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 could possibly be very naïve, however to me, the inception of 24-hour information turned the information into one thing extra like ‘Leisure Tonight’. It grew to become polished to some extent the place the presenters had extra expertise so far as being telegenic than being journalists.
“I believe that there aren’t different details; there are solely details,” he continued. “And I am unsure who or the place true details are coming from, and that is very disconcerting. It isn’t a coincidence that the nation is sort of divided in half and that each of these halves get their information from totally 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 totally different opinions, cease seeing these folks because the enemy. Respect for different opinions is what this nation has all the time been about. And I’ve not all the time agreed with everyone who’s been president, however I by no means noticed them as being underhanded or sinister. And I believe every thing has reached a boiling level right here. It is unhappy, however I even have religion that this nation will discover its method via 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 imagine [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 needed to deal with the outcomes of this 12 months’s U.S. presidential election extra immediately, Paul stated: “No, I might somewhat not. I believe loads of issues are swirling in the intervening time and persons are attempting to return to grips with both their victory or their defeat. So I believe sooner or later 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 often called 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 shall 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 gained it is time to perceive that those that do not share your views additionally imagine they’re proper and love this nation as a lot as you do.
“The enemy will not 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 info 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 achieved your individual credible reality primarily based analysis or parrot what you have heard or been advised, 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 retailers for under reporting one political facet of the story with bias. The KISS frontman, who accomplished the band’s “Finish Of The Highway” 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 kind educated factors of view after we’re not getting the unbiased reality? 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 standpoint might be backed up with some type of documentation and ‘knowledgeable’ evaluation and that’s the key downside. 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 Recreation Present Slickness And Bias Of Our 24 Information Networks You Would possibly Strive One Of The BBC Shops. Much less Thrilling? YES! However Filling 24 Hours Is An Pointless Problem That Has Turned Shops Into Biased Quick Meals Suppliers.”
In August 2018, Stanley stated that he didn’t imagine the press is the enemy of the American folks, presumably in response to then-U.S. president Donald Trump, who has usually derided the media as such.
Stanley provided 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 will not discover the reality. Those that wish 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 must 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 continuously took problem with retailers like CNN and The New York Instances for publishing vital tales about his administration and has continued to name journalists “the enemy of the folks,” regardless of criticism and worry that he was stoking pressure and violence.
