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9 December 2022

How it feels to be cancelled by Calvin Robinson and the free speech brigade

Aren’t the right supposed to be against intimidating people into silence?

By Michael Coren

I’ve been on GB News for the last two weekends, but have been told I’m not on this coming Sunday. Even after what happened last weekend, however, I’d give it a go. Many of my friends disagree with me, saying the right-wing television station shouldn’t be given any encouragement, but as long as I can get my point across I’m willing.

What happened after the most recent edition of the amusingly-named Common Sense Crusade with Calvin Robinson was unprecedented in my 40-year television career, during which I hosted a daily show in Canada for 17 years and have appeared on Al-Jazeera, Fox News, Russia Today and pretty much everything in between.

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