We knew they would try to shut us down.
Whether this is the pretext they were looking for, it’s clear they are going to try this consistently now, as evidenced by the fact that they targeted Parnas—and it wasn’t even his story…
Parnas is probably the most widely viewed political TikTok account in America. Between the MeidasTouch YouTube account (approx. 5 million subs) and the Parnas TikTok account (3.6 million subs), we collectively cover massive ground that is bigger than the right-wing digital media machines.
No wonder they hate us.
Here’s what went down.
Aaron Parnas reported on a story that originated from other independent journalists about ICE raids that are planned in Washington, D.C.
This wasn’t even a story that Parnas originated on his own.
Parnas simply cited the reporters who did the original story and reported on the potential raids that were discussed in the original story because it is a newsworthy event.
That’s it.
He reported the news.
After his report on the ICE raids, many of the top right-wing accounts like Libs of TikTok and others started to attack Parnas in an apparently coordinated fashion.
The large right-wing MAGA account Libs of TikTok, which has very close ties to the White House, posted about Parnas.
Shortly thereafter, right-wing influencers like Paul Szypula demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi arrest and prosecute the Meidas host.
Szypula wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi, “Please prosecute Aaron Parnas. He’s been broadcasting ICE raids. He’s amplifying the federal crimes of the leakers. He’s endangering the lives of ICE agents and all Americans.”
Obviously, this is not what Parnas was doing.
MORE AT:
MeidasTouch Host Targeted by MAGA with Threat of Arrest
By Ben Meiselas
“I have the natural intention to be and to remain the warm-hearted protector of the German press.” These are the words Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels used when he introduced the so-called Schriftleitergesetz (Editor’s Law) on October 4, 1933 – a law that fundamentally changed the work of journalists in Germany. The Nazis chose the term “Schriftleiter” to refer to journalists because it sounded more German.
From that moment on, journalists had register in a professional roster to be able to exercise their profession – only people with an “Aryan certificate” (proof of Aryan descent) were accepted. Schriftleiter also needed to have one year of professional training behind them, and they were only allowed to work once they had completed a training course and taken a final examination.
When the law came into force on January 1, 1934, many hundreds of journalists lost their jobs. Some stood no chance of being included on the professional roster because they were Jewish or non-Aryan, others because their opposition to the Nazi regime meant they would not toe the party line, for example.
Anyone who worked for the press was directly subordinate to the Ministry of Propaganda and was accountable to the Ministry – instead of to their publishers.
MORE AT:
Arolsen Archives International Center on Nazi Persecution
Nazi Germany’s Schriftleitergesetz: The End of Freedom of the Press
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