{"id":1808250,"date":"2023-01-17T10:50:40","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808250"},"modified":"2023-01-17T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:55:53","slug":"media-straight-up-lies-about-gina-caranos-box-office-clout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-straight-up-lies-about-gina-caranos-box-office-clout\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Straight-Up Lies About Gina Carano\u2019s Box Office Clout"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedia-straight-up-lies-about-gina-caranos-box-office-clout%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1808250&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Gina-Carano-terror-on-the-prairie-Montana-shoot-2.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"swp_social_panel swp_horizontal_panel swp_flat_fresh  swp_default_full_color swp_other_full_color swp_individual_full_color scale-100 scale-full_width\" data-min-width=\"1100\" data-float-color=\"#ffffff\" data-float=\"bottom\" data-float-mobile=\"bottom\" data-transition=\"slide\" data-post-id=\"2035387\">\n<p><span class=\"swp_count\">139 <span class=\"swp_label\">Shares<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Reporters took sides in the Gina Carano vs. Disney battle, and it didn\u2019t take a Bernard Goldberg-like media guru to spot it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They did it again. This time, however, it was more embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/the-mandalorian-star-gina-carano-fired-amid-social-media-controversy-4131168\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mouse House fired Carano<\/a> Starting at \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d Late 2021 for deviation from the progressive groupthink about the pandemics and trans pronouns.<\/p>\n<p>Carano\u2019s fireable offense? She played the Nazi card in the gentlest and most humanizing way. She explained conservatives through social media. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/internet-defends-disney-firing-gina-carano-star-wars-racist-attacks-1712056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">under dehumanizing attacks in America.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJews were beaten in the streets, not by Nazi soldiers but by their neighbors\u2026even by children\u2026Because history is edited, most people today don\u2019t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s unlike stars who called Trump supporters Nazis or dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/hollywood-trump-hitler-label\/\">Donald Trump the next Hitler.<\/a> That cruel rhetoric diminished the Third Reich\u2019s atrocities, but no one has paid a price for it. That hateful language has never been called anti-Semetic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/guardians-james-gunn-hitler-card-trump\/\"><strong>RELATED: JAMES GUNN PLAYS \u2018TRUMP IS HITLER\u2019 CARD 8 TIMES\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporters hoped Carano\u2019s career would never recover. How did we find out? They didn\u2019t defend her free speech rights to share unpopular opinions. They also misled the public about Carano&#8217;s statements, repeating Disney&#8217;s claim that she was anti-Semitic.<\/p>\n<p>Pure lies.<\/p>\n<p>Carano stood strong against the Cancel Culture mob. She was rewarded by a starring (and producer credit) role in the Daily Wire western \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/terror-on-the-prairie-montana-shoot\/\">Terror on the Prairie<\/a>.\u201d Later, she secured a supporting turn. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/my-son-hunter-left-wont-cede-culture\/\">My Son Hunter.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Except the corrupt press isn\u2019t done attacking Carano. Their efforts were pathetic this time.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Newby is a contributor to The Hollywood Reporter and Fangoria. Club and Vulture Tweeted the box office results \u201cTerror on the Prairie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23 I\u2019ll never stop laughing at the fact that she could\u2019ve had her own Star Wars series, toys, books, comics, apparel. She was very close. She didn\u2019t just fumble the bag, she dumped it out, put it over her head and cut off her air supply. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PG2yxC8WSw\">https:\/\/t.co\/PG2yxC8WSw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Newby \u2013 Vote Blue and Save Yourselves (@RICHARDLNEWBY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RICHARDLNEWBY\/status\/1612499484872937472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s put aside his attacks on a woman unfairly fired for far less offensive actions than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/alec-baldwin-cancel-culture\/\">Alec Baldwin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/jimmy-kimmel-blackface-misogyny-caitlyn-jenner\/\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/disney-cancel-bette-midler-hocus-pocus-2\/\">Bette Midler<\/a> and other doctrinaire liberals. Once upon a while, journalists stood up to free speech, even for controversial comments.<\/p>\n<p>Those days are gone.<\/p>\n<p>Newby is crowing about the film\u2019s poor box office receipts, but the film wasn\u2019t released theatrically in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Zero theaters<\/p>\n<p>The film stars an actor from a low budget oater. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/nick-searcy-reagan-james-baker\/\">Nick Searcy<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/tyler-fischer-terror-prairie-interview\/\">Tyler Fischer<\/a>Daily Wire subscribers were the only ones to receive the video. Even though the video received millions of views, Daily Wire did not intend to release it theatrically.<\/p>\n<p>The site\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/what-is-a-woman-documentary-press-critics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Is a Woman?<\/a>\u201d Documentary was a huge social media hit and probably attracted a lot of attention. It also didn&#8217;t appear on any screen in America.<\/p>\n<p>Was that a box office bomb, too, by Newby\u2019s logic?\u00a0It\u2019s like dunking on \u201cTurning Red,\u201d This exclusive Disney+ deal allows you to make zero dollars in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Newby\u2019s resume suggests he\u2019s a veteran entertainment reporter. He could not possibly understand the current film landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/how-liberal-media-bias-extends-to-arts-coverage\/\"><strong>RELATED: HOW LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS EXTENDS TO ARTS COVERAGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple Twitter users tried their best to educate him. He\u2019s either immune to facts that don\u2019t align with his worldview, or he didn\u2019t bother reading his replies.<\/p>\n<p>It gets worse.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/gina-carano-ben-shapiro-terror-on-the-prairie-star-wars-1849979835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far-left A.V. Club published a story<\/a> similar to Newby\u2019s faulty \u201cresearch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story is full of immature ramblings. It&#8217;s like a blog post meant for Daily Kos. Even worse, it even tries to hide the truth and makes up a reason why.<\/p>\n<p>Carano, whose other recent roles include playing a secret service agent in the Breitbart News-distributed Hunter Biden movie, responded to point out that it\u2019s actually normal for a movie released on a streaming service to make no money. (It isn\u2019t; they usually attract enough interest for even limited theatrical runs.)<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire isn\u2019t interested in showing its films in theaters at the moment. None of its films were released in theaters. This model was created to provide non-woke entertainment for subscribers who are looking for original entertainment and right-leaning news.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re then told \u201cTerror on the Prairie\u2019s\u201d supposed audience, conservatives, didn\u2019t like it via some cherry-picked online comments. The film has a lot of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/terror_on_the_prairie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthy 84 percent \u201cfresh\u201d score<\/a> from audiences \u2013 which are primarily Daily Wire subscribers and, therefore, conservative.<\/p>\n<p>The film\u2019s IMDB.com score proved lower, though, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt14043966\/reviews?ref_=tt_ql_3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.3 out of 10 rating.\u00a0<\/a>The bulk of the complaints centered on the film\u2019s gentle pace and extreme violence.<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This reporter is a freelance contributor to The Daily Wire<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Few critics were brave enough to review the book. \u201cconservative\u201d movie like \u201cPrairie,\u201d which isn\u2019t conservative in the least, gave it an 83 percent score,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/decider.com\/2023\/01\/13\/gina-carano-defends-her-career-choices-after-her-latest-film-grosses-only-13k-in-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Decider.com also piled on<\/a>It is, however, less juvenile.\u00a0Site sniffs out truth but ignores it, and attacks Carano instead.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative media company Daily Wire produced the film. It was run by Ben Shapiro and has been only released digitally. This is how Carano defends his poor profits. Despite this, Carano seems more concerned about the box office than her political views. \u201cThe genuine bag fumble is sell out journalists like you who sold out America and stopped asking questions to be liked by a fickle manipulated mob. That is what you valued and that will be your legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surely other film sites wouldn\u2019t make the same mistake as both Decider.com and the A.V. Club. Indiewire.com was a website that specializes exclusively in Hollywood information.<\/p>\n<p>Indiewire even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2023\/01\/gina-caranos-new-ben-shapiro-produced-movie-is-somehow-still-too-woke-for-some-right-wingers-1234800153\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amplified the AV Club\u2019s dubious messaging<\/a> That was the film&#8217;s success. \u201cwoke\u201d For right-wing audiences. The screen shot was duplicated from the A.V. Club because cherry-picking facts to fit your pre-approved narrative, Journalism 101.<\/p>\n<p>It was 2022&#8217;s biggest box-office failure. \u201cTerror on the Prairie,\u201d The Western, produced by Ben Shapiro, starred Gina Carano. It marked Carano\u2019s first major role since being fired from \u201cThe Mandalorian\u201d Many viewed the series of posts on social media as anti-Semitic. Despite any star power the actress may have had on the political right, the film only made $804 during its one day theatrical run.<\/p>\n<p>Pajiba is a liberal website.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pajiba.com\/film_reviews\/the-truth-about-gina-caranos-boxoffice-disaster.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rode to the truth\u2019s rescue.<\/a> Site wanted to make sure the false narrative was accurate in order to smite Carano. It knew the Hollywood mechanics of play.<\/p>\n<p>The tweet provoked a lot of har-har-hars at Gina Carano\u2019s expense, and while I hate to burst everyone\u2019s schadenfreude bubble, it\u2019s not accurate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Numbers attributed the $804 number to one single screening at a theater in which admission was free. The box-office failure of Terror on the Prairie was misinformation, as there was no box office, other than in Russia and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>The site then attacks Carano as expected, but at least it has the facts straight.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t know how successful \u201cTerror on the Prairie\u201d It turned out to be. The Daily Wire is growing fast and the film is just one example of that upward trend. The streaming numbers have not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Did it bring in the expected increase in subscribers? Or is it part of the site\u2019s overall brand, and the content will continue to lure conservatives eager for non-woke stories?<\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain. Modern journalism looks worse because journalists torture the truth in order to silence ideological enemies (half of the country).<\/p>\n<div class=\"swp_social_panel swp_horizontal_panel swp_flat_fresh  swp_default_full_color swp_other_full_color swp_individual_full_color scale-100 scale-full_width\" data-min-width=\"1100\" data-float-color=\"#ffffff\" data-float=\"bottom\" data-float-mobile=\"bottom\" data-transition=\"slide\" data-post-id=\"2035387\">\n<p><span class=\"swp_count\">139 <span class=\"swp_label\">Shares<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>139 Shares Reporters took sides in the Gina Carano vs. Disney battle, and it didn\u2019t take a Bernard Goldberg-like media guru to spot it. They did it again. This time, however, it was more embarrassing. 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