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Journalists betray the truth when they permit politicians to shape-shift using whoppers
The same people who worked to kill LNG exports now claim they are big fans. And no one even blinks
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CBC cashes in on Carney as the news industry playing field tilts further in its favour, crippling the competition
"Private" sector will find it more difficult to compete. Plus! Outrage over manipulation of Trump speech and the common error of burying balance
Nov 9
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Peter Menzies
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Mystery cloaks Doug Ford’s funding of media through Ontario advertising subsidy
Plus! Some tough lessons learned by journalists at all levels - not everyone is telling the truth and there are many people with the same name. Verify.
Nov 2
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Peter Menzies
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The mystery of important stories left untold by Canada’s increasingly narrow mainstream media
Apr 1
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CBC ignites fresh outrage by heaping scorn on reporters who dared to ask questions of which it disapproves
Apr 17
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Peter Menzies
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Media meltdown leaves industry red-faced and very unlikely to be forgiven for its sins and its subsidies
Apr 20
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Peter Menzies
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The story behind the plot to replace the leader of a G7 nation and install Carney seems doomed to never be told
Mar 24
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Peter Menzies
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“There is no intention to correct, including by many people in the media who by this time know that they got the story wrong” - Jonathan Kay
May 28
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Anna Farrow
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CBC and Suzuki team up to prove that neither is interested in, nor capable of change
Jul 16
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Peter Stockland
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How one major media torqued its coverage - in the take no prisoners words of a former Alberta premier
Jason Kenney’s dissection of CTV’s reporting tops off a busy week for The Rewrite and illustrates how legacy media is destroying public trust in it
Oct 30
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Jason Kenney
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Harry Potter debacle shows how journos elevate trans concerns while ignoring views of broader audiences
Ticket sales indicate members of the public at large not all that interested in the Qmunity making moral choices on their behalf
Oct 29
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Peter Menzies
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Carney speech highlights how easily newsrooms are played by politicians announcing the same things over and over again
Plus! Global’s oops on Trump in the crosshairs and assuming what Stephen Harper thinks may not be the best idea!
Oct 26
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Peter Menzies
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Masterfully manipulated media willingly succumb to the PMO's seduction
Press Gallery members denied access to Carney's Egypt photo opportunity dutifully repeat anonymous, unverified claims elevating the Prime Minister's…
Oct 19
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Peter Menzies
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With all eyes on Gaza, media and Carney oblivious to Quebec's "two state solution"
The nation within a nation takes a huge step towards constitutional independence while our leading commentators can't stop obsessing on Trump
Oct 15
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Peter Stockland
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Response to any budget sleight of hand will determine which audience media have decided to serve
Plus! CBC’s “Intifada Evan” shows the Ombudsman who’s boss and Rebel News puts another tick in the debates win column
Oct 12
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Peter Menzies
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“The soft, silent takeover of the nation’s press” rolls on relentlessly
Plus! CBC gives the latest church arson a pass, The Rewrite asks why and you get to decide if the explanation is satisfactory
Oct 5
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Peter Menzies
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