Greg Wycliffe - Memes are becoming more relevant than Global News

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

00:01:48.500 than you are with the trash you're writing at Global News, Rachel.

00:01:53.860 Wow.

Greg Wycliffe - September 25, 2022