The weak-minded ad hominem attacks on Liz Collin, Alpha News, and myself (a “soulless filmmaker”) by the mainstream media in Minneapolis highlight everything that’s wrong in journalism and news reporting these days.
Their unwitting commentary underscores their aversion to diverse thinking. It also exposes how they decry the “rewriting” of their narrative—even though they haven’t told the truth from the start.
Making matters worse, whenever the media tries to tell us what to think, hypocrisy typically follows. Right on cue, the parrot-like remarks against “rewriting” history from Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara and former Chief Medaria Arradondo perfectly demonstrate this point.
They’ve also demonstrated how clinging to false narratives to desperately cover up “lying by omission” doesn’t flatter or fool anyone.
Speaking of, Chief O’Hara’s recent op-eds and “that’s not what we’re talking about” commentary contain too much confused rhetoric to list.
Although, the remarks he made while “sticking up” for Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell demonstrate how conflicted leaders tend to be deflective and dismissive when confronted with facts.
Just to keep the facts straight, Blackwell fired the first shot at Liz Collin, Alpha News, and myself. She filed a lawsuit. She called us “extremists.” We responded and refuted her claims, which have since been dismissed. Yet, we allegedly “attacked” Blackwell, according to Chief O’Hara, who said exactly that—in what seems like a violation of MPD Policy 6-202, which states that “MPD employees shall not represent opinion as fact.”
Further complicating matters of truth in the mainstream media, we have Chief Arradondo’s testimony during the trial of Derek Chauvin. His questionable testimony sounded a lot like Blackwell’s, as explained in Liz Collin’s book, “They’re Lying,” and depicted in “The Fall of Minneapolis” documentary (the works that Blackwell claimed defamed her).
Are we supposed to ignore how his testimony has yet to be thoroughly questioned and “fact-checked” by the Minnesota media?
Are we supposed to ignore how he wrote “And I will never lie”—and how that sounds like an attempt to “revise history,” which he allegedly deplores?
And are we supposed to ignore that “Chief Rondo” said “We cannot erase and revise history for our own feelings“—during an interview promoting his book?
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The @startribune did a story today about George Floyd and alleged “rewriting” of history by, among others, @lizcollin. Let’s look at the two reporters who wrote it, Andy Mannix (@andrewmannix) and Liz Sawyer (@ByLizSawyer), and how fair that story is.— Chris Madel (@CWMadel) May 21, 2025
Perhaps we should expect as much considering all the hypocrisy—and censorship—that mainstream media outlets have put into practice since May 25, 2020.
Especially since it’s become impossible to ignore how the media seems more concerned with protecting false narratives than promoting free speech, particularly when they don’t allow comments on their content (e.g., as with this article, and this one, and this).
Unlike the mainstream news media, however, Alpha News stands committed to bringing the facts and the truth to light. Not for the sake of following ideology, but so that people can see the facts and think for themselves.
Despite all the misjudgments in the media, this principle—show the facts and let people think for themselves—has guided my work in writing and directing “The Fall of Minneapolis.” It also guided my work in “Minnesota v. We the People“—the follow-up documentary that mainstream media outlets continue to ignore (likely because it further refutes and complicates their narratives).
Yet far more importantly, facts and free thinking are profoundly necessary given the significance and solemnity of Memorial Day.
Granted, the mainstream media may continue to ignore the facts and promote narratives that imperil public safety.
But they should not expect the rest of us to accept their rhetoric—or condone their complicity in the tragic consequences—which must include the murders of:
Deputy Josh Owen
Officer Matthew Ruge
Officer Paul Elmstrand
Firefighter Adam Finseth
Officer Jamal Mitchell
—and others who dedicated their lives to public safety and made the ultimate sacrifice.
