The Invisible Africa
Why have media portrayals of the African continent remained so firmly entrenched in voyeurism, cliché and indifference?
Media
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Media Has Whitewashed The Anti-Palestinian Pogroms In Jerusalem
Coverage has been sparse and misleading, downplayed the violence from Jewish supremacists, and ignored Palestinian perspectives.
Canadian Media Is Working Hard To Celebrate Our Colonial History
Like any good former colonial subject, our state media and its private counterparts have been pumping out praise of Philip since his death.
Ontario’s Journalists Have Failed To Hold Doug Ford Accountable
The people of Ontario have been afflicted with poor governance. It’s a shame their premier seems so comfortable.
Media Has Ignored The Anti-Vax Movement’s White Supremacist Roots
Anti-vaccine, anti-mask and anti-lockdown movements are, at their core, new mobilizations of white supremacy.
Brian Lilley Isn’t The Only Queen’s Park Journalist That Failed Us
It shouldn’t have taken years for someone to publicly report on Lilley’s relationship to Doug Ford’s director of media relations.
BuzzFeed’s Shutdown Of HuffPost Exposes Its Shallow Progressiveness
The company’s ostensibly progressive front masks that it’s funded by a venture capitalist system that demands ever-increasing revenue.
Journalism Schools Help Entrench The Media’s Class Bias
As Canadian journalism supposedly strives to become more inclusive, it also needs to grapple with the wealth bias ingrained in it.
Canadian Editorial Boards Are Cheerleaders For War
Editorial boards have supported Canada’s war and regime change efforts since the First World War 98 per cent of the time.