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"Rebel Media" imploding this week
« on: August 18, 2017, 01:31:12 am »
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.

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Offline Michael Hardner

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2017, 06:44:43 am »
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.

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2017, 06:36:58 pm »
Gave him lots of rope and he hung himself. For the third time.
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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 09:55:36 pm »
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.
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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2017, 10:01:05 pm »
I found it odd how much fundraising & activism was on The Rebel site.  I guess now I know why.

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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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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2017, 12:31:47 pm »
Well of course, they're always asking viewers to send them money for some cause or another.  "Support our coverage of this important issue!" etc.  I mean, they're not claiming to be a regulated charity and they're not suggesting your "donation" is tax deductible, so it really doesn't matter what they do with the money, does it?  I mean, if you decide to send "donations" to a private business, why would you feel scammed if they accept your money?

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2017, 12:43:57 pm »
This excerpt from Ezra's statement highlights the cowardice of his position:

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When I first heard of the alt-right a year ago, I thought it simply meant the insurgent right, the politically incorrect right, the grassroots right, the nationalistic right, the right that was a counterweight to the establishment of the GOP, the right that backed Trump and his "Make America Great Again" style over Jeb Bush and the swamp. It was unashamed right-wingedness, with a sense of humour.

Prominent alt-right personalities back then included the outrageous but loveable Milo Yiannopoulos, who just happened to be a half-Jewish gay man who preferred black men. I remember when Hillary Clinton made her bizarre campaign speech attacking the alt-right, and it sounded no different than any of her other “deplorables” insults, so that made me even more interested.

But the alt-right has changed into something new, especially since Trump’s election. Now the leading figure — at least in terms of media attention — is Richard Spencer, and other white nationalists. By that, I mean people whose central organizing political principle is race.

He says that Hilary's speech was "bizarre", then claims that the alt-right has changed. It was just zany irreverent fun and wacky Pepe The Frog memes and stuff, but then it changed.

It didn't change. This element was always there. Hilary was right all along. It didn't change. Everybody told you it was there, and you ignored it because you didn't want to see it. Ezra and his ilk played along and turned a blind eye to "the deplorables" because it was convenient for them, and they're only disavowing it now because it's no longer convenient.

You're a gutless puke, Ezra Levant.

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2017, 07:02:41 am »
I'd like to think that this is part of the regrouping that is to be expected with the rise of social media.  The emergence of fringe voices, previously silenced by MSM, is/was shocking and needed to be processed, and new 'publics' had to emerge from that.  It seems that the Canadian conservatives are finding themselves again.

Canadaland is a great podcast that represents a 'centre' of sorts, but not one beholden to the Liberals by any means.
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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2017, 12:24:30 pm »
I say this as someone who regularly votes conservative...I have absolutely no sympathy for The Rebel, or any of their past or presnt contributors (such as Brian Lilley.)

I was never a subscriber to the Rebel, but I did occasionally come across their site when doing news searches. I also heard Bryan Lilley on the radio quite frequently. During the election, the Rebel seemed to be solidly pro-Trump. (Maybe I missed any pro-clinton articles they ran...) Yet Trump's racists leanings were well known, even before the recent troubles with the white supremacists.

So NOW all these Rebel contributors find fault in the direction of the Rebel's content? Where were they last year when Trump was talking about mexican rapists? Why weren't they complaining about the Rebel supporting a guy who considered blacks as "lazy"?



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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2017, 09:17:11 pm »
I'd like to think that this is part of the regrouping that is to be expected with the rise of social media.  The emergence of fringe voices, previously silenced by MSM, is/was shocking and needed to be processed, and new 'publics' had to emerge from that.  It seems that the Canadian conservatives are finding themselves again.

Canadaland is a great podcast that represents a 'centre' of sorts, but not one beholden to the Liberals by any means.

I found Canadaland on Spotify last week, and it is good. 

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2017, 10:18:52 pm »
I didn't agree with a ton of their opinions/content, but I liked going to Rebel Media to check out the rightwing spin on the news, as opposed to the leftwing spin we get mostly everywhere else.  It had stories that most other outlets wouldn't dare report.  I find the same with National Post, though not as extreme.  It's so interesting to me how left & rightwing news outlets will spin the same story so differently too.

I guess I'll have to start checking out the Toronto Sun or Ottawa Sun rags... BLECH.
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« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2017, 03:50:19 am »
I didn't agree with a ton of their opinions/content, but I liked going to Rebel Media to check out the rightwing spin on the news, as opposed to the leftwing spin we get mostly everywhere else.  It had stories that most other outlets wouldn't dare report.  I find the same with National Post, though not as extreme.  It's so interesting to me how left & rightwing news outlets will spin the same story so differently too.

Yes, I sometimes check out sites like the Rebel and Breitbart for the same reason. I used to visit Breitbart regularly to find out what talking points the Obama haters at MLW would be parroting that week. When Trump became president, it was interesting to see how they'd spin his blunders or how they were trying to reconcile Planet Trump with Planet Earth.  Now that Steve Bannon is no longer in the Trump administration, do I have to stop calling it Breitpravda?  Anyway.  I agree, having a variety of viewpoints is a good thing. My complaint with Rebel and Breitbart is that they too often cross the line into being full-on propaganda.


I guess I'll have to start checking out the Toronto Sun or Ottawa Sun rags... BLECH.

Well, Ezra's not done yet.  I imagine the past week's events won't actually change much with his loyal fanbase. He got rid of Faith Goldy, did his damage control, and this will probably blow over. He'll find new blowhards to provide content.  I doubt that many Rebel regulars actually mind too much that Faith Goldy was sympathetic to the white nationalists or appeared on a Daily Stormer podcast. 

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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2017, 07:58:33 am »
Now that Breitbart is criticizing Trump for not pulling out of Aghanistan, I wonder if his supporters will stick with him or continue to parrot Breitbart's criticisms.

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« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2017, 08:39:04 am »
not only not pulling out, but now adding 4000 extra troops.
Is this a FLIP or a FLOP?
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Re: "Rebel Media" imploding this week
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2017, 09:30:09 am »
I found Canadaland on Spotify last week, and it is good.

Monday's episode chronicles the Rebel implosion in detail.  I'm part way through it.

Why can't conservatives get together and just brand themselves as the caring pragmatists that they are at heart ?