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'''''The Post Millennial''''' is a [[Conservatism in Canada|conservative Canadian]] online [[news magazine]] started in 2017. It publishes national and local news and has a large amount of opinion content. It has been criticized for releasing misinformation and articles written by fake personas,<ref name="Disinformation" /> for past employment of an editor with ties to white supremacist-platforming and pro-Kremlin media outlets,<ref name="Dzsurdzsa" /> and for opaque funding and political connections.<ref name="BFN-Attack" /><ref name="pamphleteering2019" /> |
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'''The Post Millennial''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] online news website based in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. It was founded in 2017 by Matthew Azrieli and Ali Taghva.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadalandshow.com/guide-to-new-popular-populist-political-media/|title=The CANADALAND Guide To New Popular, Populist Political Media|website=www.canadalandshow.com|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> |
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== Content == |
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''The Post Millennial'' provides both national and regional news. It runs stories on politics and culture. Its opinion section is a significant portion of its content, and conservative figures such as [[Barbara Kay]] have written opinions for the outlet.<ref name="pamphleteering2019"/> |
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Most news content provided by ''The Post Millennial'' is reused from other media outlets with no additional reporting.<ref name="pamphleteering2019"/> |
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''The Post Millennial'' has been described by ''[[Buzzfeed News]]'' as an advocacy organization for the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] operating through opaque personal connections and undeclared social media ties.<ref name="BFN-Attack"/> |
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The website ''[[Bellingcat]]'' described an article ''The Post Millennial'' published during the [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019 Australia fires]] as "disinformation". The English conspiracy theorist [[Paul Joseph Watson]] released a false story alleging that the wildfires resulted in [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season#Misinformation and contested reporting|large part from arson]].<ref name="Disinformation"/> ''The Post Millennial'' used Watson's story as a basis for their own reporting, alleging that "legal action" had been taken against 183 people during the bushfires. ''Bellingcat'' argued that their presentation "did not botch the basic facts" but was misleading.<ref name="Disinformation">{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Robert|author-link=Robert Evans (journalist) |title=How Coronavirus Disinformation Gets Past Social Media Moderators |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/04/03/how-coronavirus-disinformation-gets-past-social-media-moderators/ |website=Bellingcat |accessdate=4 April 2020 |date=3 April 2020}}</ref> |
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In July 2020 ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' exposed an online network pushing [[United Arab Emirates]] propaganda against Qatar, Turkey and Iran, using op-eds placed in news outlets using fictitious authors. ''The Post Millennial'' published some of these of these articles. After being contacted by the ''Beast'', it took the articles down without comment.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Rawnsley|first=Adam|date=2020-07-06|title=Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-outlets-duped-by-a-middle-east-propaganda-campaign|access-date=2020-07-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Covucci |first1=David |title=Right-wing troll Andy Ngo busted for publishing stories by fake people |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/andy-ngo-fake-articles/ |accessdate=3 August 2020 |work=The Daily Dot |date=7 July 2020}}</ref> |
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=== Staff === |
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[[Andy Ngo]] has been editor-at-large since 2019. Ngo was previously with ''[[Quillette]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=de Buen |first1=Néstor |title=Fact-Checking the Tweet that Got Andy Ngo Banned from Twitter |url=https://merionwest.com/2019/12/11/fact-checking-the-tweet-that-got-andy-ngo-banned-from-twitter/ |accessdate=3 August 2020 |work=Merion West |date=11 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Don |title=Portland conservative writer suing 'antifa' for injuries |url=https://katu.com/news/local/portland-conservative-writer-andy-ngo-suing-antifa-for-injuries-during-protest |accessdate=3 August 2020 |work=KATU |agency=Associated Press |date=5 June 2020}}</ref> |
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Yaakov Pollak, a former provincial Conservative Party candidate, joined the media group in July 2019. Pollak ran a variety of Conservative Party-affiliated Facebook groups, including the Liberty Now and the Elect Conservatives groups. Pollak did not declare his connection to these pages, and until he was contacted by interested media groups, the majority of content on those pages was sourced from ''The Post Millennial''.<ref name="BFN-Attack">{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Craig|author-link1=Craig Silverman| |last2=Lytvynenko |first2=Jane |last3=Boutilier |first3=Alex |last4=Oved |first4=Marco |title=A Set Of Facebook Pages Promoting Conservatives And Attacking Trudeau Are Run By A Post Millennial Staffer |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/post-millennial-facebook-network-liberty-now |accessdate=5 April 2020 |work=BuzzFeed News |agency=Buzzfeed News |date=26 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> |
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''The Post Millennial'' has been questioned for its hiring of editor Cosmin Dzsurdzsa. Dzurdzsa started his career in 2015 at ''[[Russia Insider]]'', a [[Propaganda in the Russian Federation|pro-Kremlin propaganda outlet]]. Dzurdzsa worked from December 2017 through 2018 at Free Bird Media, a blog which interviewed white supremacists including [[Richard B. Spencer|Richard Spencer]] and Kevin Johnston both before and while Dzurdzsa worked there. When asked by the ''[[National Observer (Canada)|National Observer]]'', representatives of the media outlet made no comment on background checks or considerations of past employment in hiring.<ref name="Dzsurdzsa">{{cite news |last1=McIntosh |first1=Emma |title=He used to work for a site that promoted racists — now he edits a Canadian news outlet |url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/08/22/news/he-used-work-site-promoted-racists-now-he-edits-canadian-news-outlet |accessdate=4 April 2020 |work=Canada's National Observer |date=22 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Dzsurdzsa no longer works at ''The Post Millennial''.{{cn|date=April 2020}} |
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== Origins and Operations == |
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The Post Millennial was founded in 2017 by Matthew Azrieli, a real estate manager, and Ali Taghva, a former [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] riding association president and student. As of 2019, the slogan used by the website is "Your News Every Day". The Post Millenial used to publish a secondary website called "The Nectarine", but that website has since been shut down. According to [[Alexa Internet|Alexa.com]], the site ranks 2,471 in Canada by web traffic, and caters to an overwhelmingly [[North America|North American]] audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thepostmillennial.com|title=Thepostmillennial Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix and Traffic - Alexa|website=www.alexa.com|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> |
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== History == |
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''The Post Millennial'' was started in 2017 by Matthew Azrieli and Ali Taghva. The site's [[Facebook]] presence expanded rapidly between June 2018 and May 2019, with page interactions growing from 36,000 to 194,000 per month. Meanwhile, a new office was sited in [[Montreal]], and the organization planned for another expansion into Toronto in 2020. In May 2019, Jeff Ballingall, a former political campaigner for [[Premier of Ontario|Ontario Premier]] [[Doug Ford]], was hired as chief executive.<ref name="pamphleteering2019">{{cite news |last1=Yates |first1=Jeff |last2=Rogers |first2=Kaleigh |title=Canadian news site The Post Millennial blurs line between journalism and conservative 'pamphleteering' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/the-post-millennial-journalism-conservative-advocacy-1.5191593 |accessdate=4 April 2020 |work=CBC News |date=13 August 2019}}</ref> |
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Journalism done at The Post Millennial has been acknowledged by some more established outfits such as [[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jean-marc-fournier/bil-62-lets-quebecers-live-in-harmony-in-a-way-that-respects-our-rights_a_23266038/|title=Bill 62 Lets Quebecers Live In Harmony In A Way That Respects Our Rights|date=2017-11-06|website=HuffPost Canada|language=en|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref>, [[National Post]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-living-in-a-country-where-you-darent-be-anything-but-gay-friendly|title=Christie Blatchford: Living in a country where you daren't be anything but gay friendly {{!}} National Post|last=Comment|first=Full|date=2018-04-04|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref>, and [[Quillette]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://quillette.com/2018/02/07/real-gender-trouble/|title=The Real Gender Trouble|date=2018-02-07|website=Quillette|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-06-12}}</ref>. |
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''The Post Millennial'' is backed by [[private investors]], but their identities have not been made public. Other funding sources remain unclear, with proceeds from advertising or subscriptions undefined.<ref name="pamphleteering2019"/> |
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== Accusations of Editorial Bias == |
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The site describes itself as nonpartisan and centrist,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thepostmillennial.com/about|title=About Us|date=2017-07-12|website=The Post Millennial|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> but has faced accusations of bias towards the [[Conservative Party of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-post-millennial/|title=The Post Millennial|website=Media Bias/Fact Check|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Jeff Ballingall, founder of the conservative-leaning [[Ontario Proud]], is a partial owner of the site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/ontario-proud-the-right-wing-facebook-giant-in-ontarios-election-eyes-federal-election-involvement|title=Ontario Proud, the right-wing Facebook giant in Ontario's election, eyes federal election involvement {{!}} National Post|last=Politics|first=Canadian|date=2018-06-05|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Ontario Proud and other "Proud" affiliates often link to the site, allowing some articles to be shared tens of thousands of times. Post Millennial has also hired [[alt-right]] activist Cosmin Dzsurdzsa as a senior editor. The site is popular among the leaders of the "[[Intellectual dark web|Intellectual Dark Web]]", such as [[University of Toronto]] Professor [[Jordan Peterson]] and [[American Enterprise Institute|AEI]] Fellow [[Christina Hoff Sommers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1105826853892341761?lang=en|title=Gad Saad in The PostMillenial: http://j.mp/2VWtBfg pic.twitter.com/GqaQQYWJ5a|last=Peterson|first=Dr Jordan B.|date=2019-03-13|website=@jordanbpeterson|language=et|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> |
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| Type | Online magazine |
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| Format | Digital-only |
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| Founded | 2017 |
| Political alignment | Conservative Canadian |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Canada |
| Website | thepostmillennial |
The Post Millennial is a conservative Canadian online news magazine started in 2017. It publishes national and local news and has a large amount of opinion content. It has been criticized for releasing misinformation and articles written by fake personas,[1] for past employment of an editor with ties to white supremacist-platforming and pro-Kremlin media outlets,[2] and for opaque funding and political connections.[3][4]
Content
The Post Millennial provides both national and regional news. It runs stories on politics and culture. Its opinion section is a significant portion of its content, and conservative figures such as Barbara Kay have written opinions for the outlet.[4]
Most news content provided by The Post Millennial is reused from other media outlets with no additional reporting.[4]
The Post Millennial has been described by Buzzfeed News as an advocacy organization for the Conservative Party operating through opaque personal connections and undeclared social media ties.[3]
The website Bellingcat described an article The Post Millennial published during the 2019 Australia fires as "disinformation". The English conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson released a false story alleging that the wildfires resulted in large part from arson.[1] The Post Millennial used Watson's story as a basis for their own reporting, alleging that "legal action" had been taken against 183 people during the bushfires. Bellingcat argued that their presentation "did not botch the basic facts" but was misleading.[1]
In July 2020 The Daily Beast exposed an online network pushing United Arab Emirates propaganda against Qatar, Turkey and Iran, using op-eds placed in news outlets using fictitious authors. The Post Millennial published some of these of these articles. After being contacted by the Beast, it took the articles down without comment.[5][6]
Staff
Andy Ngo has been editor-at-large since 2019. Ngo was previously with Quillette.[7][8]
Yaakov Pollak, a former provincial Conservative Party candidate, joined the media group in July 2019. Pollak ran a variety of Conservative Party-affiliated Facebook groups, including the Liberty Now and the Elect Conservatives groups. Pollak did not declare his connection to these pages, and until he was contacted by interested media groups, the majority of content on those pages was sourced from The Post Millennial.[3]
The Post Millennial has been questioned for its hiring of editor Cosmin Dzsurdzsa. Dzurdzsa started his career in 2015 at Russia Insider, a pro-Kremlin propaganda outlet. Dzurdzsa worked from December 2017 through 2018 at Free Bird Media, a blog which interviewed white supremacists including Richard Spencer and Kevin Johnston both before and while Dzurdzsa worked there. When asked by the National Observer, representatives of the media outlet made no comment on background checks or considerations of past employment in hiring.[2] Dzsurdzsa no longer works at The Post Millennial.[citation needed]
History
The Post Millennial was started in 2017 by Matthew Azrieli and Ali Taghva. The site's Facebook presence expanded rapidly between June 2018 and May 2019, with page interactions growing from 36,000 to 194,000 per month. Meanwhile, a new office was sited in Montreal, and the organization planned for another expansion into Toronto in 2020. In May 2019, Jeff Ballingall, a former political campaigner for Ontario Premier Doug Ford, was hired as chief executive.[4]
The Post Millennial is backed by private investors, but their identities have not been made public. Other funding sources remain unclear, with proceeds from advertising or subscriptions undefined.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Robert (3 April 2020). "How Coronavirus Disinformation Gets Past Social Media Moderators". Bellingcat. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b McIntosh, Emma (22 August 2019). "He used to work for a site that promoted racists — now he edits a Canadian news outlet". Canada's National Observer. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Silverman, Craig; Lytvynenko, Jane; Boutilier, Alex; Oved, Marco (26 July 2019). "A Set Of Facebook Pages Promoting Conservatives And Attacking Trudeau Are Run By A Post Millennial Staffer". BuzzFeed News. Buzzfeed News. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c d e Yates, Jeff; Rogers, Kaleigh (13 August 2019). "Canadian news site The Post Millennial blurs line between journalism and conservative 'pamphleteering'". CBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ Rawnsley, Adam (2020-07-06). "Right-Wing Media Outlets Duped by a Middle East Propaganda Campaign". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ^ Covucci, David (7 July 2020). "Right-wing troll Andy Ngo busted for publishing stories by fake people". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ de Buen, Néstor (11 December 2019). "Fact-Checking the Tweet that Got Andy Ngo Banned from Twitter". Merion West. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Thompson, Don (5 June 2020). "Portland conservative writer suing 'antifa' for injuries". KATU. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 August 2020.