Ezra Levant is a rising star in terms of big personalities who go against his fellow journalist, Rappler's Maria Ressa.
The two went head-to-head in a conference called Media Freedom.
In the said event, fearless Levant bombarded the Rappler CEO with accusations which, based on the Media Freedom video circulating online, Ressa had a hard time defending.
The question that Levant threw was actually aimed at Nishant Lalwani, Director of Investments of the Omidyar Group. However, Rappler has been involved as Lalwani was explaining the matter, causing Ressa to interfere and come into the beleaguered news site's defense.
Despite their heated argument under one roof, the feisty journalist's stance against foreign-funded media cloaked as journalists-who-are-under-attack did not stop there.
In a series of tweet, Levant continued his activism on Twitter by narrating what went through during the forum that made Ressa to be on the edge of her seat.
Here's the 5 tweets that crucified Ressa:
1. I asked @nishantlalwani how he can bash Rupert Murdoch for being a power-hungry media tycoon, when Lalwani's own boss, Pierre Omidyar, is really just the Murdoch of the left. I pointed out everyone on the panel was paid by Omidyar. I asked how he could run a govt conference.
2. @mariaressa jumped in to defend her boss, saying she "only" took $4.5 million from Omidyar! That made me laugh.
3. @nishantlalwani said the reason Omidyar was allowed to run this "non-partisan" Canada-UK government conference was because he's been investing in media for ten years.
So... no different from Rupert Murdoch, other than Murdoch's been at it longer.
4. The biggest whopper from Lalwani was that Omidyar has no political influence over his publications. Really? Every one of them repeats his ideological message: anti-Trump, anti-Bolsonaro, anti-conservative, anti-populist, pro-globalist. They are his personal political party.
5. No-one here cares. They all want some of that sweet, sweet cash. When @mariaressa said a $4.5 million grant from Omidyar no big deal, you could see everyone here salivate like Pavlov's Dog. That's what this conference is about: Omidyar wants to rent hundreds of "journalists".
The firebrand journalist even called Ressa a paid personality "rented by a US billionaire." Read here: Isa kang bayan! Ezra Levant crucifies Maria Ressa in a London media forum
Source: Ezra Levant's Twitter
http://www.thenewsfeeder.net/2019/07/walang-takot-european-journalist-ezra.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR2S6Dlg2cVjWsLWEiZBoT3ad5J_leNZ-blgBof2x_OTU8XZsWXatCRrVds
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