{"id":1968292,"date":"2023-07-10T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-media-care-more-about-qanon-than-human-trafficking\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T07:31:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T11:31:52","slug":"corrupt-media-care-more-about-qanon-than-human-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-media-care-more-about-qanon-than-human-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"Media prioritize &#8216;Qanon&#8217; over human trafficking."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/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%2Fcorrupt-media-care-more-about-qanon-than-human-trafficking%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=1968292&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n        <!-- Image --><br \/>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Angel Studios\u2019 recent film \u201cSound of Freedom,\u201d<\/strong> which adapts the true story of a government agent-turned-vigilante who works within legal means to fight an international child sex trafficking ring, is receiving great commercial success and critical acclaim.<\/p>\n<p>Briefly outperforming the latest pile of Disney slop, \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d is a well-produced and well-acted film that effectively blends action and suspense while pushing one of the modern world\u2019s most significant \u2014 yet under-discussed \u2014 issues to the forefront of public discourse. This issue, of course, being the multibillion-dollar, global human trafficking industry.<\/p>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>The point of the movie, as expressed by its star Jim Caviezel in a heartfelt mid-credits call to action, is to wake people up to the horrors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article264561386.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all-too-real<\/a> and overlooked exploitation of children in the contemporary sex trade.<\/p>\n<p>This seems like a pretty harmless task, no? If anything, one would think that a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corrupt-media-care-more-about-qanon-than-human-trafficking\/\" title=\"Media prioritize 'Qanon' over human trafficking.\">widely popular cultural phenomenon attempting<\/a> to encourage people to stand against the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/07\/17\/lockdowns-protests-causing-big-spike-in-child-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ongoing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/01\/31\/abortion-and-sex-trafficking-are-undeniably-linked-abuses-against-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">exploitation<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/01\/how-the-u-s-federal-government-fuels-child-smuggling-and-trafficking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">children<\/a> is a net positive.<\/p>\n<p>However, perhaps unsurprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-comms-team-gets-a-pass-where-trump-administration-would-have-had-a-scandal\/\" title=\"Biden Comms Team Gets A Pass Where Trump Administration Would Have Had A Scandal\">left-wing media<\/a> took the opportunity to lambaste \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d as \u201ca Superhero Movie for Dads With Brainworms\u201d and a \u201cTrafficking Fantasy Fit for Qanon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-reviews\/sound-of-freedom-jim-caviezel-child-trafficking-qanon-movie-1234783837\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a>, placing a comically outsized focus on the \u201cnear-total absence of procedural logic\u201d and the film\u2019s embellishment of real-life events (it is a movie, after all), onanistically kvetched about Caviezel\u2019s and Tim Ballard\u2019s (the man whose story \u201cSound of Freedom\u201d adapted) conservative affiliations, impassioned anti-human trafficking activism, and the <em>possibility<\/em> that they may believe in the \u201cQanon\u201d conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stone, incredibly concerned about the film \u201cenforc[ing] stereotypes about trafficking,\u201d downplayed the reality of the international human trafficking trade by suggesting \u201cthousands of adults will absorb <em>Sound of Freedom<\/em>\u201d as a \u201cvigilante fever dream\u201d and that \u201cwant[ing] to spread the word\u201d about the reality of this international trade is \u201cprofoundly depressing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jezebel.com\/sound-of-freedom-review-1850596160\">Jezebel<\/a> cynically amplified skepticism about the film\u2019s intentions by suggesting that Caviezel\u2019s anti-human trafficking activism is being used to \u201cpeddle Qanon theories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2023\/07\/07\/sound-of-freedom-qanon-theories-jim-caviezel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a> similarly cast aside the film\u2019s message because of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-enthusiast-rep-swalwel-tries-to-link-lauren-boebert-to-july-4-shooter\/\" title=\"Chinese Spy Enthusiast Rep. Swalwel Tries to Link Lauren Boebert to July 4 Shooter\">past statements made<\/a> by Caviezel regarding \u201cadrenochrome\u201d and Ballard\u2019s work insufficiently passing the leftist ideological smell test. Evidently, raising awareness about and working to stop child sex trafficking is irrelevant if you don\u2019t properly adhere to the contemporary, politically correct orthodoxy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In reality, human trafficking is a relevant issue; even the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unodc.org\/unodc\/en\/press\/releases\/2023\/January\/global-report-on-trafficking-in-persons-2022.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Nations<\/a> agrees. But left-wing media would rather drool over the specter of an irrelevant conspiracy theory than acknowledge that conservative Americans are working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-sheldon-whitehouse-senior-staff-as-white-as-his-private-beach-club\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Sheldon Whitehouse Senior Staff as White as His Private Beach Club\">effect positive change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett is a staff editor at The Federalist. His writing has been featured in the Daily Wire, Townhall, The American Spectator, and other outlets. He is a 2022 Claremont Institute Publius Fellow. Follow him on Twitter @smlenett.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Samuel Mangold-Lenett<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n            <span>Visit on Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlenett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@smlenett<\/a>\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Studios&#8217; film &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; is a true story adaptation about a government agent-turned-vigilante fighting child sex trafficking. It has achieved commercial success and critical acclaim, briefly surpassing Disney&#8217;s latest release. With excellent production and performances, &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; stands out as a compelling film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1185,"featured_media":1968293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}