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Reminder: Rebel is NOT a news source. They are right wing propagandists; sensationalist of the worst kind.
Mainstream media needs to stop platforming Ezra Levant https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/09/18/opinion/mainstream-media-needs-stop-platforming-ezra-levant via @NatObserver
Mainstream media needs to stop platforming Ezra Levant https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/09/18/opinion/mainstream-media-needs-stop-platforming-ezra-levant via @NatObserver
How far-right outlet Rebel Media uses YouTube as a powerful force for radicalisation, misinformation and propaganda. https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2019/09/perspective-youtube-radicalisation-rebel-media-190929065716435.html
Complaint to Police Filed Against Rebel Media, Conservative Campaign Chair Hamish Marshall https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/9kea7y/complaint-to-police-filed-against-rebel-media-conservative-campaign-chair-hamish-marshall
How Low Can They Go? Canada's Extremist Network 'The Rebel' Tries for the Prize https://www.desmogblog.com/2019/10/19/right-wing-attacks-greta-thunberg-canada-extremist-rebel
Far-right website Rebel Media removed from Conservative campaign stop https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/09/30/rebel-without-a-media-accreditation.html
Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media boosts propaganda from neo-Nazi group https://pressprogress.ca/ezra_levant_rebel_media_boosts_propaganda_from_neo_nazi_group/
Andrew Scheer's Ties to Rebel Media Are Now Impossible to Deny https://thewalrus.ca/andrew-scheers-ties-to-rebel-media-are-now-impossible-to-deny/#.Xpt34kK85lY.twitter
I look at publications like Rebel, True North, Sun, etc like I do the National Enquirer or The Weekly World News.
Sadly, though, many readers are more concerned with sensationalism and confirmation bias than they are about fact checking and vetting sources.
Sadly, though, many readers are more concerned with sensationalism and confirmation bias than they are about fact checking and vetting sources.
While you're here, here's a short thread about Postmedia's turn to right wing sensationalism... https://twitter.com/Learning2GetBy/status/1251641359804452864?s=19
Also while you're here, a thread on fact finding... https://twitter.com/Learning2GetBy/status/1169642468779929600?s=19
Oh, and a thread about Canadaland/Jesse Brown....
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia https://twitter.com/Learning2GetBy/status/1283590098911744000?s=19
#cdnpoli #cdnmedia https://twitter.com/Learning2GetBy/status/1283590098911744000?s=19
