The mainstream media acted as “ministries of propaganda” during the COVID-19 pandemic, a former colonel told an inquiry..Retired Lt. Col. David Redman, who was tasked with writing emergency management plans, specifically called out CBC, CTV and Global News, and said they worked with the federal government “on the wrong side of the propaganda curve.”.Redman made the comments at the National Citizens Inquiry into COVID-19, which is in its second day of hearings in Red Deer..“From the beginning of this pandemic, the mainstream media became, in my opinion, ministries of propaganda for the government of Canada and the premiers of Canada,” Redman said..“They stopped becoming, in any way, investigative journalists.”.In February 2021, Redman appeared on the Western Standard-produced Danielle Smith Show, an appearance which encouraged an unnamed reporter to contact him to arrange a two-hour interview for a documentary..Following the interview at Redman’s home, the reporter “ghosted” Redman for four months, despite the latter providing further documents to help assist the investigation..It was only when Redman received a handwritten letter delivered to his home that he discovered the reporter had been coerced into halting production..“Please never mention my name, please never admit I never did this interview,” read the note..Redman added he could see “terror in his handwriting and his words that people were shutting him up.”.“Sixty per cent of our population still believe lockdowns work, and vaccines were the only way out of the pandemic, and that’s because of the mainstream media,” Redman added.
