May 11, 2017
SHARE
Short Cuts
#118 The Hermit Kingdom Of British Columbia
British Columbia had an election where everybody won - or at least got an 'I Participated' ribbon.
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher
Russell Gragg
Producer

British Columbia had an election where everybody won – or at least got an ‘I Participated’ ribbon.

Also, Rebel Media wades into the French election like a skunk splashing around a backyard kiddie pool.

Finally, black activist and journalist Desmond Cole takes leave from the Toronto Star after the corporation suggests they’d appreciate it if he wouldn’t mind being a little less active and a lot less black.

The National Observer’s Sandy Garossino joins us.

More from this series
Autopsy of a News Media Meltdown.
April 25, 2025
The “adult in the room” tends to be shouty. 
April 23, 2025
What the hell happened in the elections media room on Thursday night?
April 18, 2025
Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en Parle asked some tough questions. We decided to translate. 
April 16, 2025
What would it look like to take the agenda back?
April 11, 2025
CTV faces backlash after hiring (then firing) Rachel Gilmore for an election fact checking segment. 
April 9, 2025
A lapse in leadership and Canada’s China conundrum. 
April 4, 2025
The call is coming from inside the party. 
April 2, 2025
all podcasts arrow All Podcasts
Short Cuts