U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Appearing exclusively on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Monday, Kyle Rittenhouse—acquitted last fall by a Wisconsin jury in a trial that was considered not just a prosecution of the teen, but also an effort to destroy the right of self-defense—announced the creating of The Media Accountability Project (TMAP).
Rittenhouse was quoted by the Washington Examiner explaining that TMAP “is the official fundraising vehicle for holding the worst offenders in our activist media accountable in court. In the long term, I want to provide a platform for independent journalists who are actually committed to the truth, but for right now, accountability is priority No. 1.”
Speaking to Carlson on national television, Rittenhouse said he and his team “have decided to launch The Media Accountability Project as a tool to help fund raise and hold the media accountable for the lies they said and deal with them in court.”
“I don’t want to see anybody else have to deal with what I went through so I want to hold them accountable for what they did to me,” he said.
Among his possible targets for legal action are politicians, celebrities, athletes and Whoopi Goldberg.
“She called me a murderer after I was acquitted by a jury of my peers,” Rittenhouse stated.
But the establishment media appears to be his primary target. The Washington Examiner said Rittenhouse quoted Malcolm X when he observed, “The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent.”
The teen shot three people during a night of civil unrest in Kenosha, Wis., killing two of them and leaving a third man wounded. Rittenhouse was carrying an AR-15 modern semi-auto rifle when he was pursued by several protesters, one of whom had earlier in the evening threatened to kill him. Not long after he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum while being chased through a car lot, Rittenhouse was in the street trying to make his way to safety when he was struck in the head with a skateboard by Anthony Huber.
The attack was caught on video, a fact that likely helped the jury reach its “not guilty” verdict. Huber was also fatally wounded, and the third man, Gaige Grosskreutz, was shot as he aimed a pistol at the youth’s head.
The TMAP website is a fairly simple affair, with images of Rittenhouse and a short video message.
According to the Washington Examiner, Rittenhouse explained, “My trial exposed a deep corruption in our media that cannot go unanswered. Their blatant lies, defamation, and propaganda were malicious attempts to tear our nation apart and destroy my life — and I am committed to holding them accountable.”
Prior to introducing Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time of the shooting in August 2020, Carlson went over some of the myths—particularly that the teen had brought the AR-15 across state lines, which was proven in court to be a false narrative. But the canard gained plenty of traction with far left commentators interviewed by cable networks CNN and MSNBC repeating it.
Rittenhouse began talking about legal action shortly after he was acquitted. He had been subjected to smears in the media and even from Joe Biden. He was labeled a “white supremacist” with no evidence of truth, and the three men he shot that night in Kenosha were all Caucasian.
As reported by AmmoLand back in November, when Rittenhouse was acquitted, the Left and commentators on some cable networks were virtually apoplectic, claiming that the young man, who has become something of an icon among conservatives, had not been held to account. But that argument was considered nonsense by conservatives who said the fact that he had been charged with and prosecuted for various crimes that could have put him in prison for life clearly refuted that allegation.
People can donate to TMAP by visiting the website and simply clicking on the “Donate Now” icon. Contributions are not tax-deductible, the website notes. TMAP is a Nevada Limited Liability Company.
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About Dave Workman
Dave Workman is a senior editor at TheGunMag.com and Liberty Park Press, author of multiple books on the Right to Keep & Bear Arms, and formerly an NRA-certified firearms instructor.
If you want to stop dishonest media, go to the source, Anti-Constitution college Professors teaching students what to think instead of how to think.
Yup, go after the media when it lies which is most of the time. Propaganda is an evil thing. When I was young people like Cronkite actually reported honest news not opinion or propaganda. What about biden, harris and several people in congress? They all made disparaging remarks like Rittenhouse was a white supremacist, a murderer and worse and they deserve a lawsuit as well. Get them all. Help all those you can, I am certain there have been and will be more people who were treated badly by the media and presidents. America as a whole has been and… Read more »
I was glad Kyle won. I contributed to his defense fund twice.
I am also happy to see him become a millionaire from the pockets of these despicable communist losers in the media.
BUT, when Kyle came out as a blm supporter he lost me.
I am all for holding the biased corrupt media accountable and hope he owns them when it’s over, but why is he asking for donations? Lawyers will get their cut from proceeds, but does he intend to disburse settlements back to those that donated?
AMMO Land why was my post not posted yet? I said nothing derogatory, made no threats, asked for no violence?
Arm up and carry on
I’ll say it. Rittenhouse is a Hero, not because he shot 3 people, but because he survived the coordinated vengeful smear campaign by the American media complex. Not only survived, but won! The embedded clip is just evidence that they haven’t given up yet, though most of America knows by now. Once his foundation and lawsuits get going the media is will start feeling it. Of course, he would not have been there that night if the government had not given up on their duty for enforcement and control measures, allowing the city to be burned to the ground the… Read more »
“Future generations will look back on TV as the Lead in the Water Pipes that slowly drove all the Romans mad.”
Kurt Vonnegut
Giving you an upvote for using Gab!! Everyone who values free speech needs to use social media that refuse to censor in any way, shape, or form! And for now, Gab is the only one. Gettr, Truth and Parler will delete posts and ban users in much the same way as Facebook and Twitter do. Social media needs to respect our liberty, NOT restrict us through the weapon called “community standards”. Unless someone is committing a crime on social media (like threatening to murder a public official, etc), all speech must be free speech.
And if he happens to get filthy rich out of it so be it. I’d be more impressed if he promised to donate all the money to charity. Otherwise he just wants a pay day.
All along the Watchtower “There must be some kind of way out of here,” Said the joker to the thief.” Written by Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan Song by Jimmy Hendrix Been this way for a very long time. Media Circus has always been rigged since 1900’s in America. Edward Bernays even told us. Americans are perhaps the most easily brainwashed country b/c they can’t perceive that the system was rigged long ago by Masonic Zionism robber barons. “If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according… Read more »