supremacist website) while she was in Virginia. At this point Ezra had no choice but to fire Faith, and he did exactly that today. Also today, contributor Gavin MacInnes cut ties with The Rebel as well.
As well, Norwegian Cruise Lines cancelled The Rebel's "Rebel Cruise", not wanting to be associated with these jerks either. https://www.therebelcruise.ca/ (Of the 4 people in that promo picture, 2 of them left the company today. Who'd want to be stuck on a cruise ship with these jerks anyway? Just imagining Ezra Levant in his swimsuit and Hawaiian shirt is traumatizing... who'd want to experience it in real life? Levant no doubt wears socks with his sandals. I am confident that people who spent money on this incredibly bad idea will receive refunds and have an opportunity to do something better with their money.)
Also, the advertiser boycott of The Rebel is up to 237 companies.
As if all that wasn't enough, Ezra faces more trouble on a different front, as former Rebel contributor Caolan Robertson released a video alleging that Ezra has been scamming donors and killed a story about the UK Independence Party committing electoral fraud because he was trying to recruit Nigel Farage as a contributor. (then Robertson asked viewers for donations so that he could start his own alt-right media company...)
So, fun times for Ezra Levant this week. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
-k
Michael Hardner:
I like our Conservatives when they act Canadian.
This copying of the divisive tactics from down south has to stop. Let's hope a new site replaces The Rebel soon.
Peter F:
Gave him lots of rope and he hung himself. For the third time.
Queefer Sutherland:
Ezra is a bit of a douche, sometimes a massive douche, though he's Jewish so extremely unlikely he'd be supporting any Neo-Nazis any time soon. Gavin McInnis i saw completely disavowed himself from the event prior to it happening & was adamant that his "proud boys" not attend.
Conservatives seem a more complex bunch with more subgroups than on the left. Nazis, fiscal conservatives, social conservatives, neoconservatives, libertarians, white nationalists etc.
Will be interesting to see where Ezra lands after this.
Queefer Sutherland:
I found it odd how much fundraising & activism was on The Rebel site. I guess now I know why.
--- Quote ---In an explosive video posted to YouTube on Thursday, featuring secretly recorded audio of Levant, Robertson claimed The Rebel has dishonestly solicited donations in excess of the costs of creating its content, concealed its use of the money, and oriented its news agenda around stories that can be turned into activist campaigns, generating a vast database of email addresses of sympathetic viewers and readers who can be mobilized for fundraising.
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