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'''Rebel Media''' is a far-right Canadian online platform founded by ex-tabloid editor and anti-Muslim activist [[Ezra Levant]] in February 2015. | '''Rebel Media''' is a far-right Canadian online platform founded by ex-tabloid editor and anti-Muslim activist [[Ezra Levant]] in February 2015. | ||
| − | It has been described as 'a global platform for an extreme anti-Muslim ideology known as counter-jihad. It’s a far-right fringe theory founded on the belief that Muslims are deliberately invading the West, biding their time, then overtaking communities and imposing Shariah Law'. <ref> [http://nationalpost.com/features/inside-ezra-levants-rebel-media | + | It has been described as 'a global platform for an extreme anti-Muslim ideology known as counter-jihad. It’s a far-right fringe theory founded on the belief that Muslims are deliberately invading the West, biding their time, then overtaking communities and imposing Shariah Law'. <ref> Richard Warnica, [http://nationalpost.com/features/inside-ezra-levants-rebel-media Inside Rebel Media], National Post, undated 2017 </ref> |
In spring 2017 Rebel Media began filing reports from the UK. | In spring 2017 Rebel Media began filing reports from the UK. | ||
Revision as of 04:56, 16 January 2018
Rebel Media is a far-right Canadian online platform founded by ex-tabloid editor and anti-Muslim activist Ezra Levant in February 2015.
It has been described as 'a global platform for an extreme anti-Muslim ideology known as counter-jihad. It’s a far-right fringe theory founded on the belief that Muslims are deliberately invading the West, biding their time, then overtaking communities and imposing Shariah Law'. [1]
In spring 2017 Rebel Media began filing reports from the UK.
Hiring counterjihadists, columnists and ex-political leaders
In 2017 Rebel Media hired Stephen Lennon aka Tommy Robinson ex-head of anti-Muslim street movements English Defence League and Pegida UK as a 'reporter', alongside ex-Chelsea bartender Caolan Robertson.
in January 2018 Rebel signed up notorious anti-Muslim media pundit Katie Hopkins, just months after Mail Online failed to renew her two-year contract.
Other regular Rebel Media pundits across the globe include the former Australian Labour Party opposition leader Mark Latham.
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ Richard Warnica, Inside Rebel Media, National Post, undated 2017
