Yesterday during Pierre Poilievre’s press conference, amongst the garbage he spewed was the line “Beijing financed Trudeau Foundation.”
So I took a screenshot and posted this on Twitter:
"Beijing financed Trudeau Foundation." – Reporters should IMMEDIATELY call him out on this bullshit.#cdnmediafailed pic.twitter.com/0bww7YZ3cs
— Jason Pugh 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 (@TheJasonPugh) June 11, 2023
I’ll repeat it: Reporters should IMMEDIATELY call out Pierre Poilievre on his bullshit.
The one-time donation (which has been returned) from just a couple of years ago does not mean (and Pierre should not be allowed to get away with saying) that the Trudeau Foundation is “Beijing financed.”
Seems as though my tweet struck a nerve. People are fed up with Canadian Media letting him get away with spewing pure garbage and lies.
I don't understand why they don't !!! What's going on here , no one ever calls him out 😞 journalists aren't interested in facts and truth anymore @CTVNews @CBC
— Kylaistweeting (@kylaistweeting) June 11, 2023
I agree. Sure seems that way!
How in blazes they simply run his clips without explaining or pointing out the lies escapes me. They're as bad as he is by giving him a pass on it all.
— Mike Morris (@1MikeMorris) June 11, 2023
It’s OK, Mike. Conservatives are allowed to blatantly lie! (According to #cdnmedia)
The media is so weak on Poilievre it’s ridiculous. He lies as much as Trump and no one says anything. Why are they afraid of the twerp? He has NO power to fight back when his lies are exposed, so why not call him out? Makes no sense to allow him to LIE at without being checked.
— pdh 🇨🇦✏️🍁 (@Paul_D_Heaslip) June 11, 2023
They just let him repeat that lie ad nauseam.
Isn't it disturbing how blindly people accept lies without question? It is easy to find out who funded the Foundation. When it began the government gave the foundation 125M. Each year in the annual report the donors are listed. /1 pic.twitter.com/jY9DS8OJwd
— Mary Anne (@maryannedonald) June 11, 2023
Oh, and there’s that. But Pierre doesn’t give a damn about facts and reality.
The other day they did ask him to clarify what he meant by his statement about Trudeau leaving his teaching job. (You know. That ridiculous debunked conspiracy theory that PP was recently peddling in the House of Commons.) But ultimately, let it go when he said what he stated was factually correct, in that Trudeau did stop teaching, and they’d have to ask Trudeau why.
You see Poilievre didn’t want to say anything about it outside of the House of Commons because in that magic room Members of Parliament have parliamentary privilege. Which means they can lie. (Pierre Poilievre LOVES his parliamentary privilege!)
However, asking him to clarify what he was alluding to or what his opinion on an issue is one thing.
In this case, there’s absolutely no reason to ask Poilievre what he means by saying Beijing finances the Trudeau Foundation. At all.
He’s just outright lying. Not up for debate. Everyone knows it’s false. He knows it. Reporters / Journalists of Canadian media know it. Yet they just let him get away with repeating lies.
If they let him, he’ll keep repeating this and other lies. Why? Because the people who he needs the most, the Conservative Base, either don’t know it’s a lie, or they just don’t care.
When you let his lies go unchallenged, then you are helping Poilievre. (Which, by the way, is NOT your job.)
So to all you folks of #Cdnmedia out there. In case you’re unaware, you can call Pierre Poilievre out on his bullshit and lies.
That’s actually your job.
So start doing it.
Jason Pugh
Jason Pugh
