Short Cuts is a weekly media criticism show where our hosts talk shit about the news.

Short Cuts

Hosted by Jesse Brown

Each week we take you behind the headlines – bringing you expert analysis, heated opinion and thoughtful debate on the stories everybody is talking about and the ones they aren’t but should be.

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#1147 What Rebel Media Really Did

Autopsy of a News Media Meltdown.
April 25, 2025

#1146 Mark Carney Has a Temper

The “adult in the room” tends to be shouty. 
April 23, 2025

#1143 Ezra Levant’s Debate Night Circus

What the hell happened in the elections media room on Thursday night?
April 18, 2025

#1142 What Carney and Poilievre Only Say in French

Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en Parle asked some tough questions. We decided to translate. 
April 16, 2025

#1139 Pierre’s Pissy Press Protocol

What would it look like to take the agenda back?
April 11, 2025

#1138 Dude, Where’s My Fact Check?

CTV faces backlash after hiring (then firing) Rachel Gilmore for an election fact checking segment. 
April 9, 2025

#1135 Carney Flubs His First Big Test

A lapse in leadership and Canada’s China conundrum. 
April 4, 2025

#1134 The Conservative Plot Against Pierre Poilievre

The call is coming from inside the party. 
April 2, 2025
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