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I’ve got a big plan that I’ve been working on for a year now, and I’m ready to tell you about it. Because I want to ask you if you agree with my big plan, and if you want to help me do it.
The big plan is to take our channel, TheRebel.media, and turn it into the largest, most influential news media outlet in Canada.
When I say big, I mean big in viewership and readership, a big audience, having a big impact. I want us to become a leading source of news and opinion – to tell people the other side of the story.
The big plan is to do what we’re doing – but double it, and double that again – have as many Canadians getting their political news from us as from anyone else.
Last year, we crowdfunded our studio – a small room in the middle of our office, with sound-absorbing foam, and a green screen onto which the computer projects different backgrounds. That was a big expense for us – $80,000.
But now, we need a bigger office. We’ve paid almost no rent at our current location – but it’s way too small. So, we need a new office. And we need a new studio. And we need new equipment for the studio – a new control panel, new cameras and lights.
We need all of these tools. Each tool is a few thousand dollars – some are a few hundred, the biggest is $30,000. There are 68 tools, 68 things we need to reach our goal. And taken all together, I really think they’re the building blocks of the big plan.
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So why’d you bring it up?
You: Rebel sucks compared to Prager U!
Me: No it doesn’t, in a quarter of the time, it’s almost matched Prager U in overall views and subscribers and has in the last month actually exceeded it in both.
You: …That was just one example!
I almost feel guilty whenever we have our little chats. It’s like you’re a deranged shooter trying to commit suicide by cop. You’re always begging to be taken out and you don’t even know it. lol
So anyways, Prager U doesn’t do what The Rebel does nor has it grown as fast as the Rebel. This type of crowd funding has allowed the Rebel to achieve what it has in such a short time. You may not like it, but the numbers speak for themselves. More views and subscribers than CBC News on YouTube and coming close on Prager U.
To stay in business? Nope, this is mostly just for capital costs not day to day stuff. Sorry Michael.
Prager was ONE example.
There are many more – and they have never asked for money.
Rebel offices across Canada….LOL. Someone’s house doesn’t count as an office or studio. The Rebel can’t even pay for their own main REAL office./studio. They need handouts to stay in business, because they are getting NOTHING through advertising. No one gives a fuck to advertise here and probably view it as a negative towards their product.
I have looked at the numbers – The Rebel isn’t doing any better now than they were a year ago, as this clearly confirms.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/therebel.media
I hope you won’t ignore the numbers.
“Michael Mann commented 9 months ago
Peter,
I am so sure that Hillary will be President – if I lose, I will admit I was wrong and I will never post here again.
But if I am right, you are never going to hear the end of it. You will not want to post here any longer – I promise you. "
http://www.therebel.media/nevertrump_conservative_president_hillary_clinton
Oh right, you’re a liar.
Any how, Prager U started on You Tube nearly 7.5 years ago. The Rebel nearly 2 years ago. In that time, The Rebel has achieved 74% of the number of Prager U’s subscribers and 80% of its number of total video views.
It has also, in the last 30 days, achieved 2.7 times more views and 1.3 times more subscribers sign ups than Prager U. It has also produced 26 times more videos (not including some of the Paywall videos) than Prager U.
http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/prageruniversity
http://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCGy6uV7yqGWDeUWTZzT3ZEg
The Rebel also maintains offices and equipment across Canada, has employees in at least three countries, and sends reporters and crews around the World to cover UN climate change conferences, the European Migrant Crisis, BC Salmon farming protesters, Syrian migrants in Canadian Schools, UN Tobacco controls, and the Ohio State terrorist attack in addition to providing commentary.
Look at the numbers Michael… I mean “Jimmy.” They keep going up. You don’t matter.
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YOU WOULD THINK SOME INTERNET SUPPLIER WOULD STEP UP AND GIVE IT TO YOU FREE AND YOU COULD HAVE A BANNER TYPED OR SCROLD ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SHOW. LIKE INTERNET SUPPLIED BY RODGER’S OR BELL OR COGECO OR WHO EVER MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER COMPANY LIKE EZRA’S PIZZA.
A public broadcaster is supposed to be for everyone, not just the Liberals or the fringe special interest groups.
If they’re only going to push Liberal views, they should only take tax dollars from Liberal supporters and give the rest of us a break. People get sick of the Liberal spin on every little news story.
But here is the hypocrisy. When the SUn was on its death bed, they actually went to the government to grovel for money in the form of getting forced into people’s homes. So don’t lecture me on the CBC being forced down our throats with our own tax dollars. If Ezra could get the tax payers to fund the rebel, he would.
I can get so much news on the internet for free that is not from the CBC. I see no reason to pay for the rebel. Besides, Ezra already earns money off the ads.
The institution which obtains private financial support has to convince the provider of funding that the recipient will apply the funding to meet the stated objectives (which, presumably, the funder supports). That person is not told that he must support the institution’s objectives. That support is voluntary and can follow any means that encourages those who support its objectives to make financial contributions.
A beggar seeking financial support to buy food asks for donations to satisfy his/her objective. You have the choice to respond to that request however you want, provided that such response is not criminal. i.e. it is not lawful to physically assault the beggar for making the request. (Do not confuse being impolite with being unlawful.) It is lawful to say no or to make a contribution. The same applies when a charity makes a request for financial support, you have a choice to make a contribution or not. Under the current law you cannot be forced to make a contribution except that with some appeals for charitable funding have been supported by government (taxpayer) funds and, to the extent of your share of the taxpayer’s money, you have been forced to contribute to the cause. The same also applies to any person or company who seeks to obtain funds.
With respect to the current appeal for financial support by the Rebel, the contribution is purely voluntary. The appeal could have been for increased subscribers to their news service just as lawfully as asking for funding in the manner that has been made. Just as easily, they could have made an appeal for funds by other means such as becoming a shareholder or making a loan to them. Each method of raising funds involves different costs and obligations. (Raising funds by way of issuing shares or dealing with loans is expensive and more costly than the approach they have chosen). Presumably, the Rebel evaluated the costs of each alternative and made their choice accordingly while staying within the law.
If a potential provider of funds is not happy with the method of fund raising used they have a choice of not providing such funds. That person has no right to stop any other person from responding to the request, unless the person wishing to provide the funding is not lawfully competent to do so – generally someone who is not an adult under the law or whose legal capacity to do so is lawfully constrained. If funding is provided by a government (provincial and/or federal) it is paid, indirectly, by the taxpayer. The tax money received by the government is taken from the taxpayer, with or without the taxpayer’s consent. Therefore the taxpayer has no choice in whether his taxes are to be applied to this purpose which is why the government must be very careful about which projects it chooses to support with taxpayer’s money. The support of the news media by the government can be easily manipulated by the granting or withholding of funds with excuses for the funding changes being stated as having no relationship to the objectives that the institution actually does pursue. The managers of the taxpayer’s funds also use other techniques to manage the media such as denying a representative of the media of whose views they disapprove from attending events under their control whether media related or not. It is well known that the politicians (who control the spending of taxpayer’s moneys) have every excuse under the sun to deny the actual rational for their action and provide dubious rationale to support their decision/s.
I wish the Rebel all the best in their endeavors. I trust that they will do their best to apply the funds in accordance with their intent stated above. You might like to compare the performance of the current politicians in using or abusing the funds taken from taxpayers.
(The Little Book of Joe’s Sh!t Life, available on Kobo, Kindle, soon on paperback)
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Then maybe us REBELS will kick in. It would only take 250 REBELS to kick in $40.00 each then we could name the office " TAH HOO REBELS KICK ASS AGAIN" Remember only 250 Rebels have to kick in.
Tell me what you think I ready to kick in the first $40 buck
In what way? Ezra is asking for people to pay for the product they are receiving. That is the heart of the capitalism he supports. So instead of advertising to get people to buy his product, he asks directly. The only difference is his approach to the people.
You have no problems with the CBC whining for money.
You also have no problem with the government forcibly taking the money from the people in the form of taxes.
When Ezra asks for support so he can produce a product the people want, he is not forcing them to support him. All it is, is a different approach from advertising.
You, Anonymous, have everything backwards like a good little socialist lemming always does.
You want the money to support the CBC forcibly taken from you and all other Canadians even if they do not want to support the CBC.
What Ezra is doing is morally superior because he does not take stolen money and he follows closely the capitalist system he and his supporters follow.
For all the talk of the virtues of a free market economy, the rebel has proven it has to ask for handouts in order to survive. For once, I would like to hear an argument that does not bring up how the CBC gets government funding. Or better yet, I would like to see Ezra run his business in such a way where he does not have to constantly grovel for money. There are plenty of you tube channels out there that make huge amounts of money, and never have to ask the viewers for donations. Ezra should be
modelling the rebel after those channels, instead of what he has here.
Look at Prager University. They have lots of subs, and never panhandle for donations.
But I can’t afford it.
I am an ex-Alberta oilfield worker who was laid off in March and have been on EI since. Four months ago, my daughter severely fractured her femur and I became a stay-home dad, unable to go back to work even I could find a job. She was confined to the main floor of our house and I gave up my office (my man-cave) so she could have a bedroom and we modified the bathroom to make things easier for her, to help her retain a little independence.
I don’t write all this here for sympathy from everyone. I am getting very involved in the Alberta situation by keeping up with what is going on this site as well as newalbertaseparatist.com and I was there at the recent carbon tax rally in Edmonton. My EI runs out in April 2017 unless I qualify for an extension but being at home has really gave me time to experience and discover just how screwed over we are and I didn’t sit around doing nothing and feel sorry for myself. Still unable to find gainful employment, I resorted to writing my findings down in a book (The Little Book of Joe’s Sh!t Life, available on Kobo, Kindle, soon on paperback) and the only means I have to try to become self-sufficient again is to shamelessly flaunt it anywhere I can so I can pay the bills. I understand I will probably get some backlash on this post and I hope I will be forgiven but I have to do something. My only recourse is to promise I will give back by donating some earnings to help this project grow.
The book is very tell-it-like-it-is, humourous and promises to entertain at the very least about the current issues we are facing. I hope someone gives it a read.
The Rebel is asking for financial contribution. It is not mandating that anyone should pay. The Rebel leaves it up to the individual to make the choice. If the individual favours the objectives of the appeal he/she/it has the choice to participate or not to participate as he/she/it chooses. The institutions which are supported by the Government means that the Taxpayers – since all taxes (income and sales and from all other sources) are paid by the consumers (taxpayers) – are compelled to pay for the institution to meet its objectives without any choice to support or deny support of that institution’s objectives. This applies to the media financially supported by the government. For these institutions to continue they need to, either, meet a universal need, or provide something for everyone under the guise of being balanced. There is no accounting for production of material which is severely biased towards one view by presenting that view very strongly and presenting a weak contra argument and then proclaim that they are providing a balanced view.
As far as the Rebel is concerned, at least they are up front and clear as to their philosophical views. They are not responsible for providing contrary arguments. If you do not like it, don’t support their appeal. If you do not like their views you can choose to ignore them and not read them or publish counter arguments (at your cost or the cost of someone empathetic to your views/arguments). It is not the Rebel’s responsibility to publish views contrary to their views. They can choose to do so if they wish – it is their choice. They are not forcing everyone to pay for their operation since they do not receive any government funding which means the payers have no choice concerning the operation of the organization and its philosophy. Whether the Rebel survives or not depends on the choice of the readers/viewers – if they do not raise sufficient funds to survive they will fail, they have no means of forcing viewers/readers to provide funds. They my require the payment of a subscription and those potential subscribers make a choice to pay the subscription or not – no-one is forced to pay the subscription.
It is about time each of us took responsibility for our decisions and think about the choices we make and not leave it to others to do on our behalf. It is up to each one of us to do our own research of all arguments relevant to the decision and make the decision that suits our objectives for our selves and the society in which we live.
You should be grateful that you have a choice to voluntarily support or not support The Rebel and you are not being told that you will support OR not be allowed to support them regardless of what opinion you hold!
http://socialblade.com/youtube/channel/UCGy6uV7yqGWDeUWTZzT3ZEg
http://socialblade.com/youtube/user/cbcnews
The future is bright for the Rebel and it burns some people.
Looks like Michael Mann… I mean Jimmy Reece is triggered.
“Hillary will have the last laugh when she is President and you all look like the morons that you are.
Better buy the Depends diapers now and tampons, because you are going to be shitting in your pants a whole lot coming November and bleeding from your vagina’s as you can’t believe that Canada AND America is run by Liberals."
Nobody gives a fuck how proud you are.
Canadians have to pay for a ton of things that they may or may not support and your personal tax money may not be going to the CBC anyway.
Stop whining like a little bitch about the CBC and get out the Vagisil.