{"id":4983,"date":"2020-11-25T23:06:37","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T04:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2020-11-25T23:06:37","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T04:06:37","slug":"mainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=4983","title":{"rendered":"Mainstream media cries foul over Adamson Barbecue opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mainstream media cries foul over Adamson Barbecue opening<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>                                                                                           By <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/author\/cosmindzs\/\">Cosmin Dzsurdzsa<\/a> &#8211;                                  November 25, 2020                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Share      <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/website-adamson2-696x365.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of Canadian journalists and pundits are not happy about a Toronto small business defying Ontario\u2019s lockdown orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, the owner of Adamson Barbecue Adam Skelly opened his \ndoors a second time for indoor dining in defiance of the province\u2019s \nlatest coronavirus restrictions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Skelly received a lot of support from Canadians, a few \njournalists expressed their unhappiness with his business re-opening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CTV pundit tells business owner to \u201cget bent\u201d calls for restaurant to be chained up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday afternoon, CTV News correspondent Scott Reid tweeted in \nresponse to Adamson Barbecue\u2019s re-opening by saying that authorities to \n\u201cchain the joint\u201d and for Skelly to \u201cget bent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Reid\u2019s LinkedIn, he has been a correspondent with the \nnational news agency since 2011 and he was once the Director of \nCommunications for Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin from 2003 to \n2006.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1331352289353887744&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CP24 editor gloats about small business getting shut down<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While local officials were notifying Skelly that his business had \nbeen ordered to close, CP24 Managing Editor Stephanie Smyth commemorated\n the event by taking a jab at the small business owner on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tweet which has since been deleted shows Smyth telling Skelly \u201cyou\u2019re getting shut down.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/EnoKFz4VoAI5Abl.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48370\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nora Loreto accuses business owner of \u201cextreme white guy energy\u201d and cries racism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Controversial freelance writer and commentator Nora Loreto took the \nopportunity to lecture fellow journalists for not making the Adamson \nBarbecue story about race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Loreto then went on to say that \u201cit\u2019s just extreme white guy energy to pull of [sic] what he\u2019s trying in Etobicoke\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1331628913487998981&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NoLore\/status\/1331628913487998981?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1331632152870580224&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Far-left journalist and editor says business owner is trying to make \u201cmore of a profit\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Journalist and editor of the far-left publication, Passage, Davide \nMastracci suggested in a tweet on Wednesday that Skelly was violating \nlockdown orders to try and make a profit for his business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this month, Mastracci was advocating for TV journalists to <a href=\"https:\/\/tnc.news\/2020\/11\/06\/left-wing-media-outlet-calls-for-ban-on-tv-journalists-wearing-poppies\/\">be banned<\/a> from wearing a Remembrance Day poppy while on air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1331281252696141827&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Toronto Star journalist complains about Trump hats and children eating inside<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto Star reporter Jennifer Pagliaro, who was on scene for Adamson\n BBQ\u2019s opening on Wednesday live-tweeted a thread in which she \ncomplained about restaurant patrons wearing Trump hats and a family with\n children enjoying their dine-in meal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2020\/11\/24\/doug-ford-should-help-small-businesses-but-is-the-adamsons-bbq-revolution-really-the-grill-to-die-on.html\">opinion article<\/a>\n published that day, Pagliaro was also quoted as saying that being at \nthe restaurant \u201cfelt the way I imagine it felt like at Trump rallies.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-4&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1331273309795856387&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>We\u2019ve been asked to stay off the property so I can\u2019t see what enforcement is up to but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rlautens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rlautens<\/a> tells me one possible patron has a Trump hat on\u2014 Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpags\/status\/1331273309795856387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-5&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1331276455595171849&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Ftnc.news%2F2020%2F11%2F25%2Fmainstream-media-cries-foul-over-adamson-barbecue-opening%2F&amp;siteScreenName=truenorthcentre&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>A family with small children continues to enjoy their food at a windowside table as a country tune plays\u2014 Jennifer Pagliaro (@jpags) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jpags\/status\/1331276455595171849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Columnist accuses business owner of having a \u201cchild\u2019s selfishness\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/star-columnists\/2020\/11\/24\/doug-ford-should-help-small-businesses-but-is-the-adamsons-bbq-revolution-really-the-grill-to-die-on.html\">column<\/a>\n published on Wednesday, Toronto Star columnist Bruce Arthur referred to\n Skelly\u2019s actions as \u201ca child\u2019s selfishness\u201d and of having \n\u201cmisinformation brain.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is misinformation brain, in action,\u201d wrote Arthur.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t join the people who confuse a child\u2019s selfishness with \nfreedom; instead, we should support our local businesses as best we can \nwithout endangering one another, and governments should add to that \nsupport, as soon as it can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mainstream media cries foul over Adamson Barbecue opening By Cosmin Dzsurdzsa &#8211; November 25, 2020 Share A number of Canadian journalists and pundits are not happy about a Toronto small business defying Ontario\u2019s lockdown orders. 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