James O'Keefe, Lara Logan, Eva Vlaardingerbroek, and Human Events Daily’s Jack Posobiec took to the stage for a panel on independent media, where they spoke about the necessity of journalism, but the challenges that go along with bringing the truth to light in the digital age.
Logan spoke about the poor incentives of mainstream media, which has also left a void for independent media to fill. "I spent five years in Iraq as the chief correspondent with CBS News. And that cost how many millions, millions of dollars.”
“What independent media or outlet can afford that. Now, it's no use if you're going to put people on the ground and they're not going to tell the truth, so your bureaus mean nothing. I'm not standing in defense of mainstream media. I'm standing in defense of the principles of real journalism and the reality that it takes money,” Logan added.
She added that it is a very large struggle for independent media to take on large projects, but said it is a necessity since mainstream media does not tell the whole truth.
O’Keefe, who is the founder of O’Keefe Media Group, also talked about that struggle with media, “I've been asked to talk about what independent media is and what my views are on the current situation. I second again, what you said about money. I don't know if this is a controversial statement to make. I don't know if the commercial imperative is compatible with truth-telling. I don't know if the commercial imperative is compatible with investigative journalism.”
He said that because of how social media has transformed the media landscape, “There's no who, what, when, where, why. There's no concise, succinct presentation of the information. So as a result, our brains are everywhere.”
He addressed incentives in reporting, saying that they are not aligned, as they are “to make money and to get clicks.”
Vlaardingerbroek addressed the issues of journalism in Europe, and said that no large outlet even “pretends to be right-wing" in the media landscape, and then touched on her advocacy in highlighting the crimes that have been caused by mass migration into the EU.
“We don't have a Lara, we don't have a James O'Keefe, we don't have a Jack Posobiec, if we did, the situation wouldn't be as dire as the one that we are in today,” Vlaardingerbroek stated.
Posobiec then addressed the importance of the truth and remaining in reality, touching on the life of Tyler Robinson, the man charged with murdering TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.
“This is a real threat. This is the one of the biggest threats of our time, is that if we forget about the real world, if we forget about reality, if we forget about truth, if we forget about meeting one another as an individual and totally throw ourselves into these internet based identities which are false, identities, which are not godly, ordained identities, which are not identities that are provided to us by our Creator, then that is where the devil will seep in,” he said.
“That is where the demonic will seep in, and that is the trap, and that is the biggest trap of all. That's why I realized that Charlie focused so much on bringing people back to the physical space and bringing people together,” he added.
He said that because the murder was livestreamed, it was an attack on Charlie, Western civilization, as well as independent media, because of how it spread on social media.
“That's why everything that Charlie did and what we're trying to do even more and more is to put God at the center of every single thing that we do, because nothing that comes from God can be bad, and everything that comes from Satan,” he added.
Logan spoke about the poor incentives of mainstream media, which has also left a void for independent media to fill. "I spent five years in Iraq as the chief correspondent with CBS News. And that cost how many millions, millions of dollars.”
“What independent media or outlet can afford that. Now, it's no use if you're going to put people on the ground and they're not going to tell the truth, so your bureaus mean nothing. I'm not standing in defense of mainstream media. I'm standing in defense of the principles of real journalism and the reality that it takes money,” Logan added.
She added that it is a very large struggle for independent media to take on large projects, but said it is a necessity since mainstream media does not tell the whole truth.
O’Keefe, who is the founder of O’Keefe Media Group, also talked about that struggle with media, “I've been asked to talk about what independent media is and what my views are on the current situation. I second again, what you said about money. I don't know if this is a controversial statement to make. I don't know if the commercial imperative is compatible with truth-telling. I don't know if the commercial imperative is compatible with investigative journalism.”
He said that because of how social media has transformed the media landscape, “There's no who, what, when, where, why. There's no concise, succinct presentation of the information. So as a result, our brains are everywhere.”
He addressed incentives in reporting, saying that they are not aligned, as they are “to make money and to get clicks.”
Vlaardingerbroek addressed the issues of journalism in Europe, and said that no large outlet even “pretends to be right-wing" in the media landscape, and then touched on her advocacy in highlighting the crimes that have been caused by mass migration into the EU.
“We don't have a Lara, we don't have a James O'Keefe, we don't have a Jack Posobiec, if we did, the situation wouldn't be as dire as the one that we are in today,” Vlaardingerbroek stated.
Posobiec then addressed the importance of the truth and remaining in reality, touching on the life of Tyler Robinson, the man charged with murdering TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk.
“This is a real threat. This is the one of the biggest threats of our time, is that if we forget about the real world, if we forget about reality, if we forget about truth, if we forget about meeting one another as an individual and totally throw ourselves into these internet based identities which are false, identities, which are not godly, ordained identities, which are not identities that are provided to us by our Creator, then that is where the devil will seep in,” he said.
“That is where the demonic will seep in, and that is the trap, and that is the biggest trap of all. That's why I realized that Charlie focused so much on bringing people back to the physical space and bringing people together,” he added.
He said that because the murder was livestreamed, it was an attack on Charlie, Western civilization, as well as independent media, because of how it spread on social media.
“That's why everything that Charlie did and what we're trying to do even more and more is to put God at the center of every single thing that we do, because nothing that comes from God can be bad, and everything that comes from Satan,” he added.
