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Andy Cuong Ngo (/noʊ/ n-oh; born 1986 or 1987)[1] is an American right-wing social media influencer,[2] who is known for covering and video-recording demonstrators.[3] He is a journalist and editor-at-large for The Post Millennial, a Canadian conservative news website,[4] and a regular guest on Fox News.[5] Ngo has published columns in the New York Post[6] and The Wall Street Journal[7] and authored a best-selling book on antifa.

Ngo's policy of antifa and Muslims has been contentious, and journalists have questioned the precision and trustworthiness of his monitoring. He has been accused of [8]]9]10] sharing deceptive or careful stuff, and he has been referred to as a agitator. ]11]]12]

Earlier education and life

Ngo was raised and born in Portland, Oregon. [13] His dad worked as a policeman in a small Vietnamese southern city. [13] His mother was born into a wealthy middle-class family that owned a apparel store. He claimed in one interview that the Communist government had forced his relatives into workers and re-education tents, [14], and that his family's authorities employment was" a great career during the battle, but one that could easily get you shot later." Before their arrival in the United States in 1979, his relatives foremost met after a six-month be at a tent run by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees near Tanjungpinang, Indonesia. His relatives, who were Asian motorboat folks, emigrated from Vietnam in 1978.

Ngo was raised in a Buddhist community and in great college he converted to Christianity. He eventually converted to Christianity [14] and was vehemently opposed to coordinated church, which was reflected in his social media posts, which Ngo eventually described as "inflammatory terminology," with Reddit posts like" Islam needs to be neutered like Christianity." Ngo claimed that his earlier social media posts "represented my superficial landscapes at the time" and that his responses no longer fit his ideas. [14] After a while as an evangelical Christian, he developed disillusionment and an attention in mistrust.

Ngo, a recruiter claimed, "developed from living in the UK for several years as a teen" and speaks with a record of an American voice. Ngo volunteered with AmeriCorps while attending the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA ). 13 ] He began working as a photographer at the Portland Center in 2013 for free. [10]]14] Ngo came out as gay while visiting friends in remote Vietnam in the middle of 2010. He received a creative layout amount from UCLA in 2009 [13]. ]14] After graduating, he went through a phase of employment and became a shooter for a used car shop.

Ngo enrolled in a mentor plan for democratic technology at Portland State University in 2015 with a target on quantitative politics and international relations. ]1]14] While he was a scholar, he joined the Freethinkers of Portland State University, [14] a pupil institution that collaborated strongly with teacher Peter Boghossian. ]10]]17]

Career

PSU Vanguard ( 2016-2017 )

Ngo worked as a video editor for the student newspaper Portland State Vanguard while enrolled at Portland State University ( PSU). [10] In 2016, he reported on a demo that Don't Shot Portland organized where a gentleman allegedly pulled a firearm on a masses of demonstrators. ]18]

Ngo was fired from the Vanguard in 2017 after claiming that the newspapers had fired him because of his traditionalist social values. [13] He attended an interracial panels at the college on April 26 and then used his personal bill to post a movie clip of a Muslim student's remarks. The pupil stated in the video," I can safely tell you, regardless of your beliefs, the civilization, the way you think of it, an honest living means an honest living, regardless of the faith, the race, or whatever you can think about as a feature." [ ...] This killing of non-Muslims is only considered a crime when the country's law is based on Quranic law, which means there is no other law other than the Quran. If you are allowed to leave the state in that circumstance, I won't try to sugarcoat it. Ngo, a Sunni student speech, said that blasphemers may become killed or banished in an Islamist state at the @Portland_State religious section currently. " ]1 ]

Within 24 days of Ngo posting, Breitbart News picked up and distributed the film, which created a" societal multimedia firestorm." [17] Four days later, Colleen Leary, the director of the Vanguard, fired Ngo and said that he was fired because his conclusion of the Muslim child's remarks alleged a deliberate oversimplification and a violation of literary ethics, and was intended to stoke a response. She stated that the dismissal was" no republican." ]1 ]

Ngo wrote an op-ed for the National Review on the subject in May 2017 entitled" Fired for Reporting the Truth." [17] Leary reported that she had issues about the marriage between Breitbart News and Ngo because the event did not receive many focus on school. Ngo has stated that he did hardly email Breitbart News about his post. [1]]17] He even participated in website debate about the tragedy on the pro-Donald Trump post r/the_donor, where he described the blasting as part of a" fad toward self-censorship in the name of democratic accuracy."

Campus event coverage ( 2017-2018 )

With Dave Rubin, Peter Boghossian, and Christina Hoff Sommers, Ngo and his pupil party, the Freethinkers of PSU, helped assemble a college celebration in January 2017. [20] Rose City Antifa, according to Ngo, used social media to start a telephone call promotion aimed at administrators in an unsuccessful attempt to halt the occasion. ]20]

On February 17, 2018, Ngo and the Freethinkers of PSU hosted many listeners at an event on the campus that included the keynote speaker James Damore, a former Google expert and author of" Google's Ideological Echo Chamber," an internal letter on diversification and sex that the organization fired him for after they found it to be discriminatory and contain parts that constituted sexual intimidation. During the occasion, a piece of the market walked away in opposition, and one activist attempted to desecrate the stereo system while leaving. Ngo stated in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that there had been threats of violence against the function on Facebook and Twitter, which had led school authorities to reject their request for a larger facility to provide the anticipated throng. [17]]21] ]17]]21]

The Guardian's Jason Wilson claimed that the Damore event was just one of several that" seen as being intended to provoke Portland's progressive activists," and that Ngo's widely circulating videos fit into a pattern of actions where Ngo had purposefully inserted "his coverage" into the operation of the rightwing outrage machine" several times within the previous year. [17] Ngo then wrote an article for Quillette about the incident, which was covered by YouTuber and political commentator Tim Pool. ]17]

[17]23] Ngo, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute known for her critical remarks about the women's movement, recorded a talk on March 5, 2018, at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland. Student protesters who used no platforming tactics prevented the event from occurring, forcing the discussion to end early. [23]]24]25 ] Ngo posted videos and photos of students gathered on the stage to chant and clap Sommers ' oeuvril. Ngo, who had covered protests at a number of talks by Sommers ,]25 ] expressed interest in what he called "illiberal reactions," which he claimed restrict freedom of thought or behavior. ]23]

Reporting in 2018

For The Wall Street Journal, Ngo published an op-ed titled" A Visit to Islamic England" on August 29, 2018. [26] In the article, Ngo described his travels to a mosque and an Islamic center in two East London neighborhoods. He came to the conclusion that London was suffering from "failed multiculturalism" from these experiences. [27] He made a mistaken assumption that Muslim-majority populations lived in alcohol-free teen sex videos zones in some parts of London, and he later corrected this claim by correcting it. " ]28]]29 ]

Ngo's opinion piece was frequently portrayed as being anti-Islam. [30] Alex Lockie from Business Insider criticized Ngo's article for "fear mongering ] around England's Muslim population, cherry-picking evidence, and for mischaracterizing the neighborhood near the East London Mosque. [26] Steve Hopkins from HuffPost claimed that" some of his]Ngo's ] assertions have already been refuted." ]31]

Ngo released a podcast called Things You Should Ngo in October 2018. Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, and Carl Benjamin ( who uses the pseudonym" Sargon of Akkad" online ) were among his interviewees. ]14]

Livestreaming Patriot Prayer rallies ( 2017-2019 )

Ngo began filming rallies organized by Patriot Prayer, a far-right organization in the Portland area, in 2017 that have devolved into street fighting and violence. The Patriot Prayer gatherings, which were first used by white nationalists as recruitment events, were met by Portland's anti-fascists and anarchists who were known to support direct action, including violence. Ngo live-streamed video of the Him Too rally organized by a Patriot Prayer member in downtown Portland on November 14, 2018, which was harassed and sprayed with silly string by antifa protesters. By 2019, Ngo had a habit of observing and watching live-streaming protests in Portland. ]30]

May Day 2019

Ngo took part in protests and counterprotests in Portland on May 1, 2019, in honor of International Workers ' Day or May Day. [40] Bellingcat claimed that Ngo's tweets portrayed the brawl as an unprovoked assault by anti-fascists. He claimed to have been punched and blasted with bear spray while filming two separate May Day events, including a brawl between left-wing activists and Patriot Prayer members, outside the Cider Riot pub.

Prior to the fight, Ngo was filmed posing with Patriot Prayer members as they prepared to attack antifascists following the demonstrations. ]41] Joey Gibson, one of the group's leaders, and five Patriot Prayer members were charged with felony riot incitement for their actions on May 24th, 2019. The Ngo did not provide a report on Patriot Prayer's actions [43]10]42.

Assault occurred while watching the 2019 Proud Boys rally and counterprotest.

Ngo covered protests at a Portland rally that the far-right group Proud Boys organized on June 29. He walked away and reported what had happened in a livestream, during which a doctor came to check on him. He attributed his injuries to anti-fa counterprotesters. [48] The video of the Ngo incident on June 29 where masked demonstrators assaulted on him went viral, prompting the Proud Boys, a group the Southern Poverty Law Center designated as a hate group, to hold a follow-up event in Portland known as the End Domestic Terrorism rally for August 17, 2019. A group of counter-protesters also organized, some of whom physically attacked Ngo, who was filming. No specific attackers were found to be identified. [44] Ngo was kicked, punched, and hit with at least one milkshake.

Medical examiners determined that Ngo had a subarachnoid hemorrhage as a result of the attack. In order to investigate the Portland Police Bureau's response, he retained attorney Harmeet Dhillon. [14]]36 Andrew Yang, the 2020 Democratic Party nominee, wished Ngo a quick recovery. [51] Texas Senator Ted Cruz demanded federal authorities to look into Portland's mayor and police commissioner Ted Wheeler following Ngo's attack. [52] Broader analysis of the media's response to Ngo's attack was polarized, with each side expressing criticism of the other [clarification needed], including essays [54] and commentary in The Atlantic. ]36]]non-primary sources needed ]

On August 21, 2023, Multnomah County Circuit Judge Chanpone Sinlapasai awarded Ngo$ 300,000 in damages to three defendants who allegedly lied in court to refute their claims. ]55]

2019 Quillette departure and Patriot Prayer video

The Portland Mercury reported on August 26, 2019, on a video where Ngo was seen smiling [36] and laughing [56] while Patriot Prayer members were planning an attack on antifascists on May 1 following the May Day protests. There is no way [Ngo ] couldn't have known the group was planning on instigating violence, according to Alex Zilenski of the Portland Mercury. According to the Portland Mercury, an undercover antifascist who claimed Ngo shared a "misunderstanding" with the far-right group that he and the group "protects him and he protects them" was also quoted in Patriot Prayer. ]10] He later followed the group on foot a few blocks to the Cider Riot bar, where Patriot Prayer members attacked the customers. In a lawsuit against Patriot Prayer members for inciting the riot, the video was included in court records. One of the victims of the attack was knocked unconscious with a baton and a vertebra, according to Ngo, who later uploaded a video of her attack and made her name online.

Afterwards that moment, on August 26, Ngo's brand was removed from Quillette's mast and the website removed from Ngo's Twitter pull. [42] The writer of Quillette, Claire Lehmann, informed The Daily Beast that Ngo had left the web a few weeks prior and that the two advancements were hardly connected. [42] Following the publication of its article, the Portland Mercury published a notice from Ngo's attorney asking for the paper's"false and essentially disparaging claims" to be removed. The Portland Mercury's investigating was supported. ]56]

Ngo claimed in an article published on August 30 that he was unaware of the far-right group behind the attack and that he "only ] caught snippets of various conversations" and "was preoccupied on [his ] phone," calling the accusations "lies." Robby Soave concurred in a statement in the republican newspaper Purpose that the video did not provide proof that Ngo had been aware of a aggressive plot in advance. ]43]

Later work ( 2019-2023 )

In a line published in the New York Post in 2019, Ngo claimed that countless dislike atrocities that were reported to Portland, Oregon, had been fabricated. He was described as a sub-editor and journalist for the website publication Quillette when he left in August 2019 and contributed content there. ]30]]42]

By June 2020, Ngo was employed by The Post Millennial, a traditional American information web, [60], which continued to employ him as editor-at-large in June 2024. He had appeared on Fox News on at least two dozen instances as of February 2021 to express his worries about the problems posed by the kept.]61] As of 2020, he had been a standard visitor on Fox News. ]5 ]

Ngo had written a number of judgment pieces for The Wall Street Journal by 2020. [7 ] In a letter sent to the article's editor by roughly 300 of The Journal's office team users that condemned the judgment office's"lack of fact-checking and transparency," Ngo's investigating was one of the concerns raised in July 2020. Numerous press sources, including The Oregonian, have criticized Ngo and called him a "right-wing provocateur." ]64]]65]]66]

According to BuzzFeed News," Ngo's function is probably best described as internet engagement" and that he engages in "participant reporting." [67]]27] In April 2019, Cathy Young, a writer for The Bulwark, criticized Ngo for "outrage mine" after he re-posted several comments from arbitrary Twitter addresses, some of whom were teens, that mocked France following the Notre-Dame de Paris flames. Ngo is cited by New York publication as an example of "busybody journalism."

Unmasked

Unveiled: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy, Ngo's earliest text, was met with a tiny party of protest outside Portland, Oregon's premier Powell's Ebooks during the week of January 10, 2021. ]3 ] Prior to its release, the book was "one of the most widely acclaimed political books on Amazon." Unmasked rose to fame as an Amazon bestseller after its launch. For the week of February 14, 2021 Unmasked was rated as the major regional book in book narrative by Publishers Weekly [69]6 ] and topped The New York Times Best Sellers list for narrative. The merchant, who made the book available for purchase online, made the decision to neither promote Unmasked nor bodily property it in their businesses. ]5 ]

Unmasked was described as a" surprisingly deceptive new reserve on the left-wing anti-fascist movements known as antifa" by blogger Alexander Nazaryan in the Los Angeles Times. [69] According to Nazaryan, Ngo claimed that his relatives ' emigration from Vietnam had caused him to write in his guide as" a letter of appreciation to the society" that made them welcome in contrast to the socialists who, he claims, want to damage it. Nazaryan wrote," As an expatriate from a communist country, I understand the mood. Nonetheless, as a columnist, I had time out that he is producing the exact kind of advertising that authoritarians rely on to maintain their hold on power. Unmasked was described by [69] Kirkus Opinions as" a publication that belongs in any QAnon participant's set." [71] Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, a writer for The Oregonian, claimed that Revealed contained" critical exclusions, problems, and false equivalencies that have alarmed an array of researchers and intelligence officials who track radical movements." ]5 ]

Winston Marshall, a banjoist and founding member of the British folk rock band Mumford & Sons, wrote on Twitter to Ngo in March 2021," Finally had the time to read your important book. You're a strong man, man. Marshall later deleted the tweet, apologized for it, and stated that he was leaving the band to "examine my blindspots" after receiving online criticism for his post. Marshall apologised in June for leaving Mumford & Sons permanently, saying that it "participates in the lie that the extremism documented in the book does not exist, or worse, is a force for good." ]72]

Ngo claimed in May 2021 that he was recognized in disguise and chased down by a group of five to ten demonstrators who attempted to unmask him before assaulting him while he was in Portland to cover the one-year anniversary demonstrations for a follow-up chapter of Unmasked. [76] Ngo frequently uploads protesters ' personal data, including mugshots, to social media. have claimed that this results in harassment and death threats, making them feel threatened about Ngo. Ngo claimed that he was confronted and punched by protesters in black bloc before fleeing into The Nines hotel. ]75]]74]]76]

Social media influence

Ngo has been variously described as a right-wing activist or influencer, ]77]]2]]78]]79] a conservative journalist ,]80]]81] writer ,]82 ] and blogger ,]83] as well as a far-right content creator ,]84] campaigner ,]83] and sympathizer. His reporting on issues, particularly civil unrest in Portland, Oregon, following the murder of George Floyd, has received media attention. ]78]]86]]87 ] The Intercept described Ngo as a "far-right Twitter star". ]88 ]

In December 2019, The Oregonian named Ngo one of the top 15 newsmakers, citing events like his attack, his rise in the news, and his distribution of "heavily edited videos of several altercations, racking up millions of views online while spreading false information and limited context about what transpired." ]86 ] President Trump started making NGO mentions at his rallies in July 2019. ]87 ]

The Southern Poverty Law Center stated in an interview with philosopher and author of How Fascism Works Jason Stanley that Ngo had been caught fabricating information and free mom porm that "what he says goes significantly viral after that" in an interview with the Southern Poverty Law Center in August 2020. [89 ] Stanley argued that Ngo promotes a "false equivalence]between left and right political violence in the United States," pointing out that hundreds of Americans have been killed in far-right violence since 1990, and that antifa has not been held accountable for any lives lost as of August 27, 2020, the date the interview was released. ]89 ]

In a letter for the MIT Technology Review in September 2020, Harvard University professor Joan Donovan addressed the use of video in social media to stoke outrage, claiming that Ngo was one of two right-wing media outlets promoting "riot porn" consisting of edited, decontextualized, and shared among online followers. ]90 ]

By October 2020, Ngo, according to Politico, had "key news sources for rightwing audiences in search of news about the Black Lives Matter movement," having established 800,000 social media followers. [78] Following the Million MAGA March, President Trump recirculated Ngo's viral video content the following month. ]41]]91 ]

Ngo had over 1.4 million users in its X ( previously Twitter ) as of December 2023. ]92 ]

Doxxing

Ngo referred to a number of journalists in 2019 as "antifa ideologues," including Shane Burley and Alexander Reid Ross. [93] Reid Ross and Burley both described receiving death threats following [93], with Burley telling Jacobin that Ngo "appears to target ideological opponents, which can make them fair game for harassment and violent confrontation." [9 ] Zack Beauchamp, a journalist for Vox, claims that Ngo doxed a political activist in 2019 by publishing her full name. [44] Ngo is known for tweeting the mugshots of arrestees in Portland. ]62]

Credibility

Ngo has received a lot of negative comments from other journalists about his credibility and objectivity as a journalist. [9]]57] Since 2019, he has been accused of using selectively edited videos to portray antifa activists as violent [95 ] and of underplaying the far-right's violence [96] [97] with Columbia Journalism Review calling him a "discredited provocateur. [98] Ngo acknowledged that his tweets have caused threats and violence against those he targets while he was being cross-examination during the 2022 trial of a Portland citizen journalist. ]99]]100]

Ngo is accused of belonging to Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer, two far-right organizations. [101][79] After Ngo was assaulted by left-wing protestors in Portland in 2019, the Portland-based newspaper Willamette Week quoted the Portland Mercury's Blogtown in saying an unnamed Proud Boys member said that the attack on Ngo "happened because he ignored Proud Boys' offer of protection"[102] and accordingly stated "it is increasingly clear [Ngo] is coordinating his movements and his message with right-wing groups".[102]

BuzzFeed News reported that "[Ngo's] literal brand is that anti-fascists are violent and loathe him", adding that he "has been building to a dramatic confrontation with the Portland far left for months, his star rising along with the severity of the encounters .... [Ngo] is willing to make himself the story and to stream himself doing it. He proceeds from a worldview and seeks to confirm it, without asking to what degree his coverage becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy".[14] Brian Levin, an extremist expert from California State University, San Bernardino, stated that Ngo was "a political pundit who certainly makes the most out of his conflicts, which sometimes turn violent on him. ... But to his credit, I've never seen him be the physical aggressor in the posts that he's made generally."[103]

Legal actions

In June 2020, Ngo sued individuals allegedly associated with antifa, seeking $900,000 in damages for assault and emotional distress, and an injunction to prevent further harassment. [4][105] On December 15, 2020, a Multnomah County judge denied a special motion to strike down the suit. [104] The suit stems from multiple alleged attacks on Ngo in Portland during 2019: at a demonstration on May 1, at his local gym on May 7, and during a protest on June 29. In particular, the suit accuses Rose City Antifa of a "pattern of racketeering activities". [104] The lawsuit cited Rose City Antifa, five other named defendants, and additional unknown assailants.

In 2021, a Multnomah County grand jury indicted citizen journalist John Hacker on a third-degree robbery charge stemming from a 2019 incident with Ngo. Ngo alleged that Hacker-who was among those named in the June 2020 lawsuit-spilled liquid on him and took his phone at a Portland gym.[106] Hacker was subsequently acquitted of the charge in November 2022.[107]

After five defendants settled, were removed from the case by a judge, or evaded trial entirely, Ngo modified his 2020 civil suit to include an accusation that Hacker and Elizabeth Richter participated in an assault on him at a 2021 rally on the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. [108] Hacker and Richter were found not liable after their attorney argued they were not among the assailants. Prior to the trial, which took place in early August 2023, attorneys for Hacker and Richter claimed that video evidence would prove that neither touched Ngo that night or participated in beating him. [109][110]

In 2025, Ngo sued Guardian News & Media for defamation over a short music review that referred to him as "alt-right." He largely prevailed in a preliminary decision, although some issues are set to be resolved at a later trial.[111]

Congressional testimony

Ngo has been invited by Republican lawmakers to testify before Congress on several occasions. [115] [114] The Southern Poverty Law Center stated that Ngo has been a vocal proponent of listing antifa as a terrorist organization. [5][112] On August 4, 2020, he provided testimony at a United States Senate Judiciary subcommittee titled "The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence."[113] Fox News reported that Ngo disputed media coverage of protests and criticized Democrats for not condemning antifa for violence in Portland; however, prosecutors focused only on criminal conduct and did not provide evidence that any of the people arrested in Portland were linked to antifa.

On February 24, 2021, Ngo provided testimony at the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security following the U.S. [112][116] [112] Democratic lawmakers condemned false equivalencies and raised concerns about white supremacist violence and homegrown extremism, whereas Ngo, the sole witness called by Republicans, suggested the media was at fault for failing to criticize the looting and rioting that occurred after the murder of George Floyd. Capitol attack.[112] During the congressional hearing, which focused on the rise of domestic terrorism in the United States, lawmakers denounced the insurrection that left five dead but diverged on how to address the problem.

Personal life

Ngo is gay[117] and considers himself to be politically center-right.[118][119][120]

In 2021, The Oregonian reported that Ngo had relocated to London, citing concerns for his personal safety. A Portland Police Bureau spokesman confirmed that Ngo had filed at least 10 police reports about threats made to him or his family since June 2020.[5]

Works

- Ngo, Andy (2021). Unmasked: Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy. ^ a b Jaquiss, Nigel (August 28, 2019). "Right-Wing Brawlers Discussed a Hammer Fight While Being Filmed". The Bulwark. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ Nawotka, Ed (January 19, 2021). "Union, PEN Issue Statements on Powell's Sale of Ngo Book". ^ Ngo, Andy (August 30, 2019). "How I became an 'extremist' overnight". The Independent. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
^ "Christian Conference Q Ideas Has Dropped Right Wing Antifa Critic Andy Ngo From Its Lineup". Relevant. April 6, 2021. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
^ a b c d e f Griffin, Anna (February 8, 2018). "For Immigrants' Son, Vietnam Trip Led To More Conservative Worldview". ^ Mackey, Robert; Mannon, Travis (May 13, 2021). "Meet the Riot Squad: Right-Wing Reporters Whose Viral Videos Are Used to Smear BLM". Archived from the original on December 30, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
^ a b "The 20 Moments That Made Portland Famous in the Past 10 Years". Willamette Week. December 24, 2019. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
^ Mackey, Robert (December 12, 2021). "Portland Journalists Sue Andy Ngo for Using Their Videos on Twitter Without Permission". NBC News. Archived from the original on May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 3, 2024. On Nov. 25, the account for the antifascist publishing group CrimethInc, which had more than 66,000 followers, was suspended after right-wing activist Andy Ngo tweeted at Musk requesting he ban it. Both have even gone 'undercover' by posing as protesters to capture footage for their channels, seeking to name and shame those marching. Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Among the witnesses called to testify were legislators from several states and Andy Ngo, a Portland-based journalist who describes himself as independent and objective but who has been accused of working with far-right groups in the past. Ngo's four black-clad assailants remain unidentified, they said. Ngo, who last year made headlines when an anti-fascist punched him, has been criticised for sharing misleading and inaccurate information about anti-fascist demonstrators in his hometown. ^ a b c Scott, Mark (October 27, 2020). "Despite cries of censorship, US conservatives dominate social media". Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
^ a b c d Henry, Warren (September 13, 2019). "The Curious Case of Andy Ngo". ^ Dearment, Alaric (September 3, 2019). "Andy Ngo Is Journalism's Problem". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
^ Young, Cathy (April 19, 2019). "Rise of the Notre Dame Truthers". Variety. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021.
^ Smith, Suzette (May 28, 2021). "Portland Protesters Chase, Tackle and Punch Someone They Believe to Be Andy Ngo Until He Hides in The Nines Hotel". ^ Dearden, Lizzie (June 30, 2019). "Antifa attack conservative blogger Andy Ngo amid violence at Portland Proud Boys protest". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on March 5, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ "Journalist Andy Ngô loses criminal trial against Oregon journalist John Hacker". news.yahoo.com. November 17, 2022. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
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^ Bernstein, Joseph (July 19, 2019). "Andy Ngo Has The Newest New Media Career. It's Made Him A Victim And A Star". On Aug. 26, The Portland Mercury published an allegation by a Vancouver infiltrator of the right-wing group Patriot Prayer. Willamette Week. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Ngo has claimed to be an independent journalist. The Wall Street Journal. The Independent. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
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^ a b Newton, Creede (June 6, 2022). "Poland Paid Andy Ngo a Pittance for Anti-antifa Speech". He's also had a loose relationship with the truth while reporting on antifa. ^ Goforth, Claire (November 16, 2022). "Andy Ngô has long been accused of knowingly causing the subjects of his tweets to be targeted by his followers, which include mass shooters and far-right extremists. He finally admits they do". CNN. Archived from the original on August 27, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ "Powell's Books says Andy Ngo's book will not be in store". AP News. January 14, 2021. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ a b Dearden, Lizzie (June 30, 2019). "Antifa attack blogger Andy Ngo amid violence at Portland Proud Boys protest". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
^ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (August 19, 2019). "1 hammer, 1 'antifa mob chase': A closer look at Portland's viral protest moments". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
^ "Joe Rogan Experience #1323 - Andy Ngo". YouTube. July 10, 2019. Event occurs at 33:01-33:16. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

External links

Jewish Currents. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021.
^ Stuchbery, Mike (July 2, 2019). "The right want to make the Andy Ngo Antifa violence a reason to stop confronting fascists. Don't ever let it happen". The Independent. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
^ Lorenz, Taylor (December 13, 2023). "Meet the woman working to stop the far-right creator money machine". The Oregonian. Their attorneys told the jury that surveillance footage will prove neither Hacker nor Richter ever touched Ngo that night or participated in a brutal mob beating. Reuters. Archived from the original on September 14, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
^ Coaston, Jane (September 8, 2020). "The pro-Trump, anti-left Patriot Prayer group, explained". 'There's an understanding,' the man told the Mercury, 'that Patriot Prayer protects him and he protects them.' Ngo could not be reached for comment. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
^ a b Sparling, Zane (December 23, 2020). "Andy Ngo's lawsuit against Rose City Antifa, protesters can move forward, judge decides". Los Angeles Blade: LGBTQ News, Rights, Politics, Entertainment. ISBN 9781546059585.

See also

List of LGBT people from Portland, Oregon

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