In a new interview with “Rock Of Nations With Dave Kinchen And Shane McEachern”, KISS frontman Paul Stanley was requested to elaborate on his current post-U.S. presidential election name for unity. He stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Clearly it is unhappy to see a rustic divided, a rustic as nice as this one. And partially, or largely, I’ve to have a look at the media. And I might be very naïve, however to me, the inception of 24-hour information turned the information into one thing extra like ‘Leisure Tonight’. It turned polished to a degree the place the presenters had extra expertise so far as being telegenic than being journalists.
“I believe that there aren’t various info; there are solely info,” he continued. “And I am undecided who or the place true info are coming from, and that is very disconcerting. It is not a coincidence that the nation is nearly divided in half and that each of these halves get their information from completely different sources. So I believe it is apparent, and I do not know what the what the answer is, however I do hope that folks cease seeing these with completely different opinions, cease seeing these individuals because the enemy. Respect for different opinions is what this nation has at all times been about. And I’ve not at all times agreed with everyone who’s been president, however I by no means noticed them as being underhanded or sinister. And I believe all the pieces has reached a boiling level right here. It is unhappy, however I even have religion that this nation will discover its manner by means of this.”
Requested if he would really like one thing just like the Equity Doctrine to return again, referencing the 1949 report from the FCC that established the obligation of broadcast licensees to cowl controversial points in a good and balanced method, Stanley stated: “Yeah, I do not know what the reply is. I consider [Ronald] Reagan was concerned with [killing] that [doctrine]. So no matter will serve the reality I am all for. And I haven’t got to agree with the reality, however I deserve it.”
Requested if he wished to deal with the outcomes of this 12 months’s U.S. presidential election extra straight, Paul stated: “No, I would relatively not. I believe a variety of issues are swirling in the mean time and persons are making an attempt to return to grips with both their victory or their defeat. So I believe in some unspecified time in the future the mud will settle.”
On November 11, six days after the U.S. presidential election, Stanley took to his account on X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter, to write down: “IT’S OVER. In case your candidate misplaced, it is time to study from it, settle for it and attempt to perceive why. There might be no constructing bridges to these you do not agree with by being condescending, insulting, speaking AT them or eradicating your self.
“In case your candidate received it is time to perceive that those that do not share your views additionally consider they’re proper and love this nation as a lot as you do.
“The enemy shouldn’t be our fellow People. It’s anybody and everybody who seeks to divide us.”
Lower than a 12 months in the past, Stanley warned towards disseminating false or unverified data on-line, saying that it causes immense “harm” to the world.
On January 1, 2024, Stanley took to his account on X to write down: “Let’s cease with ‘I am entitled to my opinion’. If you have not finished your personal credible truth primarily based analysis or parrot what you have heard or been instructed, YOU are a part of the issue and the harm it causes. All of us deserve extra from one another”.
Again in August 2022, Stanley slammed American mainstream media shops for under reporting one political aspect of the story with bias. The KISS frontman, who accomplished the band’s “Finish Of The Street” farewell trek in December 2023, took to his X to share the logos of a number of main cable information networks — particularly Fox Information, CNN and MSNBC — and he included the next message: “WANT TO HAVE A MORE UNIFIED COUNTRY? Have a extra unified information! Not toxic bickering & slanted distortions on BOTH sides. How can we type educated factors of view after we’re not getting the unbiased fact? We do not want networks pushing opinions. We want ACCURACY. We want FACTS.”
This was not the primary time Stanley had been vital of the way in which the American media studies its tales. Again in January 2020, Paul wrote on X: “The divisive and harmful local weather in America is largely the results of 24 HOUR ‘NEWS’ CHANNELS WHICH ARE IN FACT SKEWED AND BIASED POLITICAL OUTLETS . Any viewpoint will be backed up with some type of documentation and ‘skilled’ evaluation and that’s the key drawback. Information?!? No. We’re watching slick leisure channels pushing their very own agenda and a actuality which then turns into yours.”
In June 2019, Paul tweeted out the BBC Information emblem together with the next message: “If You are Prepared For Information With Far Much less Of The Sport Present Slickness And Bias Of Our 24 Information Networks You May Attempt One Of The BBC Retailers. Much less Thrilling? YES! However Filling 24 Hours Is An Pointless Problem That Has Turned Retailers Into Biased Quick Meals Suppliers.”
In August 2018, Stanley stated that he didn’t consider the press is the enemy of the American individuals, presumably in response to then-U.S. president Donald Trump, who has frequently derided the media as such.
Stanley supplied his opinion in two separate tweets, writing: “JOURNALISTS And The Media Are NOT The Enemy Of The Folks. With out the chance to listen to all factors of view we won’t discover the reality. Those that need to silence opposition and questions or flip the general public towards them ARE The Enemy Of The Folks And Of Freedom.@CNN @FoxNews”
He added: “As a result of ALL media protection of politics is clearly biased now, we should always settle for that EVERYONE is taking part and NOBODY is harmless. THAT is all of the extra purpose we have to hear all of it.”
Whereas he was president, Trump often took problem with shops like CNN and The New York Instances for publishing vital tales about his administration and has continued to name journalists “the enemy of the individuals,” regardless of criticism and concern that he was stoking stress and violence.
