No. I Am Not Apologizing

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By Ben Meiselas

We stand behind our reporting on the hate rally that took place yesterday in Arizona. That’s what it was. It was a hate rally masquerading as a memorial for Charlie Kirk. Every speaker other than Erika was an abomination. Donald Trump used his speech to say he “hates” people who don’t agree with him, to complain about late-night hosts, to say that Charlie wants him to invade Chicago and Memphis with the United States military, and to lie that tariffs are “making us hot.” When someone says “I hate you” at a rally, I am going to call said rally a “hate rally” and not apologize.

We saw corporate news treat this event like it was the funeral of a pope, a queen, or a U.S. president. There was no mention of the horrific anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-Black, anti-migrant, anti-women, anti-democracy rhetoric that Charlie used when he was alive. That’s just a fact. There was no mention of Charlie calling for Biden to be executed or mocking innocent people getting killed in Gaza. Corporate news treated the memorial like it was some beautiful event and did not report on what actually took place during the speeches by Trump, Don Jr., and Stephen Miller.

I’ve already been contacted by people connected with the top executives at corporate news networks. I’ve been contacted by multiple sources who know what is being discussed inside the Trump regime. They are all livid with our coverage of the Charlie Kirk hate rally. They want us to apologize and not cover the rally or the circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Kirk’s death as we did.

Too bad!

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/no-i-am-not-apologizing

[yellow dahlia]

1. Thank you Ben, and the Meidas Touch Team!

Thank you for standing up for truth in journalism.

[Irish_Dem]

2. A rare thing. A brave American. With a moral core.

[underpants]

3. Good for them. 👍 I'd forgotten about the Rapture tomorrow....or Wednesday no one seems to be sure.

[Attilatheblond]

5. Rapture Schmapture. Still trying to figure, if 300 million Americans have been killed by drugs, as Trump claimed...

why is it so hard for a gimpy old woman like me to find a parking space within 100 yards of the door to Safeway? Seems the crowd would be thinned out a lot if Felon's number was correct.

[underpants]

7. Maybe they left their cars.

I’m looking for sun/moon roofs that are open tomorrow and Wednesday.

[SeattleVet]

4. Are they still trying to get him to 'lay in honor' in the Capitol?

Sounds like they were planning on hauling his carcass back and forth across the country like they did with Reagan when he finally kicked it.

[underpants]

8. Lincoln had a funeral train.

http://www.lincolntrain.com/lincoln-funeral-train.html

[Wednesdays]

16. As did FDR.

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/us-history/fdrs-funeral-train/

[flashman13]

18. FDR saved the nation and the world.

[flashman13]

17. Lincoln saved the nation.

[ffr]

6. K&R

Being an American who stands up for dignity and freedom, means that Ben Meiselas is simply telling it like it is. Other DU posts confirm it too. America, under this oppressive GOP regime, is just moments away from going full 1934 Germany. We see it daily, the manipulated legal processes, the use of intimidation, and exploitation of political crises to dismantle American democracy.

It's straight out of the history books on repeat. It's disgusting what has already be lost.

[3Hotdogs]

27. ---full 1934 Germany.

I hope there are guards watching that the commies don't set fire to the capital.

[OldBaldy1701E]

33. And yet some have claimed that 'nothing has been lost'.

And, that all this is just 'hand wringing' and 'overreaction'.

I hope those people are around after it all goes belly up so I can at least enjoy my ten seconds of 'I told you so!' before I pass from hunger and lack of healthcare, laying in a gutter somewhere.

[pfitz59]

9. Telling the truth

embarrasses the suck ups.

[MrWowWow]

10. Never Say Anything Bad About the Dead.

Never Say Anything Bad About the Dead. He's dead. Good.

-Bette Davis
(Paraphrased)
.

[calimary]

30. Oh Lordy, that's one of my all-time favorite quotes!

Bette Davis, on the passing of Joan Crawford, a fellow actress with whom she was at odds:
"You should never say anything bad about someone, you should only say good. Joan Crawford is dead. Good."

The first time I read that in some Bette Davis biography, I think I was chuckling for a solid week!

[Paladin]

11. Typical behavior by the corporate news---cutting trump & co. all the slack in the world.

Glad I didn't watch. The write-ups of what happened were grim enough. The one solid benefit that Charlie Kirk provided us with was demonstrating just what a profoundly dangerous, teetering country we now inhabit. Everybody take a deep breath and then get busy.

[Hekate]

12. KnR

[Warpy]

13. No phony grief here, either

I had to start dealing with Klanners and their vicious thug kids when I was a little kid. I've had a lot of practice spotting them and I've had a lot of practice fighting them.

Kirk fit in with those assholes seamlessly. He was a hater and he'd have had one of his goons kill me if he'd been aware of my existence, which he was not.

I do not mourn his passing in the least. I have no sympathy for the people who idolized him or even the people who loved him. They're on their own, sorry.

I do regreet yet another political murder in this country, there have been far too many of those, most against Democrats and people working for peaceful change. Enough.

But I don't pretend to mourn Kirk or regret his passing. Nobody can make me do that.

[maxsolomon]

14. Name names, Ben

I’ve already been contacted by people connected with the top executives at corporate news networks. I’ve been contacted by multiple sources who know what is being discussed inside the Trump regime. They are all livid with our coverage of the Charlie Kirk hate rally. They want us to apologize and not cover the rally or the circumstances surrounding the aftermath of Kirk’s death as we did.

[Joinfortmill]

15. Love Meidas Touch! R.I.P. Corporate Media.

[Mosby]

19. Impersonator does Tucker.

Trigger warning for Holocaust survivors.

Link to tweet

Spot on.

[Cha]

20. TY & Ben Meiselas For Not Giving

in to the Twilight Zone!

[ybbor]

21. Wish I could rec 1Mil times!

That’s all

[WmChris]

22. No need for apologies

Telling the truth will always piss off the cockroaches when you turn the lights.

[ReRe]

23. You go, Ben!

They can't do a thing about it! Unless they want to start competing with you by telling the truth in their reporting.

They should be apologizing to you and the American people.

Collectively, they are responsible for the war we are in to save this democracy.

[live love laugh]

24. And the stadium was half full. The media wants us to believe there's overwhelming support for this.

There isn’t. They’re helping to shove it down people’s throats.

[llmart]

25. They aren't shoving it down my throat...

since I didn't watch, listen to recaps or read anything about it. I am enjoying some beautiful fall weather, working in my yard, walking at the park, bingeing Netflix and PBS shows, reading a novel.....

The dead one gets no sympathy from me. I knew nothing about him, never heard his name before and honestly couldn't care less.

[TommyT139]

26. Yes - visible from camera pans

Even though 🍊💩 said that there was no room there or in the overflow space across the street. Sure, Donny, sure.

I just had a thought - maybe with the bulletproof glass, his babysitters project a full house so only he can see it. Like a teleprompter, but to soothe his ego and keep him energized.

[oldmanlynn]

28. Is he implying that the corporate media executives are behind that?

I don’t know I might be confused, but did he imply that corporate media executives were upset at meidas touch coverage. If that is true then we cant trust the mainstream media

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

29. No. They are receiving threats from the Trump misadministration which doesn't like what they have to say

The neo-fascists are trying to please their orange god.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. I was blinded by the light ...

... of the stadium lamps reflecting off all those white faces.

I think I saw one black face, and he was wearing a suit. He must have been security, or a member of Trump's administration/entourage.

[Bengus81]

32. All I saw of that shit show was all the mountains of TRASH left by the same MAGA morans

who rail endlessly about homeless encampments.

[Abstractartist]

34. The next administration will be BLUE

The next administration will be BLUE and I hope they remember everything that is happening.
I hope the next congress is BLUE and brings everyone in this administration that did the USA dirty… Bondi, Patel, Noem, et.al. up on charges and…. No ignoring the subpoenas

I hope the next President has a field day on the first day in office countering EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ORDER TRUMP SIGNED.

I hope the next administration closes the press corps offices to every MSM outlet that acted in a non equal and non professional, underhanded journalistic capacity.

[lark]

35. Midas Touch rocks!!

I'm on their side, the side of truth and honesty about the fascist takeover we are experincing now, though they don't use that word, they do however, show the true intent of the destroyers of America.

[The_Counsel]

36. Wait...So Corporate News Execs Want Meidas Touch to Apologize for Doing What They Themselves Wouldn't/Couldn't?

I mean we ALL can't be in bed with Trump (mis)Administration, now can we?

SOMEBODY has to do their damn jobs here. If corporate media won't do it, then they should STFU. Just sayin'....