Ezra Levant

Well, in the end, the TV network had to do deals with different cable companies. Will you carry it? What channel will you carry it on? How much will you charge customers for it? How much will you pass on to Rebel News? And all of these things are regulated. And so the regulator basically euthanized it and said, we're going to give you a few... Regulators turn into censors at the drop of a hat.

Well, in the end, the TV network had to do deals with different cable companies. Will you carry it? What channel will you carry it on? How much will you charge customers for it? How much will you pass on to Rebel News? And all of these things are regulated. And so the regulator basically euthanized it and said, we're going to give you a few... Regulators turn into censors at the drop of a hat.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

They have a... Right, right, right. Especially with media, that's how you can kill it.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

And they killed Sun News. And I resolved that I would never put myself in a position where a government regulator could do that to us again. So we went all internet. We didn't try and do anything in a real TV or real radio environment.

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.