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(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) We reported Monday on a “bombshell” report from Rolling Stone that, like many supposed “bombshell” reports coming from the mainstream media (including Rolling Stone’s storied history on that front) over the last several years was much ado about nothing.
The anonymously sourced “ report ” centered around the supposed revelation that some of the so-called organizers and planners of the January 6th Trump rally purportedly met with some Republican members of Congress, where they allegedly “participate[ed] in ‘dozens’ of planning briefings ahead of that day when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol as his election loss to President Joe Biden was being certified.”
As Bonchie correctly pointed out in his write-up, there was simply no “there” there in the Rolling Stone “bombshell” because the framing of the story was wrong. So what if Republican members of Congress and/or their staffers met with organizers of the Trump rally in advance of it? The Trump rally was NOT the Capitol riot, last I checked.
But the mainstream media and hardline Democrats desperate to smear Republicans over their supposed “participation and plotting” of the Capitol riot want you to think that, which is why we see even more bad framing here from CNN reporter Melanie Zanona, who tweeted today in response to the Rolling Stone article that Mo Brooks told her he wasn’t involved in, her words, “planning the Jan 6 rally” but that he said he’d be “proud” if he found out his staffers had had any help in planning the “lawful rally”: Rep. Mo Brooks told me he had “no involvement” in planning the Jan 6 rally but said: “I don’t know if my staff did.. but if they did I’d be proud of them for helping to put together a rally lawful under the First Amendment at the ellipse to protest voter fraud & election theft.” — Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) October 26, 2021 The insinuation was clearly there that Brooks was actually saying he would be “proud” if his staffers helped plan the Capitol riot. But Brooks’ distinction there was very important. Trump’s rally in and of […]
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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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Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker