Dutifully disparaging the one bright light shining some needed illumination on dark ideology & policy, Mr. Chomyn must have been paid well to create this narrative.
This attack means cons are scared of MHN.
Which means MHN isn’t off the mark.
Dead on target I’d say.
This attack means cons are scared of MHN.
Which means MHN isn’t off the mark.
Dead on target I’d say.
Rebel is a propaganda machine.
Created by Ezra Levant as a means to skirt Canadian broadcasting restrictions that Ezra’s first venture (Sun cable news) into a state and oligarchy sponsored propaganda mill was incapable of achieving.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel…
Created by Ezra Levant as a means to skirt Canadian broadcasting restrictions that Ezra’s first venture (Sun cable news) into a state and oligarchy sponsored propaganda mill was incapable of achieving.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel…
Rebel is one sided narrative. The far right. Extreme views and radicalized narratives.
There are no liberal or moderate views presented.
A broadcasting licence is unobtainable for a registered “news” outlet that restricts its content to a biased & one sided narrative.
There are no liberal or moderate views presented.
A broadcasting licence is unobtainable for a registered “news” outlet that restricts its content to a biased & one sided narrative.
Harper commissioned a report (2007) that recommended changing broadcasting regulations. But in a minority government, he was unable to pass them and change the Broadcasting Act.
publications.gc.ca/collections/co…
publications.gc.ca/collections/co…
When Harper finally achieved a majority election win in 2011, one of his first autocratic efforts was to amend the Broadcasting Act. But he found the director of the CRTC non compliant with that endeavour. So he got rid of him. huffingtonpost.ca/2011/09/27/fin…
It would hardly be possible to surreptitiously change the Broadcasting Act when he had just refused to renew his contract replaced him with a loyalist.
Ezra’s Sun News Network was failing to shift the narrative. Plagued with low viewership & bias.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_News_…
Ezra’s Sun News Network was failing to shift the narrative. Plagued with low viewership & bias.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_News_…
One thing Harper did achieve was to leave the Internet unregulated.
By 2011 it had become apparent Social Media and the prolific number of internet sites offering false information was becoming a problem in Canada. Harper arranged for an unregulated internet presence in Canada.
By 2011 it had become apparent Social Media and the prolific number of internet sites offering false information was becoming a problem in Canada. Harper arranged for an unregulated internet presence in Canada.
So, Ezra Levant shut down Sun News Network and switched to an internet based broadcast. Where one sided, biased hate speech was unregulated and at the time, unmonitored. Thus, the creation of Rebel Media in 2015 by Ezra Levant.
Rebel Media is a state (CPC) sanctioned medium to provoke the Canadian electorate, with a bit of conspiracy theory and as much hate speech as possible to foment intolerance and hatred of targeted enemies in a tolerant and pluralistic nation to shift Canadian culture.
To use populist demagoguery to control the electorate, one must control the media; take possession of the narrative. It’s an essential foundation for a burgeoning neofascist leader.
One disruptive internet site wasn’t enough to shift the narrative.
One disruptive internet site wasn’t enough to shift the narrative.
Harper set about destroying what generations of Canadians had come to trust. Canadian produced info.
He allowed the purchase of major Canadian MSM news by foreign owners.
He cancelled CBC full funding & changed the culture of a Canadian institution. nationalobserver.com/2015/10/01/opi…
He allowed the purchase of major Canadian MSM news by foreign owners.
He cancelled CBC full funding & changed the culture of a Canadian institution. nationalobserver.com/2015/10/01/opi…
By relaxing restrictions on ownership of Canadian culture, he sold scientific journals to the highest international bidder & privatized a collection of scientific resources that were internationally renowned & used by various scientists across the globe.
cbc.ca/news/technolog…
cbc.ca/news/technolog…
Those decisions were the death knell of Canadian democracy. Postmedia began buying up major news outlets and then smaller news outlets in rural and small centres across Alberta and Ontario.
Look it up. Postmedia has a veritable monopoly on the narrative in Alberta and Ontario.
Look it up. Postmedia has a veritable monopoly on the narrative in Alberta and Ontario.
Where is the fight for political dominance fought? In Ontario.
Where is the control centre of Canadian oligarchy? Toronto and Calgary. It’s not the Laurentians as cons would have you believe. But I’m certain many Laurentians are trusted investors.
Where is the control centre of Canadian oligarchy? Toronto and Calgary. It’s not the Laurentians as cons would have you believe. But I’m certain many Laurentians are trusted investors.
But a few independent news outlets have survived and haven’t become part of the regurgitated & syndicated conservative bias and propaganda machine.
These survivors of the march towards authoritarianism are in smaller centres in AB & ON.
Medicine Hat News is one of them.
These survivors of the march towards authoritarianism are in smaller centres in AB & ON.
Medicine Hat News is one of them.
A proliferation of internet based propaganda outlets have sprung up with the success of Rebel Media. Spencer Fernando, The Post Millenial, True North, and a few less known sites.
All created to lure the Canadian electorate into disruptive discourse and targeted hatred.
All created to lure the Canadian electorate into disruptive discourse and targeted hatred.
So Mr. Chomyn, it would be greatly appreciated if you did NOT compare Rebel News to MHN. Because the two could NOT be more different if you tried.
MHN hasn’t sold out to the Conservative disinformation machine. I encourage you to read their news. Maybe learn what real news is.
MHN hasn’t sold out to the Conservative disinformation machine. I encourage you to read their news. Maybe learn what real news is.
The attraction to MHN by various Canadians is because of the dearth of actual news and op ed’s in Alberta that presents an informed, thoughtful consideration of political events in the Albertan & Canadian political theatre, and asks pertinent questions of political decisions.
It’s the critical thinking consumer who is making the choice to read, ponder, amplify and support MHN. It’s become a ray of light in a dark forlorn dirigible known as Alberta Conservative politics.
It receives national notice because of the rarity of this jewel.
It receives national notice because of the rarity of this jewel.
Your attempt to smear this David-like noteworthy news outlet in a sea of Goliaths is reprehensible.
I suspect some of that $30M propaganda fund has made it into your pocketbook to perform this task.
But you’re too late.
I suspect some of that $30M propaganda fund has made it into your pocketbook to perform this task.
But you’re too late.
MHN has more readership and subscription support now than it ever would by abandoning its post and adopting conservative ideology.
So you’ve just assisted independent news outlets to discover the secret to real journalism’s survival.
So you’ve just assisted independent news outlets to discover the secret to real journalism’s survival.
There is an abundant market for well researched, informed, intelligent, thoughtful news and opinion that performs a check on power. The public thirsts for knowledge & facts.
Because enough of us who know what real news is are parched in this information desert created by Harper.
Because enough of us who know what real news is are parched in this information desert created by Harper.
Those of us who have refused the Postmedia koolaid and anxiously flock to the MHN oasis to quench our thirst, will continue to drink from the well of knowledge, truth and facts, paying for it as required, and building a solid business case for other oases to emerge.
Remember, UCP only received 1/3 of voter support in provincial elections. That means 2/3 of us are seeking out truth, facts and contemplating the toxic ideology being forced on us by the UCP tyranny of the minority.
You should be afraid.
We are the majority.
By a landslide.
You should be afraid.
We are the majority.
By a landslide.
Moderates have always been the majority in Canada.
Which is why Harper attacked the 4th estate during his tenure. To weaken their voice.
The only way conservatives can win elections is to cheat and lie, smear and obstruct.
And control the narrative. Or attempt to anyways.
Which is why Harper attacked the 4th estate during his tenure. To weaken their voice.
The only way conservatives can win elections is to cheat and lie, smear and obstruct.
And control the narrative. Or attempt to anyways.
