Maybe you've read Toronto Star columnist Catherine Porter’s account of my encounter with her and her daughter at Sunday's Queen’s Park protest. The trouble is, the central facts of Porter's story are not accurate. And we have the video to prove it.
Porter writes that her 9-year-old daughter Lyla saw me "belittling" someone about global warming, and that Lyla "was preparing to brawl with Levant" and that we had a "fight".
But that’s just not true.
Porter tried to set up some sort of teachable moment between her daughter and me, but it just didn’t happen.
So she made up the facts she wanted.
It doesn’t really matter to me – I’ve had worse things said about me, by better people.
As I said in my earlier report, I had a great time at the protest. I met a lot of colourful people. I had some lively debates. But no fights or brawls.
I met some really weird people, to be sure.
But to be honest, the weirdest person I met was Catherine Porter, who demanded I talk to her young daughter, and then told a tall tale about it in the newspaper.
PS: Here's the shorter "highlight reel" of my conversation with Porter and her daughter:
UPDATE: On July 17, the Toronto Star's Public Editor, Kathy English, wrote a full-page piece in the paper, acknowledging errors in Porter's report:
UPDATE: On July 22, Catherine Porter's "apology" to me appeared in the Toronto Star.
I wasn't impressed:
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Of course this woman lies. That’s what the main stream liberal media does because, unfortunately, they believe that the truth isn’t as exciting as their fantastical aggressive agendas. It’s not just the msm, though.
We have a 3 year old grandson who is going through a phase right now. He is surrounded by love and security every minute of his every day, yet lately, he has taken to complaining and being grumpy when he wants something. We know that this behavior will change soon because we are teaching him that there’s a better way to get what you want. Then we’ll be teaching him that what he wants isn’t always the best for him or others.
Many people have not had anyone care for them enough to lead them properly into adulthood. They end up believing that lying, cheating and stealing is an appropriate way to achieve their goals. Liberalism and socialism caters to these individuals and they gravitate toward these ideologies for nurturing.
It’s very, very sad, really.
I feel sorry for that little girl. Hopefully, she doesn’t grow up thinking she has to defend childish, immoral and unethical adults. If so, I suppose she could become a lawyer.
Of course this woman lies. That’s what the main stream liberal media does because, unfortunately, they believe that the truth isn’t as exciting as their fantastical aggressive agendas. It’s not just the msm, though.
We have a 3 year old grandson who is going through a phase right now. He is surrounded by love and security every minute of his every day, yet lately, he has taken to complaining and being grumpy when he wants something. We know that this behavior will change soon because we are teaching him that there’s a better way to get what you want. Then we’ll be teaching him that what he wants isn’t always the best for him or others.
Many people have not had anyone care for them enough to lead them properly into adulthood. They end up believing that lying, cheating and stealing is an appropriate way to achieve their goals. Liberalism and socialism caters to these individuals and they gravitate toward these ideologies for nurturing.
It’s very, very sad, really.
I feel sorry for that little girl. Hopefully, she doesn’t grow up thinking she has to defend childish, immoral and unethical adults. If so, I suppose she could become a lawyer.
Go Ezra!!
I would call for the firing of Catherine Porter, but I don’t think that the editors would care, as the more fiction she writes, the more papers they sell. Left-wing Socialists love fiction, because it’s the only way to justify their viewpoints.
Good journalism, Ezra. Keep it up!
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Canadians are subjected to journalistic biases daily. The CBC being the worst source, in that, Canadians pay for the privilege to be mis-lead and outright lied to. Canadian’s do not have the option of subscribing to CBC as they do other media outlets. Rather, canadians are taxed whether they are CBC followers, or not!
they can’t deal with facts so this is what the left does best, LIE!
I wonder if the Catherine Porters of the world get the irony that the agenda they support and promote – with what ever despicable means and ‘reasoning’ they can summon up and get away with in order to achieve their ends (for the liberal left the ends always befit the means) at ‘news’ organizations like the RED STAR and fellow travelers , where they accept benefit to disseminate the misinformation, spin, out right lies and sins of omission – is an agenda that is actively and effectively working to destroy that family unit, that family loyalty and the stability that brings to society, and trading it in for state-raised-children….or maybe she likes the idea of state-raised children…given her willingness to put her daughter in a situation like that for her own selfish and devious ends…
Isn’t she (the mother), or the the Star open to libel or something for telling such bald faced lies? With the video and the column there’s not much room for doubt?
Catherine Porter’s moral and ethical contradiction extend beyond her journalistic purview. The blatant manipulation of her daughter in this nefarious sideshow calls to question the existance of moral fiber. A public apology, not only to you, but to her daughter, and her readers is apposite.
He is only here to cause disruption.