With Postmedia ending daily print editions of The Telegram — leaving Newfoundland and Labrador without a single daily paper — we wonder how to keep talking shit about the news when the news itself keeps on disappearing.
Plus, while National Post columnist Adam Zivo’s unlikely foray into international espionage makes for a great anecdote, there’s good reason why journalists shouldn’t moonlight as spies.
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