Global News reporter Rachel Gilmore became emotional about the death threats and hateful comments she receives every day. .“I’m a female reporter and I have been receiving death threats for months now,” said Gilmore in a Tuesday video. .“My DMs (direct messages), my replies on Twitter, my emails, this is what they look like every day.” .She included a photo of an Instagram direct message she received from a user saying he will kill her, so she should watch her back in public. .Gilmore said it is not limited to her. She said people are “targeting female and especially women of colour journalists, trying to silence our voices.” .Hill Times columnist Erica Ifill, Toronto Star podcast host and producer Saba Eitizaz, and her have reported the messages to police. Police have not taken action over the messages. .She said Ifill, Eitizaz, and her have been told their photos were plastered to a garage, and people were deciding who to kill first. Since she was told she was being stalked, she said does not “feel safe leaving my house anymore.” .Gilmore said there is racist, misogynistic, disgusting, and threatening language in all of the messages. She said the free press is under attack. .“And people need to pay attention and do something about it, or one of us will get killed,” she said. .Former People’s Party of Canada candidate Greg Wycliffe (Parkdale-High Park, ON) said facts matter. .“How do we know these death threats are credible?” said Wycliffe. .“You or a friend could easily be sending these threats to yourself from sock-puppet email accounts — This would take five minutes to do.”.Post Millennial editor-in-chief Libby Emmons mocked Gilmore by saying she could prevent herself from being inundated with nasty messages. .“Have you thought about closing your DMs?” said Emmons. .Gilmore did not speak up when Rebel News reporter Alexa Lavoie was struck and injured by police while covering the Freedom Convoy in February. ."She tells me a cop hit her three times with a club and then shot a tear gas canister at her leg from point-blank range," said Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant. .“[Justin] Trudeau has instructed his police to attack journalists." .Gilmore was silent when Parliamentary Press Gallery executives accompanied by armed police evicted Blacklock’s Reporter from the National Press Building on Friday. .READ MORE: Blacklock's Reporter is evicted from press gallery.Blacklock’s Reporter said the eviction — the first of its kind in the history of the National Press Building — was clear reprisal over its continued protests against media subsidies..The complaints were made by Canadian Press reporters Emilie Bergeron and Michel Saba and freelance journalist Helene Buzzetti. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
Global News reporter Rachel Gilmore became emotional about the death threats and hateful comments she receives every day. .“I’m a female reporter and I have been receiving death threats for months now,” said Gilmore in a Tuesday video. .“My DMs (direct messages), my replies on Twitter, my emails, this is what they look like every day.” .She included a photo of an Instagram direct message she received from a user saying he will kill her, so she should watch her back in public. .Gilmore said it is not limited to her. She said people are “targeting female and especially women of colour journalists, trying to silence our voices.” .Hill Times columnist Erica Ifill, Toronto Star podcast host and producer Saba Eitizaz, and her have reported the messages to police. Police have not taken action over the messages. .She said Ifill, Eitizaz, and her have been told their photos were plastered to a garage, and people were deciding who to kill first. Since she was told she was being stalked, she said does not “feel safe leaving my house anymore.” .Gilmore said there is racist, misogynistic, disgusting, and threatening language in all of the messages. She said the free press is under attack. .“And people need to pay attention and do something about it, or one of us will get killed,” she said. .Former People’s Party of Canada candidate Greg Wycliffe (Parkdale-High Park, ON) said facts matter. .“How do we know these death threats are credible?” said Wycliffe. .“You or a friend could easily be sending these threats to yourself from sock-puppet email accounts — This would take five minutes to do.”.Post Millennial editor-in-chief Libby Emmons mocked Gilmore by saying she could prevent herself from being inundated with nasty messages. .“Have you thought about closing your DMs?” said Emmons. .Gilmore did not speak up when Rebel News reporter Alexa Lavoie was struck and injured by police while covering the Freedom Convoy in February. ."She tells me a cop hit her three times with a club and then shot a tear gas canister at her leg from point-blank range," said Rebel News publisher Ezra Levant. .“[Justin] Trudeau has instructed his police to attack journalists." .Gilmore was silent when Parliamentary Press Gallery executives accompanied by armed police evicted Blacklock’s Reporter from the National Press Building on Friday. .READ MORE: Blacklock's Reporter is evicted from press gallery.Blacklock’s Reporter said the eviction — the first of its kind in the history of the National Press Building — was clear reprisal over its continued protests against media subsidies..The complaints were made by Canadian Press reporters Emilie Bergeron and Michel Saba and freelance journalist Helene Buzzetti. .This is what the Western Standard is up againstThe Trudeau government is funding lies and propaganda by directly subsidizing the mainstream media. They do this to entrench the powerful Eastern, woke and corrupt interests that dominate the political, social and economic institutions in Canada. Federal authorities are constantly trying to censor us and stop us from publishing the stories that they don’t want you to read. Ottawa may weaponize our taxes and police against us, but we’ve got a powerful ally on our side.You. Free men, and free women. We need you to stand with us and become a member of the Western Standard. Here’s what you will get for your membership:Unlimited access to all articles from the Western Standard, Alberta Report, West Coast Standard, and Saskatchewan Standard, with no paywall. Our daily newsletter delivered to your inbox. .Access to exclusive Member-only WS events.Keep the West’s leading independent media voice strong and free.If you can, please support us with a monthly or annual membership. It takes just a moment to set up, and you will be making a big impact on keeping one the last independent media outlets in Canada free from Ottawa’s corrupting influence.
