A sour note on a huge investigation into sour gas, coverage of the Liberals' tax plan and the sneaky way CBC journalists can criticize the CBC.
October 11, 2017
CANADALAND
#201 Saudi Arabia Is Using Canadian Weapons Against Its Own Citizens And Nobody Seems To Care
Over the summer, videos came out that appeared to show Saudi Arabia deploying Canadian combat vehicles against their own citizens. And it barely made a splash in the Canadian media.
October 1, 2017
Short Cuts
#135 It’s Important To Kick These People When They’re Down
Some unsolicited advice for This American Life. And the Globe and Mail launches a project to teach kids about media manipulation... through media manipulation.
September 27, 2017
CANADALAND
#200 Blame Michael Enright
Michael Enright got Jesse his first job in radio. He was also CANADALAND’s first ever guest, drinking bourbon and talking shit about the Canadian media. For our 200th show, he’s back to talk about how the media has changed since that day.
September 24, 2017
Short Cuts
SHORT CUTS – Enough About Antifa, Let’s Fight Fascists
Post columnists pen truly offensive shit; another media outlet lays off workers; Donald Trump has us all scrambling.
Another day, another 81¢ (rounded for inflation).
The team of our Commons podcast weighs in.
September 7, 2017
Globe And Mail Axes Tabatha Southey, Leah McLaren
Changes come as a result of the newspaper reviewing its "freelance footprint"
August 31, 2017
By Jonathan Goldsbie
Short Cuts
SHORT CUTS – Mommy, Where Do Issues Come From?
Americans are debating the removal of monuments to problematic historical figures, so I guess we are too.
Old folks don’t want to hear sad stories about feelings on their CBC. Young folks do, apparently.
And the Globe And Mail is slimming for winter.
BuzzFeed Social Media Editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud joins us.
August 31, 2017
Globe And Mail Cutting Weekday Arts, Life, Sports Sections
The paper will be down to just news and business as standalone sections at least four days a week
August 29, 2017
By Jonathan Goldsbie
CANADALAND
#193 Summer Dump
New facts about Andrew Potter’s abrupt departure from McGill after his Maclean’s diatribe about Quebec, and what happened after Leah McLaren’s column about attempting to breastfeed Michael Chong’s baby was spiked.
July 24, 2017
Short Cuts
#126 Child Soldiers, Proud Boys
Politicians and columnists twist Omar Khadr's story, an MP plagiarizes co-host Erica Violet Lee and the press responds to Indigenous activism at Canada150.