NPR’s Morning EditionThey were able to enjoy a nonpartisan group they call the “Sedition Hunters”, who have helped to search videos in order help them identify the suspects of the Jan 6th riot.
NPR turned reporter Odette Yoursef to discuss her “extremism” beat, but this is NPR. It is all about right wing extremism. In her reports, Antifa or Black Lives Matter only seem to come up as targets of the far right.
This story of seven minutes does not explicitly state that the “hunters” were left-wingers. However, it is obvious. They preferred positive terminology. The phrase “Sedition hunter” was used fifteen times.
Anchor A Martinez, not the actor, began by saying: “In those days after the violent attack at the U.S. Capitol in January 2006. Informal communities To identify participants, they began to meet online. They amateur sleuths They have been called sedition hunters. Police have found them to be a huge help. NPR’s Odette Yoursef will tell you more. Odette is right. ‘Sedition Hunters’ has a HGTV-style reality TV show feel to it. ?…Who are they How are they organised?
Yousef responded:
YOUSEF: Yes, two. big collectives There are Twitter accounts called Capitol Hunters and Sedition Hunters. They have been a kind of information clearinghouse.
However, there are also many independent researchersThere have been smaller teams that organized. Forrest Rogers has helped bring together one of the smaller crews. Rogers, a German American who lives in Switzerland, is the founder of Forrest Rogers. Rogers joined a group of others to make it happen. online sleuthsWithin the first few days of January 6, a group known as the Deep State DogsThey settled on the first investigation about one week after the riot. They were intrigued by a video of a woman that made them question if she might be a congressional insider.
They identified Rachel Powell, Mercer County’s Pennsylvania “Pink Hat Lady”, as the culprit. Powell was detained after she gave Ronan Farrow an interview about her involvement.
This probe is equipped with Europe-based “sedition hunter” technology. Rogers is not the only one.
YOUSEF: Mary is a member of Capitol Terrorists Exposers, and has worked from her house in The Hague. NPR will only use Mary’s first name for security reasons.She claims she is amazed at the speed with which sedition hunting communities organized themselves. For rioters such as Pink Hat Lady they agreed to use hashtags. Others built entire websites that organized videos and photos in searchable databases.
Martinez and Yousef seem to have missed the irony in people looking for the names of rioters who won’t reveal their identities to media outlets which glorify their “sedition hunting.” Yousef stated that “very few people are willing to publicly identify themselves because of the risks involved in doing this work.” Mary was doxxed, meaning that her personal data, including photos of where she is located in The Hague have been made public.
Ahem!
HuffPost rounded up the story.
YOUSEF: Ryan Reilly, a reporter for the Sedition-hunting CommunityWe’d be remiss if we stopped investigating today’s rioters. HuffPost journalist Reilly, is a member of HuffPost. sedition-hunting community.
RYAN REILLY : These are going to unfold over the next — I would think, certainly well into 2024.
Antifa’s “sedition” is not a good idea. Right-wingers could have viewed videos of protesters from the left to arrest them, which would seem like terrifying vigilantism.
It’s not as fun when NPR snobs get punked with videos.
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