UK Govt to Pressure Social Media to Boost ‘Trusted‘ BBC: Report

UK Govt to Pressure Social Media to Boost ‘Trusted‘ BBC: Report

The British government is reportedly planning to pressure large social media companies to actively promote the BBC and other legacy media outlets, in a bid to confront “disinformation”.

Amid increasing attempts by the UK government to police mainly American social networks, including the impending ban on under-16s, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s administration is said to be interested in fundamentally altering algorithms in favour of so-called trusted news outlets.

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Critics slam government plan to ‘bail out’ sagging condo sector in B.C.

Critics slam government plan to ‘bail out’ sagging condo sector in B.C.

B.C. is facing a glut of empty condos. Thousands of Metro Vancouver units are sitting empty and some developers are facing insolvency.

Now, some housing experts are questioning a plan by the federal and provincial governments to buy some of those vacant units and turn them into affordable housing.

They say it amounts to a multi-billion dollar bail out for developers who refuse to lower prices to reflect a sluggish real estate market.


This smells very bad.

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Rosie O’Donnell: Trump Will Use an ‘Assassination Attempt or a Terrorist Bombing‘ to Cancel Midterms

Rosie O’Donnell: Trump Will Use an ‘Assassination Attempt or a Terrorist Bombing‘ to Cancel Midterms

Actress and wannabe expat Rosie O’Donnell says she believes President Donald Trump will use an “assassination attempt or terrorist bombing” to cancel this year’s midterm elections.

“People are revving up for the midterms,” author Marianne Williamson told O’Donnell during an interview Wednesday. “They are revving up, as well, for an obvious rigging of this election.”

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Human rights museum readies opening of Palestinian exhibit amid criticism

Human rights museum readies opening of Palestinian exhibit amid criticism

WINNIPEG — The Canadian Museum for Human Rights says an exhibit about displaced Palestinians is to go ahead as planned, despite criticism that it’s a potentially one-sided story.

The exhibit, opening June 27, focuses on people affected by the Nakba, Arabic for catastrophe, when about 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced in 1948 during fighting over control of what is now Israel.

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Networks Skip Foiled UFC Drone Terrorist Being an Illegal Immigrant

Networks Skip Foiled UFC Drone Terrorist Being an Illegal Immigrant

On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security released a statement that claimed the alleged ringleader of the foiled terrorist attack on the UFC fight at the White House the previous Sunday is an illegal immigrant. Since then, ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, NBC’s Nightly News and Today, and CBS’s Evening News and CBS Mornings have not disclosed this new information to the viewers of their morning and evening newscasts. By contrast, the networks have continued to obsess over the latest setbacks in President Trump’s efforts to renovate the reflecting pool on the National Mall by spending 13 minutes and 18 seconds on the subject.

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Man who threw stones at Justin Trudeau charged with threatening Mark Carney

Man who threw stones at Justin Trudeau charged with threatening Mark Carney

ST. THOMAS – A man convicted of throwing stones at Canada’s former prime minister three years ago has now been charged with threatening the current prime minister – this time online.

Shane Marshall, 29, of St. Thomas, appeared in Ontario Court of Justice in St. Thomas charged with uttering threats to cause death by making social media posts directed at Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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