Unsavoury Tactics: Ezra Levant and Rebel Media

unsavoury tactics: He is a formidable publicist and organizer who punches well above his intellectual weight in right-wing circles, but he is seen by many Canadians as an online bully with extremist views, unsavoury tactics and a high level of tolerance for people with opinions most of us would consider well, intolerant, according to Rabble. People who offend him may find themselves on the receiving end of furious campaigns of vilification, assisted by a group of online supporters who seem to see the world in precisely the same way as their hero. Rebel Media is the political vehicle of Ezra Levant, the former Sun Media broadcaster who now operates his own far-right video blog website and has a reputation as one of Canada most prominent online nuisances. I speak from personal experience. Given this, I was surprised that both federal and provincial opposition parties, led by people who presumably want to appear to voters to be serious people and governments in waiting, allowed themselves to be seen so closely associated with a showman like Levant who, notwithstanding his vocal and enthusiastic fans, is reviled by so many Canadians. Sometimes the victims of these campaigns even discover websites registered in their names that redirect to Rebel Media pages or other apparently ironically chosen websites -- readers can check out Sandra Jansen.ca, Oneil Carlier.ca or Climenhaga as examples. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.