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June 7, 2024
Media

The BBC Has Spent £3,000,000 of Public Cash Investigating Its Own Staff for Sex Offenses.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has incurred over £3.1 million (almost $4M) in costs related to investigating alleged misconduct by former DJ Tim Westwood. A former BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra DJ, Westwood, denied engaging in any wrongdoing, stating: “It’s all false allegations.”

The review, launched in August 2022, is scrutinizing the BBC’s knowledge of and response to complaints and concerns regarding Westwood’s behavior during his two-decade tenure. Investigators have reviewed over 50,000 documents, including both oral and written testimony.

Led by Gemma White KC, the inquiry aims to address claims from several women accusing Westwood of predatory and unwanted sexual behavior between 1992 and 2017. Some allegations include incidents with women under 18, with one woman stating she was 14 when she first had sex with the DJ. The Metropolitan Police have interviewed Westwood four times in connection with the allegations. Though Westwood has been interviewed under caution, no arrests have been made.

The BBC’s external review, initially expected to conclude in six months, remains ongoing. Ms. White announced a call for evidence in October 2022, and the review team was later joined by safeguarding expert Jahnine Davis. Despite the extended timeline, White emphasized the necessity for thorough document examination and information gathering.

A confidential hotline was launched for a few weeks in April 2023 to assist with the review. The BBC says it intends to ensure a comprehensive understanding of what was known about Westwood’s conduct during his employment. Westwood stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra in April 2022 but continues to perform at various venues nationwide. In light of the allegations, some campaigners have urged nightclubs to avoid hosting him.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has incurred over £3.1 million (almost $4M) in costs related to investigating alleged misconduct by former DJ Tim Westwood. A former BBC Radio 1 and BBC 1Xtra DJ, Westwood, denied engaging in any wrongdoing, stating: "It's all false allegations." show more
June 6, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
Politics
World

Slovak PM Says Soros Encouraged The Assassination Attempt On Him.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived multiple gunshot wounds on May 15, has issued his first public address since the assassination attempt. In a 14-minute video posted on Wednesday, just before a moratorium on electioneering ahead of the European elections, the populist leader said he felt “no hatred towards the stranger who shot me,” saying he was “only a messenger of evil and political hatred, which the politically unsuccessful and frustrated opposition developed in Slovakia to unmanageable proportions.”

Fico, an ally of Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, is opposed to mass migration and the Western proxy war with Russia in Ukraine. He accused globalist opposition politicians, “foreign-funded political non-governmental organizations,” and corporate media outlets “co-owned by the financial structure of George Soros” of encouraging his attempted assassination by fomenting a poisonous political atmosphere.

“I fundamentally disagree with the single-correct-opinion policy that some major Western democracies are aggressively promoting today,” Fico said. He argued the EU and NATO have “literally sanctified the concept of the single correct opinion” on Ukraine, “namely that the war in Ukraine must continue at any cost in order to weaken the Russian Federation.”

Anyone who disagrees, he complained, is “immediately labeled as a Russian agent.”

Fico recalled charting an independent path for Slovakia during previous terms in office, for example, by refusing to assist the Bill Clinton-led NATO bombing of Serbia and withdrawing Slovak soldiers from Iraq. Now, he argued, “the right to a different opinion has ceased to exist in the EU.”

Michal Šimečka, chairman of the Progressive Slovakia opposition party, has already complained about Fico’s speech, saying he should have promoted social reconciliation. Another opposition leader said Fico, by calling out the globalists who facilitated his shooting, is the one promoting political division.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who survived multiple gunshot wounds on May 15, has issued his first public address since the assassination attempt. In a 14-minute video posted on Wednesday, just before a moratorium on electioneering ahead of the European elections, the populist leader said he felt "no hatred towards the stranger who shot me," saying he was "only a messenger of evil and political hatred, which the politically unsuccessful and frustrated opposition developed in Slovakia to unmanageable proportions." show more
June 6, 2024
Media

The WaPo ‘Shake-Up’ is Linked to the British Phone Hacking Scandal.

Sally Buzbee, the executive editor of The Washington Post, resigned abruptly on Sunday. Her departure comes after weeks of escalating tension with the company’s chief executive, Will Lewis.

The friction between Buzbee and Lewis reached a peak in mid-May. Sources say they argued over an article about a British hacking scandal involving Prince Harry and other plaintiffs, which implicated some of Rupert Murdoch’s tabloids.

Buzbee had informed Lewis that the WaPo newsroom intended to cover a judge’s upcoming ruling in this long-running legal battle. As part of the expected ruling, the judge could have allowed the plaintiffs to add Lewis’s name to a list of executives accused of concealing evidence of hacking at the newspapers.

Lewis argued that the case did not merit coverage and expressed this to Buzbee. Despite his objections, Buzbee decided to move forward with the article. The judge ruled on May 21 that Lewis could indeed be added to the case. Buzbee published the article as planned.

Lewis was already unhappy with WaPo, telling staff on Monday: “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.” However, the newspaper’s delusional team simply started complaining about “four white men running three newsrooms” and wondering if a “woman of color” would be chosen to replace Buzbee.

Lewis has installed Matt Murray, former Editor-in-Chief of the Wall Street Journal, for the time being, and brought on British investigative reporter Robert Winnett, of The Telegraph Media Group, to oversee core coverage.

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Sally Buzbee, the executive editor of The Washington Post, resigned abruptly on Sunday. Her departure comes after weeks of escalating tension with the company’s chief executive, Will Lewis. show more
June 5, 2024
Media

WATCH: Capitol Cop Karen Melts Down After Reporter Mocks Adam Schiff.

Real America’s Voice reporter and avid Trump supporter Ben Bergquam ran into the politicized Capitol Police on Wednesday after he spoke with Rep. Adam Schiff about his peddling of the long-debunked Russia hoax.

Bergquam, a regular on the Hill, as well as outside the Manhattan courthouse and at Trump rallies, spotted “pencil neck” Schiff speaking to members of the public in the publicly accessible areas of the U.S. Capitol.

Sporting a MAGA hat, Bergquam politely let Schiff know his thoughts, which appeared to anger a Capitol police officer. Critics have recently alleged that Democrats have turned Capitol Police into their personal Stasi – a claim only bolstered by today’s incident.

WATCH:

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Real America's Voice reporter and avid Trump supporter Ben Bergquam ran into the politicized Capitol Police on Wednesday after he spoke with Rep. Adam Schiff about his peddling of the long-debunked Russia hoax. show more
June 5, 2024
Raheem J. Kassam
Media

WaPo CEO Tells Reporters: ‘I Can’t Sugarcoat it… People Are Not Reading Your Stuff.’

During a Monday meeting, Washington Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis reportedly explained to his staff: “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.”

The staff, however, appeared more concerned with diversity hires and whether or not a “woman of color” was interviewed for the role of Editor-in-Chief, now being taken by a former colleague of Lewis’s from the United Kingdom.

“I’ve had to take decisive, urgent action to set us on a different path,” Lewis told them, “sourcing talent that I have worked with that are the best of the best.”

The termination and replacement of Sally Buzbee apparently surprised staff on Sunday evening despite the paper continuing to lose power, influence, and money. Her replacement—from the centrist British Telegraph newspaper—has caused concern amongst those who prefer the Post to be used as a leftist propaganda rag rather than a newspaper.

“…given their previous affiliations with Murdoch and with the fiercely right-wing Telegraph newspaper – sometimes referred to as the Torygraph — there is a palpable fear in and out of the Post newsroom that the three men will drag the Post’s political coverage in a more pro-Trump direction.”

– Dan Froomkin, Press Watch, 2024

But the Telegraph is hardly “right-wing” anymore, nor is it at all “pro-Trump.” According to some, the reactions from Post staff have proved Lewis’s suspicions that the organization is being run for the benefit of far-left politics and politicians than its readership, which continues to decline.

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During a Monday meeting, Washington Post CEO and publisher Will Lewis reportedly explained to his staff: “We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your stuff. I can’t sugarcoat it anymore.” show more
June 3, 2024
Media

Salem Media Pulls Dinesh D’Souza’s ‘2000 Mules.’

Salem Media Group has decided to pull Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary 2000 Mules from its platforms. The move follows an apology issued to a Georgia man falsely accused of illegal voting activity in the film.

The 2022 documentary grossed close to $1.5 million. It made various claims suggesting the 2020 election was rigged. However, Factcheck.org and other organizations allegedly ‘debunked’ multiple claims in the film. Despite this, former President Trump cited the film to support his assertions regarding a stolen election.

Salem Media Group released a statement regarding their decision to withdraw the film. “In publishing the film and the book, we relied on representations made by Dinesh D’Souza and True the Vote, Inc. that the individuals depicted, including Mr. Andrews, illegally deposited ballots. We have learned that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has cleared Mr. Andrews of any wrongdoing related to the depicted events.”

The statement continued, “It was never our intent for the publication of the ‘2000 Mules’ film and book to harm Mr. Andrews. We apologize for the hurt the inclusion of Mr. Andrews’ image has caused him and his family. We have removed the film from Salem’s platforms and will cease any future distribution of the film or book.” The book was initially published through Regnery Publishing, a former division of Salem Media Group.

Mark Andrews, the individual affected, had filed a defamation lawsuit against Salem Media, D’Souza, and True the Vote.

However, despite the alleged “debunking” of D’Souza’s film, subsequent reports have revealed massive irregularities surrounding the 2020 election in Georgia. A recent investigation revealed serious issues with the Fulton County, Georgia recount, including duplicate ballot images, fake Biden ballots, and thousands of missing ballots.

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Salem Media Group has decided to pull Dinesh D’Souza’s documentary 2000 Mules from its platforms. The move follows an apology issued to a Georgia man falsely accused of illegal voting activity in the film. show more
May 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
Politics

NEW HOAX DROP: ‘Trump Said N-Word 20 Years Ago,’ Claims Ex-Apprentice Producer.

Bill Pruitt, a former producer on The Apprentice, claims the expiration of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is finally allowing him to allege that Donald Trump said “n***er” — a slur against African-Americans — on set in 2004. Pruitt’s story about being gagged for two decades, however, fails to add up considering his previous barbs aimed at Trump, as well as years of commentary about the show.

“I signed an expansive nondisclosure agreement that promised a fine of $5 million and even jail time if I were to ever divulge what actually happened,” writes Pruitt in the little-read left wing website Slate. Pruitt describes himself as “one of four producers involved in the first two seasons” of the show, and implies the expiration of the NDA this year has freed him — although he has actually been trashing The Apprentice as a “scam” for years.

Pruitt claims Trump was reluctant to allow black season one contestant Kwame Jackson — now a self-described “DEI Consultant” who accuses Trump of “Racism, Xenophobia, [and] Sexism” on social media — to win. He claims Trump said, “I mean, would America buy a n***er winning?” He adds that the then-future president was “serious, and… adamant about not hiring Jackson,” and that “the damning evidence was caught on tape.”

However, such tapes have never emerged, and Pruitt writes he has come to believe they “will never be found.”

But despite claiming he could not accuse Trump of saying n***er without facing multi-million-dollar fines and possible jail time for violating an “expansive” NDA, he has been able to attack The Apprentice and personally insult Trump, apparently without sanction, since at least 2016.

Pruitt also previously denied as “preposterous” an accusation he signed “a confidentiality agreement when working on The Apprentice… agree[ing] to sexism in workplace,” implying it merely covered not disclosing the outcome of the contest.

“We signed them so as to not disclose who got fired,” Pruitt insisted, calling his new claims into question.

The news is evidently the latest, scarcely believable hoax against Trump, which comes as polls show the 45th President surging with black voters against Joe Biden. The peddlers of the hoax, including Pruitt, are asking Americans to believe that not only did Trump openly use the n-word amongst a number of liberal television colleagues, but that no one thought to allege it until 2024.

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Bill Pruitt, a former producer on The Apprentice, claims the expiration of a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) is finally allowing him to allege that Donald Trump said "n***er" — a slur against African-Americans — on set in 2004. Pruitt’s story about being gagged for two decades, however, fails to add up considering his previous barbs aimed at Trump, as well as years of commentary about the show. show more
May 30, 2024
Media

200-Year-Old Newspaper Discontinues Daily Edition.

The Evening Standard announced it will discontinue its daily print edition and transition to a weekly publication. This decision marks a substantial shift for the London-based newspaper. Established in 1827, it became a free publication in 2009.

Staff were informed of the change via an email on Wednesday. The email explained that increased remote working and the availability of wi-fi on the London Underground negatively impacted the paper’s fortunes. The paper’s circulation has plummeted from 850,000 to 250,000 over the past five years, leading to losses of £84.5 million over six years. Speculation about the newspaper’s future had been circulating for some time.

The Evening Standard, originally named the Standard, had its first evening edition in 1859. In 2009, Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev and his son, Evgeny, acquired the publication. After the acquisition, the decision to distribute the paper for free saw circulation numbers rise from 250,000. Despite this, current circulation levels have dropped to around the same as pre-2009 levels.

Last year, a Bloomberg report indicated that new Standard editor Dylan Jones took the position with the understanding that the print edition would not be abandoned. Despite this, Jones recently admitted to the Press Gazette that he “never” reads printed newspapers.

The Lebedevs also bought the Independent in 2010 and ceased its print edition six years later. Wednesday’s email told staff at the Standard that the goal is to replicate the Independent’s success after it transitioned online in 2016. The communication emphasized that twelve million people access the Standard’s digital platforms monthly. Half of this traffic comes from outside London and overseas.

However, even online news organizations have been struggling of late. Earlier this week, it was reported that The Daily Beast is seeking to cut staff in order to reduce its overhead.

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The Evening Standard announced it will discontinue its daily print edition and transition to a weekly publication. This decision marks a substantial shift for the London-based newspaper. Established in 1827, it became a free publication in 2009. show more
May 29, 2024
William Upton
Media

Disgusting Reporters Ate Sandwiches in NY Courtroom Toilets.

Members of the corporate media covering former President Donald J. Trump‘s Manhattan-based hush money trial engaged in some fairly disgusting habits in an effort to work around security and typical court restrictions.

Reporters would use the periodic breaks in the trial to rush to the courthouse bathrooms, where they’d eat sandwiches, do their business, and charge their phones and laptops. While some used the facilities for their intended purposes, other journalists — according to POLITICO — “shoved granola bars and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches into their faces before racing back to business.” Public bathrooms are known to harbor a plethora of harmful bacteria, including norovirus, salmonella, and even hepatitis A. Additionally, the act of flushing a toilet can disperse feces and urine microbes over five feet into the air, forming a plume of microscopic human waste that will eventually settle on the surrounding surfaces.

Many of the trial attendees, including several attorneys with the defense and prosecution, wore winter coats while sitting at their respective tables during the proceedings, as the chamber was frigidly cold. Former President Trump himself complained publicly about the freezing temperatures on several occasions, calling the courtroom an “icebox.”

Adding to the unhealthy environment created by a cold court and filthy journalists is the fact that the courthouse is undergoing significant remodels and reconstruction, which has led to asbestos abatements, a mess of scaffolding, and potentially toxic dust.

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Members of the corporate media covering former President Donald J. Trump's Manhattan-based hush money trial engaged in some fairly disgusting habits in an effort to work around security and typical court restrictions. show more
May 29, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Education
Immigration
Media

The Atlantic Comes Out in Favor of Foreign Students Supporting Hamas.

The Atlantic magazine has attacked Donald Trump for saying he would deport anti-Israel foreign students rabble-rousing on behalf of Hamas, claiming such protests are “an essential element of American freedom.”

“One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave,” Trump reportedly told donors earlier this month, stressing the need to stop the “radical revolution” gripping U.S. college campuses.

Atlantic staff writer David Graham branded the proposal “classic Trump: vindictive, nonsensical, disproportionate, and based on the assumption that deportation is the answer to America’s problems.”

Graham complained Trump was “[proposing] a penalty, deportation, not permitted for citizens.” He noted, “Americans can lose citizenship for treason, and naturalized citizens can be denaturalized for a small range of offenses,” but insisted “protesting U.S. foreign policy is not one [of them].”

He went on to allege Trump “has no problem violating… the basic civil rights guaranteed for other people by the Constitution.”

NO ‘TERRORIST SYMPATHIZERS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.’ 

Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt has said, “President Trump will side with Jewish Americans and American citizens, period, and he will not tolerate terrorist sympathizers on our college campuses.” She also said Joe Biden had “empowered antisemitic protesters destroying our college campuses and threatening to undermine our democracy.”

The campus crisis has become a major electoral issue for Biden. Most voters are appalled by the disruption and occasional violence and anti-Semitic attacks they involve, but segments of the Muslim and youth vote, critical demographics for the 81-year-old Democrat, believe he has been too pro-Israel.

“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests… I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians,” Biden said in April, trying unsuccessfully to appease both sides.

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The Atlantic magazine has attacked Donald Trump for saying he would deport anti-Israel foreign students rabble-rousing on behalf of Hamas, claiming such protests are "an essential element of American freedom." show more