The Catch-all: ICYMI February 24- March 1

I've highlighted a must-read investigative report from this week. The New York Times' deliberately misconstrued reporting by amateurs in order to push a narrative of systemic se*ual violence as a weapon of war on Oct. 7. Journalists at The Intercept did an incredibly job meticulously evaluating how the NYT pushed propaganda straight from Israeli disinfo. It's critical reading, and if you open one article this week, make it that one.

News Round-up

Must-read: “Between the Hammer and the Anvil” The Story Behind the New York Times October 7 Exposé, Jeremy Scahill, Ryan Grim and Daniel Boguslaw, The Intercept (Feb. 28)

Ontario

Doug Ford defends appointing gun manufacturer lobbyist to committee that picks judges, Katherine DeClerq, CTV News (Feb. 28)

Hundreds line up to get family doctor in Kingston, Meghan Balogh, The Kingston Whig-Standard (Feb. 28)

Murky rules for nurse practitioners give rise to private clinics in Ontario, Sarah MacMillan, CBC News (Mar. 1)

Canada

Long-awaited online harms bill proposes higher sentences for spreading hate online, Darren Major, CBC News (Feb. 26)

Seniors asked to pay thousands more in monthly fees after landlord removes incentives, Nicole Williams, CBC News (Feb. 28)

Under the right conditions, Canada open to sending noncombat troops to Ukraine, Defence Minister Bill Blair says, Alex Ballingall, Toronto Star (Feb. 29)

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney dies at 84, Rachel Aiello, CTV News (Feb. 29)

New pharmacare framework bill includes plan to cover diabetes medications, contraceptives, Rachel Aiello, CTV News (Feb. 29)

Journalists across Canada remain unequipped to deal with online harassment, Nora Loreto, J-Source (Mar. 1)

US

Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies, Ben Goggin, NBC News (Feb. 24)

Uniformed U.S. Airman Sets Himself on Fire Near Israeli Embassy in D.C., Amanda Yen, The Daily Beast (Feb. 25)

World

Cambodia’s ruling party wins Senate election, paving the way for Hun Sen to act as its president, Associated Press (Feb. 26)

Iran election extended by two hours with turnout at just 27%, Patrick Wintour, The Guardian (Mar. 1)

Cuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for children, Carla Gloria Colomé, El País (Mar. 1)- No mention of blockade

Israel-Palestine

American Media Keep Citing Zaka — Though Its October 7 Atrocity Stories Are Discredited in Israel, Arun Gupta, The Intercept (Feb. 27)

‘Massacre’: Dozens killed by Israeli fire in Gaza while collecting food aid, Al Jazeera (Feb. 29)

COVID

COVID-19 linked to global cognitive deficits, equivalent to brain aging by twenty years, study finds, Essa News (Feb. 25)

Millions of Americans suffer from long COVID. Why do treatments remain out of reach?, Eduardo Cuevas and Karen Weintraub, USA Today (Feb. 26)

New large study indicates vaccines protective against long COVID, Stephanie Soucheray, CIDRAP- University of Minnesota (Feb. 27)

CDC ending five-day COVID isolation guidance, Nathaniel Weizel, The Hill (Mar. 1)

Tech

Elon Musk’s Tunnel Reportedly Oozing With Skin-Burning Chemical Sludge, Noor Al-Sibai, The Byte (Feb. 26)

Shane Smith and the Final Collapse of Vice News, Lachlan Cartwright, The Hollywood Reporter (Feb. 28)

Unionized YouTube Workers Learn Google Laid Them All Off During City Council Meeting, Jason Koebler, 404 Media (Mar. 1)

AV Corner

Podcast: It Begins at the End of the Beginning (ft. Euan Thomson) - Big Shiny Takes

Video: What's Wrong With Democracy? - Mia Mulder

Music: Half-Divorced - Pissed Jeans