The establishment media has taken on a new role in recent months; rather than reporting on events that already happened progressive outlets are promoting events before they happen. Specifically, the media has taken on the role of protest organizer in the Trump era in an attempt to rally the public to show up and fill out otherwise dwindling activist attendance.
The slowdown in leftist protests has “coincidentally” occurred at the same time as the shut down of easy federal funds supplied by agencies like USAID. The monetary incentives for professional provocateurs is drying up.
This means the political left is now forced to rely on actual grassroots participation, and it’s not working out well for them. Corporate news platforms have been pivoting into protest organizing as a stopgap, publishing maps and schedules for events with minimal success.
A recent interview between NewsNation’s Brian Entin and Adam Swart, CEO of an activist group called “Crowds on Demand” revealed that an unnamed organization offered Swart’s company $20 million to recruit demonstrators for upcoming anti-Trump protests on July 18th. Swart noted:
“We had to reject an offer worth around $20 million for nationwide, large-scale demonstrations across the country. Personally, I don’t think it’s effective. I’m rejecting the contract not because I don’t want the business, but because, frankly, this is going to be ineffective and make us all look bad…”
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