16. I've forgotten all the libel suits and apologies the National Post got entoiled in but there were many.
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17. More broadly, Levant is part of a larger movement with institutional support - SUN news, attempt at Canadian Fox.
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18. Levant's habitual slipperiness with the truth & disdain for fact not that far from Fox News' pioneering "truthiness"
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19. Instead of thinking of Levant as an outlier and anomaly (as Kay does) better to see him as enmeshed in larger political movement.
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20. The liars & bullshitters are 2 sides of a triangle. Crucial 3rd side is fools: the gulls or marks who believes the liars & bullshitters
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21. To dismiss Levant as just a loon ignores fact he has many followers who actually believe what he says and give him money.
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22. Aside from the gulls and marks who send him money, Levant has throughout career received institutional support from rich & powerful.
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23. In terms of normalizing libel in Canadian journalism, Ken Whyte has had a much bigger impact than Ezra Levant.
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24. Rule of thumb in media criticism: never go after enlisted men or junior officers when real target should be the generals.
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@gordperks Yes, exactly. Best to see it as equivalent to wartime propaganda, with aim of total victory.
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@HeerJeet@gordperks also brings Baudrillard's 'implosion of meaning' to mind0 replies 1 retweet 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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