Global TV Fake News Confirmed by Independent Journalists

Canadian National TV broadcaster Global TV ran a disingenuous, demonstrably biased inaccurate story on March 20, 2021 claiming one of their 'reporters' was physically threatened, fearing for his personal safety, at the Kelowna Freedom Rally that same day.

Independent coverage from multiple sources clearly reveals numerous discrepancies as well as apparent deliberate misrepresentation of actual events.

The self-described reporter is clearly seen entering a secure stage area without permission from security personnel. Two security personnel actually follow him onto the stage and request, politely, that he leave as NO ONE is allowed on stage while presenters and speakers are engaging with the 1,000 or so individuals who attended that particular rally, except those with pre-arranged stage clearance.

Rather than leaving as requested, the self-described Global TV reporter who is wearing NO Global ID or visible credentials, merely moves to a different location on stage where again the security personnel have to follow and again, politely, insist that he dismount the stage.

Finally, one of the security personnel actually has to physically move the individual to the stage stairs. Note that this individual is using a smartphone as his recording device.

My strong suspicion is that this is not actually a Global TV reporter but instead a stringer who may be paid on a piecemeal basis by Global but is in no way identifiable as Global personnel either via his gear, his lack of media accreditation, or his garb.

More importantly, an actual Global professional would have known to get prior clearance from security personnel before inserting himself onto the stage, obviously without prior permission.

The subsequent claimed 'threatening' interaction with the individuals already gathered in front of the state is clearly refuted by the footage I am providing as well as by footage shot by other independent videographers.

The only 'negative' interaction in the crowd is apparent when a gentleman rightly stands in front of this 'reporter' preventing him from returning to the stage from where he has ALREADY been removed.

This individual inserts himself into the personal space of others, then starts a process of demanding 'six foot' clearance to which he is IN NO WAY entitled given his previous actions.

As one of the individuals who is clearly identifiable as a camera operator in his claimed 'personal safety violated' space, I can confirm, as did three (3) other independents, that there was absolutely NO threatening behaviour exhibited by anyone in his clearly 'agenda driven' subsequent narrative that was broadcast throughout the Okanagan.

It is my belief that this individual deliberately tried to create an incident for his own personal reasons and to further his pre-meditated agenda.

It is hugely disappointing that the News Anchor on the Saturday, March 20, 2021 5:30 regional news broadcast chose to lead with this 'FAKE NEWS' incident without further confirmation or validation of the actual facts in the incident.

If the Main Stream Media wants to whine and complain about their growing lack of credibility and eroding public trust, this type of media theatre, poorly acted and orchestrated, is a prime reason why the public trust in mainstream broadcasters is continuing to erode.

A genuine, ethical reporter practicing journalistic integrity would have reported on the actual speeches and factual information provided by highly credentialed, accredited professionals including medical doctors.

Instead, Global TV chose to promote Fake News sensationalism - and got caught in the process.

It is a shameful indictment on the state of the mainstream broadcast industry in 2021. To compound the unethical, unprofessional 'agenda driven' actions of this individual, he chose to distribute his 'fake news' claim across social media sites, eliciting further sympathetic responses from his cohorts in the 'evil anti-maskers' narrative.

All should be ashamed of their support since they HAD NO ABILITY TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CLAIM. That is known as journalistic integrity - and it is apparently dead.

Global TV, the individual who misrepresented himself as a genuine reporter, the editing room at Global and the entire Global Okanagan production team, including the News Anchor, should be ashamed of their wholly inaccurate, and theatrical, coverage of a 'fake personal safety' incident - that never was.

Global TV should ethically and morally issue a retraction, with the same attention to detail they conflated to create this 'non story'.

Of course, Global TV will not issue that retraction as they continue to play to the 'Woke' sycophants and to support government driven agendas.

My concern is that this is quite probably NOT an isolated, contrived, orchestrated 'FAKE NEWS' incident.