Reporters Mock Prager's New Film Project, Instead Side with Anti-Free Speech Zealots

Remember when reporters cared about free speech?

Libertarian comedian Adam Carolla has teamed up with conservative radio personality Dennis Prager for a special film called No Safe Spaces. They're trying to raise $500,000 in addition to other funds already committed to create a film dedicated to fighting the speech police on college campus. Here's the trailer:​

Though the promo looks hilarious, the media coverage is no joke. Journalists who have covered the new film have unilaterally mocked it. For example, Adam Carolla needs your money to really stick it to those damn “safe spaces” screams one headline followed by this paragraph, "Adam Carolla has joined the ranks of the numerous comedians—mostly male, mostly white—defending America’s college campuses from the hated 'snowflakes' that flurry all over them these days, ruining higher education with their constant demands for their personhood to be acknowledged or treated with respect."

Vulture.com joined in the fun: "The widely documented protests against conservative and right-leaning guest speakers at universities and the escalating violence revolving around the free speech debate on campus is getting rehashed in yet another hot take by podcast personality and comedian Adam Carolla."  

Hot take. Please. Here's a hot take. Vulture needs to be reminded of what the First Amendment actually is. The magazine sided with California State University's heavy handed anti-free speech actions and then accused Prager's film of having a bias.  

“Bias? For free speech?” pop culture writer Christian Toto asked. His point is obvious and true. All Americans should be "biased" toward the importance of free speech. Toto then suggested that these media outlets don't want people to see the film:

Too many liberals see any attack on conservatives as justified in today’s toxic culture. And, if it means trashing the First Amendment in the process, so be it.

Is it too cynical to suggest some liberals will try to stop the film from reaching audiences?

It's time to admit the sad reality that Americans are no longer unified around the First Amendment. At one point, all journalists would have supported a film celebrating free speech. But welcome to 2017.

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