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applegrove

(123,135 posts)
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 07:29 PM Aug 2017

Is there a future for right-wing Rebel Media?

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-august-22-2017-1.4255624/is-there-a-future-for-right-wing-rebel-media-1.4255625

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Canada's right-wing online news and opinion site The Rebel is suddenly facing internal revolt and public shaming in the wake of its coverage of the violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Va. on Aug. 12.

It all started when one of its star personalities, Faith Goldy, came under fire for her live broadcast of the events, which critics said was sympathetic to white supremacists. 

In the span of just over a week, Goldy was fired, a cofounder quit, and politicians, like Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, announced they would no longer grant interviews to the controversial media outlet. Some of The Rebel's top contributors also left the fold, including Gavin McInnes, right-wing media personality and co-founder of Vice Media.

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"They didn't have any problem when The Rebel was largely trafficking in anti-Muslim and anti-Islam sentiment, but neo-Nazism and a murdered white woman is a bridge too far,"



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Is there a future for right-wing Rebel Media? (Original Post) applegrove Aug 2017 OP
I hope not True Dough Aug 2017 #1

True Dough

(20,287 posts)
1. I hope not
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 07:33 PM
Aug 2017

Or, if there is a future, I hope it's under new direction. The right wing deserves a voice, of course, but Rebel Media has been so antagonistic.

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