Greg Wycliffe - September 25, 2022


Memes are becoming more relevant than Global News

Topics
memes vs. real news articles
Hosted by
Greg Wycliffe
Mentioned
James Topp Ferryman
Talking to MartyUpNorth who started the #trudeaumustgo trend Canadian Legion wants to CANCEL James Topp

Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

179.8

Word count

343

Sentence count

26

Harmful content

Toxicity

3

sentences flagged


Summary

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Rachel Gilmore explains why fake headlines are so believable, and why Global News is so bad that they have to get a notice of libel from a reporter for writing one. Global News reporter, Rachel Gilmore, is suing a man named James Topp for libel.

Transcript

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00:00:01.000 I'm Rachel Gilmore and my name is on that article, but I didn't write it.
00:00:05.400 People are photoshopping real journalists' names on fake headlines.
00:00:09.340 And the question you should be asking, Rachel, is why are these fake articles so believable?
00:00:14.460 Could it be because some people have just lost so much faith in companies like Global News?
00:00:19.860 Hey look, here's you promoting segregation. Real article.
00:00:24.040 And here you are again promoting segregation. Real article.
00:00:27.120 Here's you implying that any MP who associates with the Freedom Convoy is far right. Real article.
00:00:33.640 And is the original example of this fake article really that far off?
00:00:37.280 No, it's not.
00:00:38.540 And then in this real article, you call James Topp simply, man with far right extremist ties.
00:00:45.400 James Topp is a Canadian legend who has marched all the way from Vancouver, B.C. to Ottawa
00:00:51.100 to protest mandates in the Canadian military that still exist, by the way.
00:00:54.880 You should be ashamed of yourself, Rachel, but thankfully your article is so terrible
00:00:58.820 that James Topp is serving Global News with a notice of libel.
00:01:01.800 Your reporting is so bad that you're getting your parent company into legal issues.
00:01:06.140 So is it really that surprising that people are believing in these fake articles?
00:01:11.060 A big shout out to the Ferryman's Toll, the author of these fake articles.
00:01:14.600 He made this fake article saying,
00:01:16.200 Transportation Minister considers creating an unvaccinated section at the rear of the plane.
00:01:19.860 That fake article went so viral that routers had to do a fact check on it.
00:01:23.580 And here's the kicker.
00:01:24.720 At the time, many people didn't even realize that unvaccinated Canadians weren't even allowed on a plane.
00:01:30.720 So this fake news article, through irony and sarcasm,
00:01:34.520 drew more attention to the fact that unvaccinated people are not allowed on an airplane in Canada
00:01:39.520 than the actual Canadian news media did.
00:01:41.720 So this memester, the Ferryman's Toll, with his photoshopped headlines
00:01:45.040 is providing more public service to Canadian citizens 0.99
00:01:48.500 than you are with the trash you're writing at Global News, Rachel. 1.00
00:01:53.860 Wow. 1.00