OTTAWA — Twitter has taken down a post by People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier after he insulted individual reporters on social media and shared their contact information.
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How the closing arguments of the 2021 election reflect where we are as a country
As Canada prepares to go to the polls next Monday, many Canadians find themselves poles apart.
It is tempting to dismiss the 2021 federal election as a pointless exercise — called for no reason, with no defining issue, and with little change, so far, to the Liberal-Conservative stalemate that defined our politics in 2019.
But if the campaign has changed little in voters’ preferences, it may reveal a lot about the state of the nation. Likewise, how the party leaders spend the final days — and how we respond — will tell us much about ourselves.
Liberals promise additional $400M for CBC; protection of journalists
The Liberal Party of Canada is promising to oppose the mistreatment of journalists along with another $400-million for the CBC in their new platform, released this morning.
ISIS-K commander told CNN the group was waiting to ‘strike’ two weeks before Kabul airport attack
The commander from Kunar Province, whose real identity was disguised, told journalist Clarissa Ward at a hotel in Kabul that his group was “laying low and waiting for a time to strike,” CNN reported Friday.
Majority of Voters Believe Biden’s Afghanistan Crisis Worse than Media Is Reporting
Out of 1,000 likely voters surveyed August 24-25, 2021, just 29% said they “trust what the news media are reporting about the current situation in Afghanistan.”
Legacy media journalists rush to defend Monsef for calling Taliban “brothers”
Reporters from the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Radio-Canada and elsewhere all excused Monsef’s terminology.
NPR’s Mind-Rot Logic: ‘Even the Truth Can Be Misinformation’
NPR is ostensibly concerned that American citizens still have access to independent media platforms which – despite rigged algorithms that favor “authoritative” corporate-state media outlets like NPR, MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN – still outperform competitors.
h/t Marvin
‘Technocratic, dishonest, careerist, stupid COWARDS’: Why Tucker Carlson CAN’T STAND today’s so-called ‘journalists’
Thirty years ago, the world was a much different place and journalists used to be brave. On his latest podcast, Glenn Beck was joined by one of the few who still is, and you’ve never seen him like this. Before he was on Fox News, Tucker Carlson built an impressive career writing for some of the biggest names in American journalism. But now, the corporate media “journalists,” or as Tucker prefers, “the Praetorian Guard for the ruling class,” have abandoned their principles in favor of political goals.
Reports: Taliban Searching Door to Door for Journalists
The Taliban, now in near-total control of the country, are going door to door in newly conquered Kabul searching for journalists and political opponents, according to multiple outlets on the ground.
Ashli Babbitt’s Mom Speaks
Her family’s grief has been compounded by the media’s grotesque portrayal of their loved one as a “QAnon conspiracy theorist” or worse, a traitor who got what she deserved.
Media Bites Hard, Yet Again, for Another ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ Story on Trump
The Guardian is pushing a story claiming documents showing the Kremlin met to agree to push “mentally unstable” Donald Trump during the 2016 election and that they had some undefined “kompromat” on Trump. Now there’s no detail as to what this alleged kompromat is, much less any evidence to support the claim.
Biden Loses It After Reporter Asks Tough Question, Says He Will Only Answer “Happy” Questions
President Joe Biden doesn’t like it when he is asked tough questions.
During a press conference on Friday while being asked about the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Force Base, Biden lost it as he told reporters that he would only answer “happy” questions.
“I want to talk about happy things, man!” Biden snapped after being asked about the troop withdrawal.
Imagine the outrage if Trump said that, even now.
Laptop shows Joe Biden attended meetings between Hunter and his Mexican business partners
At some point the Biden White House will have to confront evidence of the president’s involvement in his son Hunter’s shady overseas business dealings.
Joe Biden insists he never knew a thing about Hunter’s lucrative deals in countries where he wielded influence as vice president.
But evidence abounds on Hunter’s abandoned laptop of Joe’s involvement.
Journalists in tizzy after Trudeau shaves beard
The story of the day for Canada’s mainstream media seems to be that Justin Trudeau shaved his pandemic beard.
A bare-faced Trudeau appeared at a media availability Wednesday, sparking a flurry of tweets and giddy election speculation from Canada’s press.