Western Media Doesn’t Want You To Read The Word Palestine
Style guides at media organizations, broadcasters and newspapers prohibit the use of the word Palestine in most circumstances.
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How Did Queer Stories Start Being Made For Straight People?
Queer characters are packaged as progressive or subversive merely for their identities, without considering how it shapes their lives.
Canadian Media Is Happy To Risk Arming Neo-Nazis In Ukraine
Editorial support for sending Canadian troops and arms to Ukraine didn’t waver when it became clear neo-Nazis would benefit.
Canadian Media Is Erasing Essential Workers
Hospitalizations have skyrocketed, but the media’s use of the phrase “essential workers” or “frontline workers” has plummeted.
I Hope Jen Gerson Predicts I’ll Go Broke And Unloved
While Gerson may be a successful pundit in some respects, her skills as a psychic are lacking.
Don’t Let The Right Have A Monopoly On Critiquing CBC
The uproar over the resignation of former CBC employee, Tara Henley, was a missed chance to offer a leftist critique of the network.
A Review of CAJ’s Canadian Media Diversity Survey
The CAJ’s effort marks the next chapter of diversity surveys in Canadian media, so it deserves both applause and close scrutiny.
Don’t Depict Putin, Kim, Assad And Others As Cartoon Villains
These leaders need to be treated as rational actors that, in turn with other members of their government, act based on strategy.
Postmedia Apologizes For Ad Featuring Teenage Journalist Following Pressure From Pro-Israel Group
Postmedia issued an apology to a pro-Israel pressure group called 'HonestReporting Canada' for running an Amnesty International ad in the Montreal Gazette.