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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
Omitting the UN is Journalistic Malpractice

Omitting the UN is Journalistic Malpractice

If something is only outrageous when you omit information, what are you actually doing?
Scott Martin Apr 23, 2024
An art piece depicting a siege on a city with an army at the gates, projectiles launched and large smoke.

Big Tech's Siege on Journalism

Sustained attacks on news are a key part of the internet's degradation
Scott Martin Apr 16, 2024
A picture of the Al Jazeera English newsroom with cameras, monitors and a worker present in the foreground

Israel's Attack on Al Jazeera is Indefensible

The news industry is losing every last shred of credibility by refusing to condemn Israel's targeting of Al Jazeera
Scott Martin Apr 2, 2024

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