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RSS FeedsScheer says he´ll reject interviews with The Rebel until it changes editorial direction
(The Star Golf)

 
 

18 august 2017 03:15:57

 
Scheer says he´ll reject interviews with The Rebel until it changes editorial direction
(The Star Golf)
 


OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer said Thursday he’ll do no further interviews with conservative news outlet the Rebel until it changes its editorial direction, following its coverage of last weekend’s protests in Charlottesville, Va.Scheer’s declaration he’ll stay away was followed hours later by Brian Jean and Jason Kenney, both running for leadership of the new United Conservative Party in Alberta, distancing themselves as well.While all three had condemned the violence in Virginia last weekend, they’d also previously stopped short of addressing the Rebel’s coverage, seen by some as sympathetic to the white nationalists who initially organized the event that later collapsed into clashes that killed one counter-protester and injured nearly 20 others.“I am disgusted by the vile comments made by hate groups this past weekend,” Scheer said in a statement Thursday.Read more: U of T denies group with white nationalist views to hold rally on campusThe Rebel exodus suggests just one ‘ism’ separates far right from alt-right hate: ParadkarCo-founder of The Rebel, Brian Lilley, leaves the conservative media website“I believe there is fine line between reporting the facts and giving those groups a platform. I have a positive vision for Canada and I want to share that vision with Canadians and talk about issues that unite us all. Until the editorial directions of the Rebel Media changes, I will not grant interviews to the outlet.”Scheer is among many Conservative members of Parliament who’ve appeared on the outlet’s various online shows since it started up in 2015 following the demise of the conservative Sun News Network.It has long courted all manner of controversy, from a boycott of Tim Hortons when it pulled ads about the oil sands from its stores, to rallies that featured chants of “lock her up” about Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley to a pie ...


 
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