Resisting The Post’s Effort To Demean Indigenous Knowledge
The Financial Post published a piece dismissing traditional knowledge as "junk science" — on National Indigenous Peoples Day, no less.
July 11, 2017
By Melanie Lefebvre
Short Cuts
#124 Quote Governor General Unquote
Governor General David Johnston issued a mea culpa over his radio interview in which he refers to Indigenous peoples as immigrants.
June 22, 2017
The Racist Rhetoric Barbara Kay Champions As “Courageous”
I read the book by the academic who maintains that residential schools were a good idea.
June 2, 2017
By Melanie Lefebvre
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#119 Changing Of The Guard
Hal Niedzviecki and Jonathan Kay have left their jobs. Steve Ladurantaye's been shifted to a lesser role at CBC. And no, we're not finished talking about this yet.
May 18, 2017
National Post pulls down, rewrites op-ed on Muslim charity
Article making extraordinary claims "had not been properly edited," paper admits
May 12, 2017
By Graeme Gordon
The National Post Published An Op-ed By An Authoritarian Government
And the paper's former opinion editor ain't happy about it
May 9, 2017
By Jaren Kerr
Short Cuts
#117 Blatch Got Served
Is the media complicit in popping Harjit Sajjan's balloon?
May 4, 2017
CANADALAND
#179 Post-Postmedia
Postmedia, the largest newspaper chain in Canada is in its death throes.
April 17, 2017
CANADALAND
#171 Don’t Fling Mud At The Scud Stud
In 2008, political pundit Don Martin penned a negative screed against former NBC wartime correspondent and - at the time - Alberta provincial electoral candidate Arthur Kent, aka the Scud Stud. Convinced that Martin had violated basic journalistic ethics, Kent took him and the CanWest newspaper chain (later Postmedia) to court for defamation of character.
February 13, 2017
Short Cuts
#75 I Need to Talk Shit About John Ivison
Response to Orlando, John Ivison's basless column on Bill C-51 and a split at the National Magazine Awards.