#207 Village Of The Sprawling Phoenix: New Models for Local News
Is local media doomed? We speak to three entrepreneurs who are making a go of it with three very different models.
November 13, 2017
Short Cuts
SHORT CUTS – The Wab Kinew Situation
Indigenous writer and activist turned politician Wab Kinew scored a historic victory last weekend by decisively winning the leadership of the Manitoba NDP.
Only days before the election, however, allegations of domestic assault surfaced. A former partner of Kinew filed charges in 2003. Those charges were stayed in 2004.
How has the media handled this story, and who pushed the court records to the press? Was it, in fact, someone from his own party?
The National Post’s Jen Gerson joins us.
September 21, 2017
How Canadian Media Normalizes Islamophobia
It's not just The Rebel. Canada's mainstream media has a problem.
June 27, 2017
By Davide Mastracci
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#189 The Great Newspaper Bailout
The newspaper industry is pleading for hundred of millions of dollars per year to help prop itself up.
June 26, 2017
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#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
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
Short Cuts
#114 PariahCast
Jian Ghomeshi is back and the nation breathes a collective "Ewww...really?"
April 13, 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
CANADALAND
#163 Edmonton Is Weird
Suburbs frozen in the 1950s. Progressives in the middle of oil country. Jesse explores the eccentricities of Edmonton, past and present.