Rita Panahi

[[File:Rita Panahi.jpg|thumb|165px|A smug shit who’s full of it.]]
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'''Rita Panahi''' {{lived|1976}} is a [[far-right]] [[United States|US]]-born [[Australia]]n news anchor of [[Iranian]] descent for [[Sky News Australia]], being one of their most popular reporters. Basically the [[Laura Ingraham]] of Australia, most of her segments focus on immigration, [[Islam]], [[leftism]], [[liberalism]], and [[wokeness]], and how all of these issues are systemic and existential problems, which are the fault of "the [[regressive left]]". 

==Early life==
Despite being an Australian citizen, she was born in the US state of [[Arkansas]] to Iranian immigrant parents. Her family returned to Iran in 1979, and fled the country from Tehran in the same year. They found asylum in Australia and were granted refugee status as they settled in Melbourne.

==Lefties Losing It==
One of the most notable things about Panahi is her  extreme [[bigotry]] against leftists (almost cartoonish in proportions). She has a segment called "Lefties Losing It", where she finds various kinds of culture war issues of little relevance and importance compared to real issues (such as a [[non-binary]] bison from a kids cartoon) or actual important issues (like the Iranian uprising) and attempts to blame everything on the left while giving credit to the right.<ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/creative/right-wing-refugee-the-rise-of-rita-panahi/vf1akdyie Right-wing refugee: the rise of Rita Panahi] Voice</ref> Much like other right-wing pundits, she grasps onto culture war issues and takes minor events of stereotypical [[SJW]]s and uses them to represent a false reality where leftists are demonized and [[other]]ized (as part of an agenda to appeal to her low-life supporters).

==General stupidity==
===Sucking off the monarchy===
Panahi is a monarchist and supports the [[British]] [[monarchy]]. She views Australia as part of the British territory. However, she made a [[racist]] segment towards Meghan Markle (the wife of Prince Harry, and part [[African American]]) and made non-arguments towards her.<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11519441/Meghan-Markle-trashed-Sky-News-host-Rita-Panahi-Duchess-mocks-meeting-Queen.html Australian TV host launches a scathing attack on Meghan and Harry after watching their bombshell Netflix show - calling the Prince 'pitiful ' and accusing his wife of being 'obsessed with Diana'] Daily Mail</ref>

===Anti-immigrant hypocrisy===
Despite being the child of immigrants and an immigrant herself, Panahi opposes immigration, and has been noted for her turn towards right-wing (even far-right) politics by immigrants.<ref>[https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/creative/right-wing-refugee-the-rise-of-rita-panahi/vf1akdyie Right-wing refugee: the rise of Rita Panahi] Voices</ref> She also supports immigration detention camps as an acceptable method for filtering refugees in Australia (further showcasing her [[hypocrisy]]). So in other words, [[internalized discrimination]].

===Antisemitism===
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Ironically like a lot of modern day conservative commentators they call pro-[[Palestinian]] people antisemitic, but at the same time she deeply supports [[George Soros]] [[conspiracy theories]] which are antisemitic.<ref>[https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/rita-panahi/george-sorosbacked-reforms-making-us-cities-far-more-dangerous/video/67e1544b2b45a8c4262323b1d3757706?nk=dc1fe7053909a80d52d63c118709b338-1719786751 George Soros-backed reforms making US cities ‘far more dangerous’] Sky News Australia</ref>

===Anti-LGBGT bigotry===
Like her cohorts, Rita has made an unhealthy amount of segments hyperfixating on the [[LGBT]] community, depicting them as [[pedophiles]] and [[Alt-right glossary#Groomer|groomers]] out to capture children and “turn them gay”. The material she plays does not even depict anything of the sort, rather just being benign to moderately cringe [[TikTok]] videos featuring LGBT creators.

==Stopped clock==
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Panahi supports the counter-revolution in Iran, and denounces the [[evil]] of the [[Ayatollah]] and his cronies. She also highlights the oppression of [[Christians]] and [[Jews]] in the country. Unfortunately, she also used the segment to bash all leftists and paint them as complicit and supportive of the rise of radical Islam, and she failed to mention the [[Zoroastrians]], [[Hindus]], [[atheists]], [[secularist]]s, and other non-[[Abrahamic]] groups present in the country.

==See also==
*[[Tucker Carlson]]
*[[Laura Ingraham]]
*[[Ann Coulter]]

==References==
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