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Today's media language a little too much like 1984's Newspeak
Jan 8, 2015Nick FillmoreCanada's corporate-controlled mainstream media exercise so much control over today's media that journalism is similar to the language used to control the public in Orwell's 1984.
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The problem is the media, not false rape accusations
Apr 9, 2015Meghan MurphyWhen journalists are pressured to 'find a good story,' you end up with coverage that decontextualizes issues like sexual assault.
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Recognizing the Armenian genocide: Beyond selective memory
Apr 24, 2015Sedef Arat-KocIt is interesting that as the Canadian media and politicians call on the Turkish state to recognize the Armenian genocide, they have been silent on other genocides. Why?
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Facebook and the news publishers who flirt with heartbreak
Apr 29, 2015Wayne MacPhailWe've come to a pretty pass when publishers like the New York Times and the Washington Post are thinking about getting hitched to that lyin', cheatin', two-timing heart,...
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Indian and Cowboy lays the foundation for an Indigenous media revolution
Oct 6, 2015Roshini NairWhat is Indian and Cowboy? An Indigenous multimedia network led by Ryan McMahon that is changing the face of media in Canada. Read this exclusive interview with McMahon.
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This election, politicians and media have you thinking about what matters......
Oct 14, 2015Mike BarberFrustrated about what isn't being talked about this election? Professor Bob Hackett explains why.
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Selling fear instead of facts
Dec 19, 2015Green Majority RadioKevin Farmer and Andrew Mitrovica discuss the disconnect between the relative threat and coverage in the mainstream media between 'terror' and climate change.
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Kim Kardashian is not a feminist -- get over it
Aug 23, 2016Meghan MurphyThe reason Kim Kardashian says she isn't a feminist is because she's not -- liberals should think about why that is.
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After Mansbridge, does the CBC have the courage to build a truly great news...
Sep 7, 2016Nick FillmoreContent, not style and not personalities, should be the focus of a re-built post-Mansbridge National.
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How corporate media failed democracy in the U.S. presidential election
Dec 2, 2016Amy GoodmanDenis MoynihanThe U.S. media effectively iced out a major-party candidate who consistently held the largest rallies, even without a media megaphone, while giving blanket coverage...
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There are good reasons to question everything we're being told about Syria
Dec 23, 2016Shenaz KermalliThere are no good guys in this war. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't hear both sides of the story.
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Joke news provides hope among stories on 'fake news'
Dec 30, 2016Rick SalutinStories about fake news as a major problem, are fake news.
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Ian Gill on intelligent collaboration, journalism, hopeful narratives, and...
Apr 13, 2017face2faceIan Gill and Face2Face host David Peck talk about "intelligent collaboration," the state of journalism around the globe, "hopeful narratives," and how we need to mobilize our...
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Fox News loses, liberal networks gain
Jun 1, 2017Penney KomeSince Trump's election Fox's ratings have fallen, to the benefit of more left-leaning cable news shows.
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Newspapers don't deserve support -- money should go to independent news sites.
Jul 11, 2017Nick FillmoreA new report asking the federal government for $350 million to prop up Canada's newspapers is out of step with the times.
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U.S. politics embraces spectacle, reducing voters to audience
Mar 23, 2018Rick SalutinAs Trump's America veers closer to entertainment than politics, citizens are the losers.
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Backlash against Nora Loreto shows Canada's ugly side
Apr 14, 2018Michael StewartLoreto's suggestion that empathy for Humboldt victims be extended to others elicited death threats and vitriol, and the mainstream media was only too happy to go along.
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Canadian pipeline push promotes false and misleading claims
Jan 23, 2019David SuzukiThere's no real discount on Canadian product, nor are other countries clamouring for our bitumen. The lower price is because it’s costly to extract and process, and must be...
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Checking in on Bernie
Mar 15, 2019Rick SalutinMainstream media continue to make a commendable effort to ignore Bernie Sanders in the hope he'd vanish. Then the polls appear and he and Biden are far ahead. Joe they get, but...
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Indian and Cowboy lays the foundation for an Indigenous media revolution
Oct 6, 2015Roshini NairWhat is Indian and Cowboy? An Indigenous multimedia network led by Ryan McMahon that is changing the face of media in Canada. Read this exclusive interview with McMahon.
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