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I am actually surprised that it took this long for me to earn what has become a badge of honor for independent journalists. I expected to get smeared ever since my articles started being shared by opinion leaders and pundits who have the ability to influence public discourse; that day arrived like a bolt of thunder yesterday as I experienced what it feels like to be politically lynched for having to temerity to question media narratives. The reason I finally tasted the bitter dose of mainstream media’s poison that is regularly dispensed to free thinkers and non-affiliated content creators can be traced back to a stance that I took that is perfectly acceptable to normal people but is a subject of great apprehension for the establishment; I advocated a movement that transcends all divisions and is rooted in class and race solidarity.

I was not the only one who was besmirched, quoted out of context, tarred with ad hominem and condemned by association in what is tantamount to a political hit piece by the Daily Beast. Jimmy Dore, Niko House, Craig Jardula and Fiorella Isabel from the Convo Couch and a few other rabble-rousers who try to honor the spirit of muckrakers were taken to the woodshed by a marginal correspondent with an axe to grind an a premeditated agenda. I’ll be honest, when I sat down for an interview with the writer of the drivel in question, I had no idea he would end up publishing a piece worthy of the National Inquirer. I should have done my research; any media company that has Chelsea Clinton on its Board of Directors is not one that is driven by ethics and decency.

On February 4th, Alexander Reid Ross contacted me through my page on Facebook and requested an interview. One to never turn down opportunities to reach an audience that might not necessarily agree with my positions because I truly believe that conversations change people, I readily accepted his invitation and gave him my phone number. Alexander called me within an hour and we talked for roughly twenty minutes; I recorded the exchange with his permission and what transpired was a pretty cordial conversation—or so I thought. Initially, I could sense that Alexander was ferreting for a “gotcha moment” more than he was asking questions in good faith, but I foolishly believed that I disarmed his hostility and the rest of the interview was more amicable than it was acerbic...continued...

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