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CBC Bonuses Result of Corporatization of News

CBC Bonuses Result of Corporatization of News

Public broadcasting has its pros and cons, but further cutting a necessary service is not the answer
Scott Martin Aug 16, 2024
Black Smartphone on table reading "Error" in black text on a white background.

One Year of the Meta News Ban

How has the industry responded in the past year?
Scott Martin Aug 6, 2024
Corus Entertainment building in Kingston, Ontario, home to Global Kingston, 96.3 Big FM and 104.3 Fresh Radio.

Insights On the Corus Bloodbath

Corus' news and radio cuts have been a long time coming, but it doesn't make it easier
Scott Martin Jul 24, 2024
A stream of liquid misses a frosted wine glass among a black backgroun

What is the LCBO Strike Really About?

Ford's gamble against the LCBO union could come crashing down on him
Scott Martin Jul 18, 2024
The Okhmatdyt Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, shortly after being struck by a Russian missile.

How Bombing Hospitals and Children Is Only Bad in Ukraine

Worthy victims in Ukraine, unworthy victims in Palestine
Scott Martin Jul 9, 2024
A computer screen showing the error "X Failed to load resource: net :: ERR_BLOCKED_BY_AD" repeatedly

News Media Can and Should Refuse to Platform the Far-Right

Belgian policy forbidding far-right parties from speaking directly in media shows wider failure in news
Scott Martin Jul 4, 2024
Homer Simpson sits on his car looking up into the sky. Homer is labelled with Jacobin as a Noam chomsky hovers in the sky.

What's Wrong with Jacobin?

Abdicating responsibility in spreading unfounded rumours of Chomsky's death should spell disaster for any outlet
Scott Martin Jun 26, 2024

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