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(AP Photo/John Locher) I have published multiple reports on the arrest of Clark County’s Democrat Public Administrator Robert Telles for the murder of investigative journalist Jeff German. I’ve covered the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s investigation and search of Telles’ property , the subsequent arrest , Sheriff Joe Lombardo’s formal announcement of the arrest and press conference, and Telles’ initial court appearance .
I have aimed to do this reporting without conflating or noting the relevant political undercurrents for the benefit of my own community in Las Vegas, which is seeking answers in an unsettling moment of grief and shock. But, I am not a criminal justice reporter. I am a political writer, and RedState’s readers want to understand more than the cut-and-dried facts of this case. It will likely not come as a surprise that there is a partisan implication in how Nevada’s public officials are responding to this case.
Firstly, Jeff German as a well-known, respected, and tenacious journalist was memorialized by Nevada’s top elected officials after his passing, including posts from official state accounts. Since it has been discovered that the accused murderer, Telles, is a sitting Democrat public official, many of the state’s Democrat elected leaders have been mum. They were heartbroken about German’s murder but failed to celebrate that the crime was swiftly solved and the accused murderer was brought to face justice.
Case in point is Democrat Governor Steve Sisolak, who’s in the midst of a tight re-election race against GOP nominee and current Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo. Sisolak posted condolences from his official Twitter account upon the news of German’s murder. This is a tragic loss for our community – @JGermanRJ was tough but fair and a great mentor to young reporters both at the @LasVegasSun and the @reviewjournal . Kathy and I are […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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JD Rucker