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News industry's ethics are increasingly flexible and, in the Trudeau era, no longer recognizable

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
Jul 15, 2024
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A generation ago, I was one of a number of newspaper editors and publishers having a drink at Pearson airport, waiting for our flights home while pondering a fresh set of corporate orders.

“Maybe it won’t be so bad,” said one, trying to look on the bright side. “Remember when we all thought putting ads…

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