Rebel News Podcast - Rebel Roundup： Guests Jessica Swietoniowski and Keean Bexte

00:00:00.560 You're listening to a Rebel Media Podcast.

00:00:03.860 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you,

00:00:06.980 in which we look back at some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favourite rebels.

00:00:12.120 I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:00:14.360 Well, voting is already underway in the UK, and we'll find out if our favourite dark horse,

00:00:19.600 Tommy Robinson, will actually capture a seat in the European Parliament in the days ahead.

00:00:25.040 And Jessica Swetniewski has been covering the Tommy campaign, and she has all the latest news.

00:00:32.960 And if you're of a certain age, rather, you no doubt remember a day when the CBC

00:00:38.240 used to produce youth-orientated programming that was clean and wholesome.

00:00:44.660 Well, those days would appear to be gone.

00:00:47.100 Kian Bexty will discuss how the CBC is now pursuing a youth-focused social media strategy

00:00:53.680 that is vulgar, grotesque, and downright disturbing.

00:00:58.360 And finally, letters, we get your letters.

00:01:00.420 We get them every minute of every day.

00:01:02.340 And I'll share some of your responses regarding my commentary about a war memorial in Ottawa

00:01:07.880 that was recently dedicated to those Canadians who fell in the Afghanistan War.

00:01:13.760 Just one hitch, however.

00:01:15.420 The Trudeau Liberals apparently don't want any Canadians to see it.

00:01:20.660 Those are your rebels. Now let's round them up.

00:01:23.680 I'm Jessica Swetniewski with The Rebel.

00:01:33.640 Here in the UK, Tommy Robinson's campaign has moved to Alden,

00:01:38.960 which is a heavily Muslim-populated area.

00:01:42.240 The protesters are behind us.

00:01:44.420 The police did have to push them back.

00:01:46.360 They started with throwing eggs, and now they're actually going into the bins.

00:01:49.740 And going into the trash bins, picking up bottles, and throwing it to the sides.

00:01:56.400 The protesters came, probably around 100 of them.

00:02:07.840 They started on one side.

00:02:08.840 Police did block them.

00:02:09.840 And they actually came around the street to another corner, all running towards the rally,

00:02:26.480 throwing eggs, throwing bottles that they're finding in bins lying around in front of the houses.

00:02:31.640 I even saw them throw some bricks at Tommy Robinson's crowd.

00:02:40.300 We here at The Rebel are all about freedom of speech, and what reasonable person would be against that anyway.

00:02:46.780 And it's healthy for a democracy to have vigorous debates on the issues of the day.

00:02:51.680 But throwing rocks, throwing bottles, all with the intent to injure those who you disagree with?

00:03:00.120 Sorry, that's not crossing the line.

00:03:02.500 That's obliterating the line when it comes to discourse, civility, and yes, even abiding by the law of the land.

00:03:10.300 And joining me now with more on the Tommy Robinson election campaign is our very own Jessica Swetnyakski.

00:03:18.220 Hey, Jessica.

00:03:19.320 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, and I'm sorry if I massacred the pronunciation of your surname yet again.

00:03:25.560 No worries.

00:03:26.600 It was as good as it'll be, I think.

00:03:29.220 Thank you so much for your tolerance.

00:03:31.540 Jessica, you've been producing absolutely superb videos as you cover the Tommy Robinson election campaign.

00:03:38.040 I mean, this particular video I was speaking about alone garnered more than half a million views.

00:03:44.300 But, Jessica, when the camera doesn't lie, of course, and we saw a mob of thugs throwing rocks and bottles right in front of police officers,

00:03:53.620 and I didn't see a single arrest, which is kind of odd given that UK police will actually arrest people these days for hurting somebody's feelings online.

00:04:03.700 So, please tell us, what gives here?

00:04:05.980 I wish I knew.

00:04:09.280 I also personally, nobody here understands it, because this mob was actually led by police.

00:04:15.240 The police walked them over a mile to the rally, because I believe there was a quick, there may have been a location change.

00:04:23.040 So, I think that that is why the police actually had to lead them to the correct spot.

00:04:27.700 So, they were actually led to the rally.

00:04:31.020 There was some good space in between.

00:04:33.560 There's like, you know, two lines of police officers, but it was kind of strange because the police officers were pushing back Tommy's crowd and letting the big, the group of thugs actually get closer and closer over time.

00:04:45.780 At one point, the group of thugs there, they realized they didn't have enough access to the crowd there.

00:04:55.280 So, they actually went around the streets.

00:04:57.900 They went and tried to find another entrance to get closer to the crowd as well.

00:05:02.500 And police just stood around.

00:05:05.560 There was, there was a big brick that fell, that crashed on the floor just a few feet away from me.

00:05:12.500 And it completely shattered, and I just, when I saw that, like, I just imagined if that was somebody's head, if that was my head, if that was a kid's head.

00:05:19.660 There was children, there were families there, and there were no arrests.

00:05:23.500 I don't, I don't understand it, why there are no arrests.

00:05:27.260 I really, I wish I, I wish I knew, but the police really didn't do anything.

00:05:31.360 Well, Jessica, thank goodness that brick didn't hurt you.

00:05:34.960 I'm going to be a bit of a mind reader because I've run into these situations personally myself.

00:05:39.100 And you say to the police officer, hey, that guy is breaking the law, are you going to arrest him?

00:05:43.460 And the stand pat answer is, well, you know, tensions are very high right now.

00:05:50.920 You know, this mob is very potentially violent.

00:05:55.300 And if we arrest somebody breaking the law, that might incite them to actually do an all-out riot.

00:06:01.840 But I'm sorry, I say, look, it's, it's the criminal act that you should be cracking down on.

00:06:09.360 You shouldn't be turning a blind eye to it.

00:06:11.220 And I just think it's, it's terrible policing.

00:06:14.060 And that makes me segue into another question.

00:06:16.280 One of your other videos, Jessica, and I thought this was egregious.

00:06:19.860 You went over to interview a more peaceful anti-Tommy protest and a policewoman said, no, no, no, you've got to stand something like 30 meters away and I guess yell your questions.

00:06:34.540 But treating you like you were part of an organization that was against them when indeed you're there as a member of the press trying to get both sides of the story.

00:06:46.100 What was her problem in giving you access? 0.99

00:06:49.860 I, yeah, I really, I didn't understand it.

00:06:53.040 Actually, it's kind of funny because in the video, you can see my face.

00:06:56.080 It looks a little confused because I didn't understand what she meant.

00:06:59.460 She was telling me I can talk to the protesters, but just from several like meters away where I would have to, like you said, I would have to yell my questions.

00:07:07.600 So I kind of, I was kind of confused.

00:07:09.260 I was like, wait, are you, are you joking?

00:07:11.080 I was like, is this a joke?

00:07:12.560 We're just like some banter going on.

00:07:14.300 But no, she was serious.

00:07:15.280 She said, yeah, you can talk to them, but you have to talk to them from that far away, which of course I'm not going to because I'm not going to yell my question to a group of people and then have them yell back.

00:07:26.540 Like, of course, that's not a good idea.

00:07:28.420 I think that would probably escalate the situation more if I was yelling at the crowd of people instead of just, you know, civilly just speaking one-on-one to them, just having a normal conversation.

00:07:39.680 But yeah, you can even see I looked very confused in that video because I didn't understand what the issue was with me going over to talk to them.

00:07:47.340 No, I think it's appalling overreach.

00:07:49.160 I mean, I know our Rebel Media logo has a little stylized Megahorn.

00:07:54.840 Who knew we were actually supposed to pack one of those to do interviews in the UK?

00:07:59.060 Yeah.

00:08:00.040 But speaking of press coverage, Jessica, have you noticed, I mean, when the media do show up, and it doesn't look like they are in great numbers at least, have you detected any kind of a spin?

00:08:14.980 And I say that because, you know, two weeks ago when Ezra was over across the pond covering the latest Tommy trial, there was a member of the media that ratted out Ezra, so to speak, although there was nothing to rat out.

00:08:28.500 He was complaining to the judge that Ezra was live tweeting, which Ezra was allowed to do.

00:08:34.120 And I thought, my goodness, first of all, why would you be a tattletale on a non-crime?

00:08:40.240 And secondly, why aren't you guys live tweeting?

00:08:43.760 This is news.

00:08:44.560 So can you give us an idea of what the mainstream media actions have been in terms of the Tommy campaign, Jessica?

00:08:54.520 Well, I mean, it's the most obvious situation was after that riot.

00:09:00.240 And for the papers the next day, all the headlines were, you know, clashes at Tommy Robinson campaign.

00:09:08.960 And it was all very neutral and obviously trying to spin it as there was both sides to blame, which that wasn't the case because I didn't see any mainstream media cameras there.

00:09:21.420 I didn't see people from the media.

00:09:24.540 It was me.

00:09:25.440 It was there was a few other cameramen that I know are working with Tommy that were there getting in right to the front of the middle of the riot there.

00:09:33.760 But I didn't see anybody else.

00:09:35.200 And all I saw was the headlines the next day making it sound like there was just trouble at a rally.

00:09:44.020 But that wasn't what it was.

00:09:45.320 It was it was an obvious planned attack.

00:09:48.480 It was an obvious planned attack.

00:09:49.780 And anyone can see that.

00:09:50.980 And there was we noticed there was Halifax Pakistanis, those kind of T-shirts that said Halifax.

00:09:57.440 So these are people that actually traveled.

00:09:59.260 There was definitely information there.

00:10:00.900 I'm sure there was pages online that you can find these events being planned.

00:10:06.020 This was this was a planned attack.

00:10:07.920 This was not just some clash that happened at a protest and a rally.

00:10:12.740 That's not what happened at all.

00:10:14.220 You know, I find that incredible, that line, both sides to blame.

00:10:18.020 Yeah, because, you know, that Tommy supporter, he was a bit of a dummy standing there that impeded the flight path of a brick that just happened to randomly be flying by.

00:10:27.280 Just amazing.

00:10:28.680 You know, Jessica, tell me.

00:10:29.880 And speaking of the Tommy supporters, you've been there for several days now.

00:10:34.280 I'm sure you've gone to know many of them and you've interacted with many of them, certainly.

00:10:39.880 Can you give our audience an idea of who these people are and what is the primary thing that is eliciting their support for Tommy in the first place?

00:10:50.920 Well, first of all, these are these are really good people.

00:10:55.880 They're just honest, hardworking people that they it's, you know, like the media portrays them as like a like a fringe racist group or something.

00:11:05.520 And it's not fringe.

00:11:06.640 There's hundreds of people at every single rally.

00:11:08.680 And I know he has more supporters that just don't show up because they're they're scared to show their support publicly.

00:11:14.780 But talking to people, they are there's smiles everywhere.

00:11:18.420 The energy in every event of it has been so positive and inspiring.

00:11:23.640 It's been so inspiring.

00:11:24.700 And I know the number one reason that they support Tommy is because they legitimately fear where their country is going for the next generation.

00:11:33.960 They are they're worried about their children and this is a this is an honest fear that they're having.

00:11:40.500 It's not something it's not Islamophobia. 1.00

00:11:42.360 It's not something that they're building up in their head.

00:11:44.880 These are actual issues that are happening in small towns with the grooming gangs.

00:11:49.140 And Tommy has even met parents of of these these child victims.

00:11:55.020 And this is this is a real fear.

00:11:57.440 These aren't they're not crazy people that are making up a problem in their head.

00:12:01.800 They just aren't they're they're afraid of where it's going.

00:12:05.940 And so they're actually trying to make a stand and speaking up for these uncomfortable truth that we most people don't want to talk about, especially in the Muslim community.

00:12:14.740 People. It's uncomfortable.

00:12:16.480 You don't want to mention that nobody wants to mention that it's become so stigmatized.

00:12:20.520 But they have but these are these are amazing people that actually have the courage to show up to support him to talk there.

00:12:27.320 I've talked to a lot of them and they're telling me how they're trying to encourage everybody to vote for Tommy and to listen to what he says.

00:12:35.460 Don't don't Google him go and find a video of his and listen to what he says, because when you Google him, you get the mainstream media spin.

00:12:43.460 And but yeah, like these are these are positive people.

00:12:47.600 And it's just funny, the comparison, the contrast between Tommy's side.

00:12:52.460 And then when I go over and just take a look at the opposing the protesters, these protesters look just so miserable, so miserable and and angry and just sad.

00:13:03.320 And I remember even one of the protesters the other day had a dog and I was even looking at this dog and even the dog looks sad.

00:13:09.500 It's just like such a negative energy on that side.

00:13:12.560 And it's like, I don't know, they're just so full of guilt.

00:13:15.500 And I it's it's definitely like a deep rooted thing that they have going on.

00:13:21.500 But I personally don't understand it because Tommy's side is there.

00:13:26.180 They are living through problems and they're like what's happening to these small towns is depressing.

00:13:32.780 It's depressing and scary, but they're still staying positive because they feel like they have hope, especially with Tommy.

00:13:39.780 They feel like they have hope.

00:13:40.780 And Jessica, you know, great coverage.

00:13:43.020 Like I said, we have to wrap it here.

00:13:44.840 One very quick exit question, if you can answer very quickly in the days ahead, the ballots are going to be counted from what you're feeling, from what you're seeing over there.

00:13:55.760 Does Tommy actually have a chance of pulling off an incredible victory here?

00:14:00.620 I think he definitely has a chance.

00:14:03.380 I think he has a chance.

00:14:05.300 I don't want to say too much because, you know, I who knows what's going to happen.

00:14:11.060 It all kind of depends on voter turnout.

00:14:13.120 It seems like Tommy's rallies and campaigns have been pretty big and pretty lively.

00:14:18.900 And so, yeah, I think he has a chance.

00:14:22.620 Fantastic.

00:14:23.220 Well, who knows?

00:14:23.920 I mean, nobody a few years ago counted Donald Trump to even win the Republican nomination.

00:14:30.340 So things can happen.

00:14:31.520 Jessica, wonderful coverage.

00:14:32.920 Please stay safe, my friend.

00:14:34.900 And we look forward in the days ahead to see what the results of this campaign are.

00:14:39.960 Thank you so much for weighing in.

00:14:41.780 Yeah, no problem.

00:14:42.880 Thanks so much.

00:14:43.920 Fantastic.

00:14:44.600 And that was Jessica Swetnowski over in the UK.

00:14:48.800 Keep it here, folks.

00:14:49.820 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:14:52.340 Do you know what Snapchat is?

00:15:02.500 If you're between the ages of 13 and 24, I'm sure you do.

00:15:05.600 About 90% of the population uses the app about 25 times a day.

00:15:10.500 The usage drops off dramatically by the age of 34.

00:15:13.260 So for those of you who don't know what it is, it's an instant photo sharing tool that

00:15:17.160 has been widely popular among millennials and Generation Z.

00:15:19.720 Photo sharing is just one part of the platform, though.

00:15:22.720 A large component of the company's ad revenue comes from an interactive tabloid section.

00:15:27.880 Can you guess which state broadcaster leapt at the opportunity to weaponize this tool against

00:15:32.940 our children?

00:15:33.940 You got it.

00:15:34.680 It's the CBC.

00:15:35.960 Now, the CBC is not using Snapchat like it uses Twitter or Facebook, where there are real,

00:15:41.000 critical adults scrutinizing their state-funded work.

00:15:43.640 The CBC is using Snapchat to speak directly to kids like a predator would if he was in

00:15:48.780 a kid's home while the parents weren't there.

00:15:51.500 Uncensored, raw degeneracy.

00:15:54.280 They're not taking to Snapchat to tell 13 to 18-year-olds the latest news about Mark Norman

00:15:59.760 or SNC-Lavalin. 0.98

00:16:01.440 No, they are boldly advertising the benefits of smoking narcotics before having sexual intercourse. 1.00

00:16:06.780 They are fetishizing kinky disabled people. 1.00

00:16:09.880 I'm not exaggerating. 0.55

00:16:10.900 I mean this literally, the CBC urgently and repeatedly serves the 13-year-old boys of

00:16:16.280 Canada clickbait to tell them how admirable it is to watch their future girlfriend run 0.96

00:16:21.720 off and have sex with other men. 1.00

00:16:23.920 Feminism. 1.00

00:16:24.680 It'll get you every single time.

00:16:26.980 Gee, when I think back to the good old days regarding the CBC and programs that were targeted

00:16:32.420 at kids, I think of the friendly giant and the forest rangers and Mr. Dress-Up.

00:16:39.540 No, not the current Mr. Dress-Up in Ottawa pretending to run the country, but rather the dearly departed

00:16:45.280 Ernie Coombs.

00:16:46.800 Well, if Coombs and company could only see how the CBC is interacting with kids today, they would most

00:16:54.500 certainly be shocked and appalled.

00:16:57.160 Indeed, to paraphrase a line from another giant in the kids' entertainment business,

00:17:01.880 it's a brutal day in the neighborhood.

00:17:05.680 And joining me now with more on the CBC's weird and disturbing social media outreach that

00:17:12.880 targets young people is our ever-roving reporter, Kian Bextie.

00:17:18.320 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Kian. 0.99

00:17:21.080 Thanks for having me, David.

00:17:22.140 Always a pleasure.

00:17:23.280 Now, Kian, the examples you gave were appalling, especially given the intended audience. 0.57

00:17:30.060 But what is the unspoken strategy here when it comes to our state broadcaster reimagining

00:17:37.100 itself as a taxpayer-funded Tinder?

00:17:40.320 Taxpayer-funded Tinder.

00:17:43.480 That's good.

00:17:44.740 They're trying to indoctrinate kids, and I don't think it's a new strategy for them.

00:17:51.680 The new part of it is the degeneracy.

00:17:54.220 They always have tried to indoctrinate children.

00:17:56.420 I remember watching the CBC myself as a kid.

00:17:59.540 They had CBC Kids, and it was fun, lighthearted children's programming.

00:18:04.980 But this is not children's programming. 0.98

00:18:06.640 This is content about sex, drugs, and sex while on drugs, pedophiles, prostitutes, and everything 0.99

00:18:13.740 in between. 1.00

00:18:14.680 It's disgusting. 0.88

00:18:15.780 It's awful. 0.95

00:18:16.760 And it's targeted at our kids.

00:18:18.240 It's targeted only on a platform where children are present and watching.

00:18:23.880 This platform, Snapchat, is between 90% of the user base is ages 13 to 24.

00:18:33.460 And I think that skews a little bit to the middle.

00:18:36.460 So most of the users, I think, are around the age of 18, 19, maybe 17.

00:18:42.000 And the CBC knows this. 0.98

00:18:43.380 They're not stupid. 0.90

00:18:44.660 They look at the metrics. 0.78

00:18:45.700 They know who they're pushing this to.

00:18:46.980 They don't push this kind of content on Twitter where there's boomers watching, where there's 0.99

00:18:51.560 taxpayers watching, where there's critical people watching.

00:18:53.680 They push it where there's kids watching, where they'll get away with it like a predator

00:18:57.540 in a house when the parents aren't watching.

00:18:59.620 Yeah, but you know, here's the thing, Kian, and I agree with what you're saying.

00:19:03.100 There is indoctrination going on there.

00:19:05.380 And we know the CBC has a long history of trying to indoctrinate people.

00:19:10.140 But what I'm struggling with here is that I can imagine them indoctrinating kids when

00:19:17.780 it comes to, you know, man-made climate change or the SNC-Lavalin affair, you know, things

00:19:23.620 about the environment, about politics, about what's in the news.

00:19:26.340 But the examples you gave, it was very sexual in nature.

00:19:32.120 It was stuff that, I mean, I think most Canadians would feel uncomfortable in terms of discussing

00:19:39.380 the topics with the audience as low as 13 years of age.

00:19:43.840 I mean, you're still a minor.

00:19:46.180 That's what I'm trying to get at, Kian. 1.00

00:19:47.760 Like, why go off the, you know, political reservation and into the sexual reservation with all this

00:19:56.880 kind of indoctrination that they're doing right now?

00:20:00.200 I can't answer that, David.

00:20:01.740 I just, it boggles my mind why they think this is appropriate.

00:20:05.840 And I don't understand what the strategy is.

00:20:12.120 Maybe it's more clickable to them and that's all they care about.

00:20:15.720 They don't care about corrupting Canadian youth.

00:20:18.260 All they want is, you know, to share content that they'll click on, that they know that

00:20:22.740 they'll be, you know, they'll, ooh, you know.

00:20:25.380 The CBC's talking about hot disabled people.

00:20:28.180 I got to click on that. 0.99

00:20:29.220 And then they, you know, delve into the world of kinky BDSM porn with paraplegics. 0.99

00:20:35.920 Like, it's mind-boggling.

00:20:38.100 I don't have the answer to why they want to do this.

00:20:40.680 I'm sure our viewers have some explanation for it.

00:20:43.900 But the CBC is not going to have one, that's for sure.

00:20:47.200 One thing I will note, though, is since this story came out, they have not published a single

00:20:51.320 story on Snapchat.

00:20:52.800 Huh, interesting.

00:20:53.780 So they must be getting some blowback.

00:20:55.980 But I don't know, I doubt there's anything in the CBC mandate or mission statement, whatever

00:21:02.840 their proviso is for their reason for existing in the first place, that gives them the green

00:21:08.560 light to do this sort of thing.

00:21:10.120 And certainly those examples you just gave, we ran in the clip.

00:21:13.640 What we didn't run in the clip, and I urge our viewers to go and watch your commentary

00:21:17.780 in full, you mentioned there was, like, weird nature porn and bald eagles embracing third-wave

00:21:26.680 feminism. 1.00

00:21:27.880 Kian, please tell us you're exaggerating here.

00:21:32.120 No, I'm not.

00:21:34.060 Oh, God, I'm not.

00:21:35.580 So the story was that there was a bald eagle, a female and a male, and they had an offspring,

00:21:43.760 as animals typically do in the wild.

00:21:45.540 Everything was fine, but then the CBC noted that another male came along, and the mother

00:21:53.720 started, you know, engaging with the other male as well, and the other male came in and

00:21:59.940 started dealing with and raising the offspring of the other father while the father looked 0.76

00:22:07.660 on.

00:22:07.980 He was basically being cucked.

00:22:09.120 And the CBC used this as an example of, you know, it's in nature, so it's, you know,

00:22:15.080 it's great.

00:22:16.000 Thumbs up, right?

00:22:16.760 Well, I think the CBC would be a little bit disturbed if I told them other things that

00:22:21.840 are happening in nature.

00:22:24.460 They, it's not a very good example to lead into, but they took that example and then started

00:22:30.800 talking about, you know, well, if they do it, why can't, why can't humans do it?

00:22:34.920 And, and then it moves into living with your partner's lover and, you know, letting your

00:22:40.700 partner, partner, you know, screw around with other people and how healthy it is and how

00:22:45.140 moral it is.

00:22:45.920 They actually called it moral.

00:22:47.800 They said, this is totally moral.

00:22:49.480 There's nothing wrong with this at all.

00:22:51.200 How could anything be wrong with this?

00:22:52.560 It's moral.

00:22:53.060 And, and that's the line, I think when they, when they, when they're blatantly lying or

00:22:57.560 their morals are just so backwards that they, they really are not, they, they, they don't

00:23:04.600 qualify as being competent enough to be our state broadcaster at this point anymore, because

00:23:09.840 if that's their moral compass, you know, how can we trust them on anything?

00:23:14.260 Yeah.

00:23:14.440 It's amazing.

00:23:15.160 I mean, uh, and they jumped to conclusions, obviously.

00:23:17.840 I mean, you know, three eagles, um, you know, nesting together, obviously it's driven 0.96

00:23:22.680 by some desire for an orgy. 0.65

00:23:24.560 I mean, hey, Kian, I know the old adage goes birds of a feather flock together. 0.92

00:23:28.500 I think the CBC is using another F word here.

00:23:31.180 Uh, and I dare not say that on the air, but you know, at the end of the day, Kian, what

00:23:37.100 is egregious is that, listen, if you're a private company, assuming that you're operating

00:23:42.940 within the proviso of, um, pornography laws as it pertains to minors, which nobody supports

00:23:50.700 except pedophiles, and we like to have those guys put away, what, the, the idea of this

00:23:57.940 being a state broadcaster being funded by our money doing this, I, like I said, I just

00:24:04.780 find that even more egregious than the usual things they get upset about when it comes to

00:24:10.060 the CBC.

00:24:12.600 Yeah, I'm, I mean, they, they could be sharing with Canadian youth the stories that are

00:24:20.460 important, uh, in the day.

00:24:22.560 They could be talking about SNC-Lavalin from whatever their corrupted, uh, angle is.

00:24:27.320 They could be talking about Mark Norman.

00:24:28.820 They're not doing that. 0.98

00:24:29.880 They're choosing to, uh, bring kids into the news world with clickbaity porn.

00:24:37.460 That's what they, that's what they've decided is fit for Canada in the future, uh, and I'm

00:24:43.640 disappointed.

00:24:44.480 I've always been disappointed in the CBC, so I don't know what's new, though.

00:24:47.600 Yeah, no, indeed, if I was the father of a 13-year-old girl and I look at the content

00:24:52.680 here, which, as you said, uh, sex, drugs, and polygamy, I would be absolutely out of my

00:24:58.840 mind, uh, that A, I'm funding it, and B, you know, my daughter would be exposed to this.

00:25:04.380 But, Kian, I want to tell you, uh, I want to ask you about something.

00:25:07.700 Last week, a poll came out, and, uh, from Nanos Research, it said that 33% of respondents

00:25:15.740 want CBC funding maintained, 46% want funding increased, and only 17% want to see funding cuts

00:25:28.500 at the CBC.

00:25:29.900 Do you buy those numbers, Kian?

00:25:32.720 That doesn't reflect what I've seen, what I've, uh, the people that I've talked to.

00:25:38.620 Perhaps I'm a little bit biased in, in the selection of, of people that I'm talking to.

00:25:43.600 I'm talking to political conservatives a lot of the time.

00:25:46.020 But even in Alberta, the, you know, the general, uh, you know, the general populace, a lot of

00:25:53.160 them, you know, they don't, they don't really think about the CBC as being state-funded in

00:25:56.920 the first place.

00:25:58.200 Uh, if you said, do you know how much government money goes to the CBC?

00:26:01.660 They might think for the first time in, maybe since elementary school, oh yeah, the CBC,

00:26:07.320 it is funded by taxpayers' dollars, isn't it?

00:26:10.120 It's not something that they think about because the CBC, you know, they don't, they don't lead

00:26:14.800 into everything saying, you know, we're obviously biased because our paychecks come from Justin

00:26:19.100 Trudeau.

00:26:19.900 Uh, they don't tell anyone that, they don't advertise that fact.

00:26:22.640 So, a lot of Canadians, I don't think, really know how the CBC exists, why it existed 60 years

00:26:29.140 ago, uh, and how that has changed up until today to, you know, to make them not really

00:26:36.240 relevant anymore, but if they, if every Canadian knew how, how the CBC is funded, how much they

00:26:44.380 are funded, uh, maybe, maybe they'll start to question it.

00:26:47.340 Um, but I, I have doubts that that poll really, um, spoke to a bunch of informed people, you

00:26:54.080 know?

00:26:54.180 Oh, indeed, Cian, and it should be noted that the, the group that funded that Nanos research 0.61

00:26:59.900 was Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, which of course is a partisan group that supports,

00:27:04.720 uh, the CBC, um, so I'd really love to see the methodology they use to get those kind

00:27:11.580 of numbers.

00:27:11.880 Because, you know, we recently went out to do streeters at Young and Dundas, and out

00:27:15.660 of over 30 people we spoke to, only one, uh, said, yeah, maintaining or increasing funding

00:27:21.320 was a good thing.

00:27:22.100 So, certainly from our men on the street, uh, survey, these numbers don't drive.

00:27:27.660 But, uh, I guess to wrap it up, Cian, given that you've exposed this, um, do you, and,

00:27:33.640 and, and you alluded to some, uh, blowback they are getting, do you see them changing

00:27:39.420 this or, uh, you know, this mandate, this philosophy, or are parents going to have to

00:27:45.300 follow your instructions of how to, uh, delete Snapchat, which seems to be quite an arduous

00:27:52.320 process, let me tell you.

00:27:53.920 They don't want you to go once you're in there.

00:27:55.880 So, what are your thoughts on that, my friend?

00:27:57.720 Well, first off, I, I'm indifferent to whether or not they changed their tune.

00:28:02.840 I think that everyone should make their household a CBC-free household. 0.70

00:28:06.540 Uh, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, television, uh, call your service provider and have them

00:28:12.480 black out Channel 4 or whatever it is.

00:28:15.720 Um, but like I said, they haven't published these stories anymore since I published this,

00:28:20.680 uh, my, my story on Wednesday, I think it was Wednesday.

00:28:26.160 Um, so it's been a while and they normally pump out content, uh, every 24 hours, sometimes

00:28:31.280 twice in a 24 hour cycle.

00:28:33.300 So, um, maybe we made some progress here.

00:28:36.560 Uh, I don't know.

00:28:37.480 I have a, I, I highly doubt that they changed their tune.

00:28:40.460 Uh, they're probably just going to regather themselves and maybe, uh, lay off the, the,

00:28:46.120 um, polygamy porn for a while, but, uh, you know, regardless, people should be flicking

00:28:53.080 off the CBC.

00:28:54.540 Well, Kian, we're going to have to wrap it there. 1.00

00:28:56.200 If indeed this was your commentary that made them at least, uh, lay low for a while or rethink

00:29:03.140 this entirely, congratulations on another victory on, uh, your behalf.

00:29:08.920 And thank you so much for weighing in on this really disturbing story.

00:29:13.540 Thanks for having me, David.

00:29:14.780 You got it.

00:29:15.320 And that was our roving reporter, reporter, Kian Bextie, somewhere in Saskatchewan, I believe

00:29:22.080 right now.

00:29:22.900 Keep it here.

00:29:23.660 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:29:34.580 Hey folks, did you hear the news?

00:29:37.080 A brand new war memorial was unveiled in Ottawa last week.

00:29:41.220 Oh, you didn't know?

00:29:43.220 Hey, don't feel bad.

00:29:44.600 I didn't hear about this thing either.

00:29:47.080 And I'm a bit of a news junkie.

00:29:49.680 In fact, almost nobody heard about this new war memorial because, incredibly, there wasn't

00:29:55.820 even a press release issued by Justin Trudeau's liberals.

00:29:59.500 That's weird.

00:30:00.400 Luckily, David Pugliese of Post Media was tipped off about the almost secret unveiling and was

00:30:08.520 able to pen a story in the National Post.

00:30:11.420 Otherwise, the Afghanistan War Memorial might merely exist as some sort of Canadian urban legend.

00:30:18.260 Still, this story remains wrapped in mystery nevertheless.

00:30:22.760 As the Post notes, the Canadian forces confirmed last Thursday evening on Facebook that it had held a dedication service at the new Afghanistan Memorial Hall at the National Defense Headquarters in Ottawa.

00:30:37.540 Yet the event had actually occurred three days earlier on May the 13th.

00:30:43.820 The Facebook posting notes that it had been attended by senior Canadian military leadership and D&D management.

00:30:51.420 But why no formal announcement?

00:30:54.640 And why was there a 72-hour delay in making this announcement?

00:31:00.940 Those questions remain unanswered as there still has been no official government explanation to date.

00:31:07.700 Again, how weird is that?

00:31:10.020 Wow, that's one hell of a war memorial, eh?

00:31:13.660 Unveiled in near secrecy.

00:31:15.880 Hardly publicized.

00:31:17.560 Closed to the public.

00:31:19.120 Oh, and if you are a family member of one of the fallen, well, you will be accommodated.

00:31:25.260 Which is to say, as long as you put your request in writing in advance of your visit,

00:31:30.580 they'll let you in to see it for a few minutes.

00:31:33.200 Don't overstay your welcome, though, right?

00:31:35.100 What a disgrace, yet again, when it comes to how the Trudeau liberals deal with the Veterans Affairs file.

00:31:42.320 In any event, here's what some of you had to say about the latest military PR debacle,

00:31:49.020 courtesy of the Justin Trudeau liberals.

00:31:52.000 B.C. writes,

00:31:53.480 P.M. didn't want a memorial for those who killed his friends.

00:31:57.240 Well, you know, there is indeed some truth to that statement,

00:31:59.980 because I think the unspoken strategy at play here is this.

00:32:05.460 The war in Afghanistan was a war by Western nations against a Muslim-majority country,

00:32:10.740 even though Muslims in Afghanistan were the ones being brutalized by the likes of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

00:32:18.880 But Justin Trudeau just can't be seen as, oh, I don't know, glorifying such a war

00:32:23.860 to his rapidly growing contingency of Islamists.

00:32:27.880 Too bad we don't have someone in Ottawa that would embrace the Arnold Schwarzenegger method of dealing with terrorists.

00:32:33.860 True lie style.

00:32:37.500 You're fired.

00:32:38.620 Cody Chloroform writes,

00:32:52.260 Trudeau can't wait to cut the ribbon on the new ISIS Omar Qadar library next month.

00:32:58.420 Indeed, that kind of edifice would be unveiled with much pomp and circumstance

00:33:03.260 and lots of cash all around for a murderous little Omar, of course. 0.91

00:33:08.180 Holy homicide. Tell me I'm having a nightmare.

00:33:11.820 Todd Smith writes,

00:33:13.120 General Vance should be ashamed with this. 0.97

00:33:15.600 Ah, yes, General Vance, the coward who threw Vice Admiral Mark Norman under the sub 0.92

00:33:21.760 because Norman acted ethically and because Trudeau was Trudeau 0.87

00:33:26.700 and Canada under his watch is resembling the bizarro Superman world,

00:33:31.740 Vance received a $50,000 raise for being a backstabber.

00:33:37.240 Gee, General Vance, what reward will you be getting for dissing Afghanistan war vets?

00:33:42.440 I don't see nothing. I know nothing.

00:33:45.680 Snowmatic writes,

00:33:47.320 Petition. Canadians need to know about Trudeau's embarrassment for our fallen

00:33:51.780 and all thy sons command.

00:33:54.660 Oh, Snowmatic, all thy sons command? 0.96

00:33:57.920 That's like so 2014.

00:34:01.080 Didn't you get the mansplaining memo from the main man himself?

00:34:05.500 We like to say people kind, not necessarily mankind because it's more inclusive.

00:34:10.180 And Hootube writes, 0.98

00:34:12.100 Disgusting. Kick the bum out. 1.00

00:34:14.700 Well, Hootube, there are exactly 150 days to go until election night. 0.93

00:34:20.080 That's only like 3,600 hours.

00:34:23.140 And I think I speak for millions of Canadians when I say,

00:34:27.220 I just can't wait.

00:34:29.500 I can't believe it. I couldn't be more excited.

00:34:32.440 I wish you were here now, you know.

00:34:34.120 This waiting is like making me mental.

00:34:36.520 What time is it now?

00:34:37.540 Oh, 204, this is a joke.

00:34:40.540 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:34:42.900 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:34:44.220 See you next week.

00:34:44.980 And hey, folks, never forget,

00:34:46.600 without risk, there can be no glory.

00:34:49.100 Good night.

00:34:49.540 Are you 완 estructured?

00:35:03.280 Ooh.

00:35:04.640 Ooh.

00:35:04.960 Ooh.

00:35:05.100 Ooh.

00:35:09.080 Ooh.

00:35:10.900 Ooh.

00:35:11.180 Ooh.

00:35:11.420 Ooh.

00:35:12.840 Oh, ooh.

00:35:13.040 Ooh.

00:35:14.020 Ooh.

00:35:14.580 Ooh.

00:35:14.980 Ooh.

00:35:16.180 Ooh.

00:35:17.580 Ooh.

Rebel News Podcast - May 25, 2019

Rebel Roundup： Guests Jessica Swietoniowski and Keean Bexte

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