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Peter Menzies
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Lack of justification for loose “far-right" labeling will continue to destroy public trust in journalism
Plus! Ex-Tory candidate wins $250,000 settlement, politicians show new zest for banning films and will AI anchors be all the rage?
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Peter Menzies
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Liberal taunting of journo was bad; the fact her industry didn’t fight back could be Canada’s dirty little secret
Plus! People will buy online subscriptions, radical media darling heads to Red Chamber and Quebecor bellies up to the taxpayer trough
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Peter Menzies
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Elle Canada ignites a Hamas/trans controversy, pours gas on the blaze and runs away
Plus! The CRTC is coming up with yet another bailout, traditional TV is in a nosedive and was CBCNN miffed it got scooped on the NDP news?
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Peter Menzies
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The numbers are in and CBC’s The National clearly prefers USA over Canada when it comes to political conventions
Plus! Bots fury turns out to be a big fat fantasy and how some media wouldn't report that Israelis rescued a Muslim
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Peter Menzies
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August 2024

CBC draws flak for fuelling Kamala fever while Charles Adler’s appointment gets, um, mixed reviews
Plus! Saucy BBC sex scandals, no more print editions in St. John’s and The Star’s just gotta Star
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Peter Menzies
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Team Trudeau, journalists join forces to amplify fears Pierre Poilievre will turn his back on government funding for media
Conservative leader's failure to confirm continuation of federal programs prompts wild accusations of pandering, lying and misleading. Plus! AM talk…
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Peter Menzies
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Poilievre can merrily school journalists to the roar of the crowd because media just don’t matter like they used to
It’s been obvious for years that good relations with the press are no longer required to communicate messages to voters. Plus! Brickbats for the…
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Peter Menzies
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CBC reporters need to start paying attention to their own ombudsman’s advice or get fed to the online wolves
Plus! Black reporters fight about “platforming” Trump and sudden soccer experts drone on and on, inspiring animus and mockery as they replace damnation…
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Peter Menzies
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July 2024

Now, even those who lobbied for the disastrous Online News Act are conceding that maybe it wasn't the best idea
Weeks after declaring Bill C-18's Google fund a victory for the Liberals, Torstar admits Trudeau’s effort to force Big Tech to fund media has been…
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Peter Menzies
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Broadcasting reform in Canada is going as expected – which is to say, badly
The film and TV production industry, meanwhile, is no longer feeling as optimistic as it once was.
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Peter Menzies
News industry's ethics are increasingly flexible and, in the Trudeau era, no longer recognizable
Similarities in coverage hint at coordinated efforts to present certain events in a prescribed manner
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Peter Menzies
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