
Ep. 189 - The Great Newspaper Bailout
After the release of the Public Policy Forum's Shattered Media report this past winter comes the latest beg for cash to prop up the newspaper industry. This one comes in the form of a request for a su...
26 Kesä 201743min

SHORT CUTS #124 - Quote Governor General Unquote
Governor General David Johnston issued a mea culpa over his radio interview in which he refers to Indigenous peoples as immigrants. Postmedia did not issue mea culpas for poorly-researched racist s...
22 Kesä 201741min

Ep. 188 - The Images Are Merciless
Iraqi photojournalist Ali Arkady thought he was documenting the "good guys" -- the non-sectarian forces fighting Daesh for the preservation of Iraq. Instead, Arkady witnessed abuse, torture, and murd...
19 Kesä 201733min

SHORT CUTS #123 - Out Of (Teen) Vogue
Breitbart News has convinced concerned Christian families that Ontario’s new child protection laws will bring forth a queer totalitarian state, where parents opposing or denying their children’s gen...
15 Kesä 201734min

Ep. 187 - We Got Played
Or did we play ourselves? This most recent Conservative leadership race highlighted a number of deficiencies in Canadian media. Namely, why did the guy with virtually no chance of ever becoming Prime ...
12 Kesä 201740min

SHORT CUTS #122 - Imagine If Your Daughter Was Eaten By Otters
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland stands up to the sole remaining global superpower like a newborn kitten taking on Galactus. Somewhere between 10 and 5,000 freedom-loving citizens descen...
8 Kesä 201738min

Ep. 186 - End Of The CanLit Hustle
McClelland & Stewart was the publishing house that, at one time, served as the home for the likes of Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Leonard Cohen and others. In 2000, under the direction of buildi...
5 Kesä 201749min

SHORT CUTS #121 - Parkdale Class War!!
The Conservatives have a new, dimpled, leader, Nova Scotians have more of the same, and British Columbians have an unprecedented lefty hybrid. How effective was media coverage of these three electo...
1 Kesä 201732min
















