Indigo CEO Heather Reisman is currently in the middle of a bizarre campaign to make her lone soldier HESEG Foundation appear as though it's a fund for "orphans."
The Globe and Mail retraction Giller Prize ED @ElyRobbins refers to here actually had to be embarrassingly amended
The Globe and Mail retraction Giller Prize ED @ElyRobbins refers to here actually had to be embarrassingly amended
Heather Reisman bragged in the National Post about securing a retraction from the Globe and Mail in an article about the Giller Prize.
Not mentioned is that her "retraction" had to be later corrected
nationalpost.com/news/canada/gi…
Not mentioned is that her "retraction" had to be later corrected
nationalpost.com/news/canada/gi…
The original:
"...the HESEG Foundation, which funds scholarships for foreign soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces."
was changed to:
"..the HESEG Foundation, which funds scholarships for former soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces who have no family left."
"...the HESEG Foundation, which funds scholarships for foreign soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces."
was changed to:
"..the HESEG Foundation, which funds scholarships for former soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces who have no family left."
This "correction" implies that the HESEG Foundation supports orphans in need of our sympathy. This is patently untrue, and the Globe was forced to correct this yet again.
The article now says this:
The article now says this:
There's obviously a large difference between "no family left" and "no family in this country."
This is a very long-winded way of saying that HESEG funds foreign soldiers who have completed their service in the IDF.
This is a very long-winded way of saying that HESEG funds foreign soldiers who have completed their service in the IDF.
It's clear the Globe unthinkingly bent to Reisman's will, and then had to quickly backtrack.
As stated in the NatPost article, on *HESEG's own website*, and elsewhere, the foundation funds scholarships for "lone soldiers" in the IDF.
Here she is posing with some:
As stated in the NatPost article, on *HESEG's own website*, and elsewhere, the foundation funds scholarships for "lone soldiers" in the IDF.
Here she is posing with some:
The press has gotten used to acting as a mouthpiece for Reisman - a woman who, alongside her husband Gerald Schwartz, has maxed out donations to Pierre Poilievre, and donated to the homophobic, anti-vax "Canada Christian College"
https://x.com/michael_deforge/status/1871362740172054887
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