Why is Rick Wiles on @Apple Podcasts?

Rick Wiles is a far right conspiracy theorist who doesn’t like Jews. He also promotes his own “news” service called TruNews. In a recent podcast, he blamed a “Jew Coup” for Donald Trump’s impeachment problems. Right Wing Watch and various news sites covered it; watch:

‘Jew Coup’: Impeachment Effort Prompts Another Anti-Semitic Tirade from Rick Wiles from Right Wing Watch on Vimeo.

Wiles started by saying Jews were liars and ended by claiming they planned to kill millions of Christian.

That’s the way the Jews work, they are deceivers, they plot, they lie, they do whatever they have to do to accomplish their political agenda.

According to Wiles the political agenda is impeachment and Jews have plans for those who resist.

This is a coup led by Jews to overthrow the constitutionally elected president of the United States and it’s beyond removing Donald Trump, it’s removing you and me. That’s what’s at the heart of it.

“You have been taken over by a Jewish cabal. The church of Jesus Christ, you’re next. Get it through your head! They’re coming for you. There will be a purge. That’s the next thing that happens when Jews take over a country, they kill millions of Christians.

Wiles at the White House and Apple?

This is crazy talk and racist in the extreme. Although I am sad to learn that Wiles has access to White House press credentials, I am not surprised. I was surprised to find Wiles podcasts easily available on Apple’s podcast service.

Apple has standards for podcasters and one of those includes prohibition of racist content.

Apple can fail, reject, or remove your podcast from Apple Podcasts for a variety of reasons. For example, Apple might fail, reject, or remove your podcast if the podcast or any content linked from the podcast contains any of the following:

There is a list of reasons given and one of them is this:

Content that could be construed as racist, misogynist, or homophobic.

I certify that Wiles content can be construed as antisemitic. There is nothing redeeming about spreading lies and prejudice. Wiles shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near the White House or given interviews with people in the administration. Youtube removed his video of this message, now Apple should do the same. In fact a perusal of the rest of the content will quickly implicate much of it as in violation of Apple’s standards.

8 thoughts on “Why is Rick Wiles on @Apple Podcasts?”

  1. I wonder if his followers were selling Protocols of the Elders of Zion in the lobby?

    (That other kook rant Mein Kampf would be a little too obvious.)

  2. The is an extreme case of the kind of blatant lies peddled by neo-nazis (and let us be absolutely clear: this is what they are … yes, I know we not supposed to use the N word – Nazi – but sometimes we must just ‘say it as it is’).

    The utterly preposterous claim that Jews would kill millions of Christians is arguably a complete inversion of the truth: that [so-called] ‘christian’ regimes have, down the ages, been responsible for the most appalling treatment of millions of Jewish persons.

    1. I wonder how far this guys is from replacing the word “Jews” with “Dems” (and as you allude to, if that’s what they want, it too would be a complete inversion. I’ve never heard my Dem friends wanting to put their enemies in concentration camps. but I have heard a trumpist friend who has publicly wished for Dems to be put in concentration camps…)

      1. The use of ‘big lie’ (as in the total inversion of the truth) does seem to be a tactic favoured by (neo-)nazis.

    2. The utterly preposterous claim that Jews would kill millions of Christians is arguably a complete inversion of the truth: that [so-called] ‘christian’ regimes have, down the ages, been responsible for the most appalling treatment of millions of Jewish persons.

      Just factor in the final axiom of a Grievance Culture:
      “We gotta do it to Them BEFORE They do it to Us”…

      1. That makes sense. Part of the victim-aggressor mindset so vividly displayed by the likes of Adolf Hitler.

  3. But how do you report an Apple podcast for anti-Semitism, Warren? It’s not immediately obvious to me how to do this.

    1. I can’t find a way on the website. I tweeted this post to them but that may not register at all. You could try that @apple.

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