Breakdown: Justin Tru-Done, Metapocalypse and State of Canadian News (The North State Podcast)

Happy new year! This week on The North State, independent award-winning journalist and TikTok savant Rachel Gilmore and I delve into huge news stories affecting Canadians. Justin Trudeau's resignation hasn't gotten the news coverage it deserves, Meta's new hateful content policies affect Canadians in unique ways and we talk about the state of Canadian news media in 2024. Both legacy and independent outlets have failed in many ways unique to this Canada land. RSS feed here.

Description

On this edition of The North State, independent award-winning journalist Rachel Gilmore joins Scott to have a Breakdown. Justin Trudeau resigns as Liberal Party leader, and consequently Prime Minister of Canada. How has the media covered these tumultuous weeks? Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg announced that everything can always get worse at Meta– what does this mean for Canadians? Finally, it’s time we had a proper retrospective of Canadian news media’s state in 2024. We talk about legacy layoffs and what happens when beloved indie outlets stop actually shit-talking the news.

Further Reading

Pierre Poilievre outlines goals, strategy, key players in Jordan Peterson interview - The Canadian Press via CP24

Mark Zuckerberg sports $900,000 watch as he calls time on Meta fact-checking - The Guardian

Calling women ‘household objects’ now permitted on Facebook after Meta updated its guidelines - CNN

Meta Now Lets Users Say Gay and Trans People Have ‘Mental Illness’ - WIRED

Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated ‘Users’ No One Asked For - Rolling Stone

Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship - 404 Media

Justin Ling's Account of Paris Marx Canadaland Episode

Canadaland’s 2023 Transparency Report - Canadaland

Chief Operating Officer Alan Black has Left - /r/Canadaland Thread with IMG Receipts

Rachel's Deep Cut

Pierre Poilievre is cozying up to Canada’s far-right broligarchs - The Breach

Shopify Executive's Right-Wing Media Website Rails Against Immigrants while Defending a Legally Designated Terrorist Group - PressProgress

Lawyer for Sandy Hook families drags Shopify over Alex Jones store - Rachel Gilmore

Is Pierre Poilievre's tie to Shopify broligarchs a conflict of interest? - Rachel Gilmore

Scott's Deep Cut

In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide - Local News Initiative (Northwestern University)