

Project Veritas, the far right-wing organization founded and operated by conservative trickster James O’Keefe, is devoted to discrediting American mainstream media outlets whom they contend are part of a vast liberal conspiracy to brainwash the public. Without so much as taking a breath, Hecker then nonchalantly pivoted to talking about the local heatwave as she’d been assigned, and the on-set anchors didn’t mention the outburst once her segment had concluded. “I found a non-profit journalism group, called Project Veritas, that is going to help put that out tomorrow, so tune in to them.” “I am going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers,” she continued. Instead of immediately cutting away from Hecker, who had obviously gone rogue, the camera kept rolling. And from what I’m gathering, I am not the only reporter being subjected to this,” Hecker said. has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers. “Before we get to that story, I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp.

But Hecker had a quick announcement to slip in prior to discussing the topic she’d been sent out to cover. news broadcast, the Fox 26 studio anchor cut to Hecker for a live hit about the sweltering Texas weather that has state power grid operators nervous about potential power outages. Hecker then said she had secret recordings to back-up her censorship claims which she'd turned over to a far-right anti-news group. law that applies to colleges was “positively dystopian” and temporarily blocked it for violating the First Amendment.In a truly bizarre news segment, local Fox 26 reporter Ivory Hecker surprised her colleagues and viewers Monday evening when she claimed live on-air that Fox’s corporate overlords had been “muzzling” her to stop her from sharing “certain information” viewers deserved to know. A federal judge last year found the portion of the Stop W.O.K.E.

Prohibiting academics from teaching topics that aren’t state sanctioned is a dirty tactic to eliminate independent thinking. This year, he’s dismissed the horrors of slavery. The bill was aimed at eradicating critical race theory from classrooms - though it was never taught in lower grades - and concepts like systemic racism.

Act,” which limits what K-12 teachers and university professors can say about race. While book bans aren’t exclusive to authoritarian governments - it’s a long tradition in American politics - it is anti-democratic nevertheless.ĭeSantis last year pushed lawmakers to pass the “Stop W.O.K.E. While decrying so-called indoctrination in schools - if he perceives it as coming from the left - DeSantis is controlling the knowledge to which students are exposed, including what books are available to them. While claiming to keep Florida “free,” DeSantis continues to act like an autocratic strongman, instead, going so far as to boast recently that he’ll “start slitting throats” of federal career civil servants if elected president. Flanked by his cronies, he announced he had overturned the will of thousands of voters by removing from office a Democratic prosecutor elected twice in the Tampa Bay area. When he gave that inspirational speech, DeSantis had just violated his own principles. “Our government is a government of laws, not a government of men,” Florida Gov. That’s why he finally admitted Trump lost | Opinion Altered State: For Trump, DeSantis, the road to authoritarianism runs through Florida | Opinion Altered State: Trump has told us clearly what a second term will be: one-man rule | Opinion Altered State: Florida’s DeSantis is teaching a master class in Authoritarianism 101 | Opinion DeSantis is just an opportunist.
