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The enemy serious journalists need to fear the most is probably working at the desk next to them
Tumbler Ridge tragedy ignites journalistic culture war that reveals basic instincts within the nation’s newsrooms
Feb 14
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The good, the bad and the ugly exposed as Elon Musk's "citizen" journalism tangles with troubled legacy media
Plus! CTV gets sneaky with its fixes, fake news goes viral and why the CBC's At Issue panel is just terrible TV
Feb 8
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Peter Menzies
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Media obsess on possibility one province may leave Canada while failing to notice another has already left
"Whichever lie it is, it’s a lie that sharp reporters everywhere should be asking Prime Minister Carney about in the wake of his Davos speech"
Feb 5
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Peter Stockland
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The mystery of important stories left untold by Canada’s increasingly narrow mainstream media
Apr 1, 2025
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CBC ignites fresh outrage by heaping scorn on reporters who dared to ask questions of which it disapproves
Apr 17, 2025
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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, 2025
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Peter Menzies
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Hell freezes over, CTV’s fabrication of fake news and our 2026 forecast is still searching for sunshine
Jan 4
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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, 2025
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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, 2025
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Anna Farrow
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Fear and loathing at the Conservative convention after most media take the bait on dated news
Plus! Journos have to rely on Fox News to learn about PM's chat with Trump and Canada's new strategic partner and media mate - China - leads the world…
Jan 31
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Peter Menzies
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Slavish swooning over Carney's Davos speech switched to ill-informed defence of Quebec's bumbling and elite separatists
Media gobbled up unnecessary provocations of the USA, then turned on the Prime Minister's accurate and sensible praise of a country built on the Plains…
Jan 27
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Peter Stockland
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The media mistrust that fuelled the Freedom Convoy and the growing public appetite for misinformation remains dangerously unresolved
Plus! The Logic editor slams unnamed sources, Ombudsman says CBC wrong to ID Jewish MPs and woo boy journos continue to self-harm on social media
Jan 25
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Peter Menzies
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The Truth is out there, but when it comes to pipelines and first nations, most journalists are refusing to dig into it
Plus! The CRTC reveals its dinosaur instincts, another study points to CBC bias, columnists on the take and the fight to reveal Kamloops secrets
Jan 18
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Peter Menzies
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Mr. Carney goes to Beijing and lands a triple kowtow
Canadian delegation appears to have taken its cues from an editorial provided by Chinese state media while our PM's history with the Middle Kingdom…
Jan 16
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Anna Farrow
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On matters of life and death, media cater to those campaigning for the latter at the expense of the former and the integrity of their craft
Reporting on key case pitting MAiD lobbyists vs freedom of religion, major news organizations leave one side of the story aside.
Jan 13
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Peter Stockland
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If the goose and the gander don't get equal treatment, there's no place for media to hide
Plus! Radio-Canada praises Maduro, CBC/CTV minimize Iran protests and good heavens why are our media letting Freeland walk away with her secrets?
Jan 11
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Peter Menzies
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