In her first interview after being fired from The Hill, Briahna Joy Gray sits down with the co-hosts of the Due Dissidents podcast, Keaton Weiss & Russell Dobular, to discuss the long trajectory of attacks from Zionist Representative Ritchie Torres and others that led to her dismissal for pro-Palestine speech. This censorship has been a long time coming, and the attacks have escalated since Briahna attended a “Dissident Dialogue” conference early last month, which was clipped and circulated about a week before her ouster in a failed attempt at getting her canceled. Russell attended that conference, and gives a first hand account of his experience from the audience, and from subsequent interviews with the staff that put together the event. This is a comprehensive, raw account of what happened, recorded within 24 hours of Briahna receiving the news she’d been canceled. This wasn’t about an eye roll.
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Summary:
- There has been an effort to suppress the speaker at the Hill for a while.
- The staff at the Hill has changed significantly since January, with only the speaker and Robbie remaining.
- The staff has been divided politically, with some being more conservative and others more left-leaning.
- There has been resistance to covering Gaza and Israel-related news.
- The Hill has tried to condense all Israel news into 8-10 blocks per day.
- The speaker has been doing more Radars to slip in additional Israel coverage.
- There has been pressure to have the other side of the Israel debate represented, but the speaker has requested more credentialed guests.
- A recent request to interview a hostage family member was seen as a setup and the speaker expressed concern.
