SHORTCUTS #146 - Terrible Documentary Silenced by Basic Decency
A terrible BBC documentary about transgender kids was pulled from CBC scheduling. A journalists' materials were seized from a Niagara Regional Council meeting by staff who were exercising "enthusiasti...
14 Dec 201737min
Ep. 211 - Inside A Right-Wing Meme Machine
After working in media, PR and politics, Jeff Ballingall understands the political power of Facebook. His top Facebook page gets more engagement than the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star combined. ...
11 Dec 201728min
SHORT CUTS #145 - News From The Upside Down
The Globe and Mail recently launched their re-designed newspaper much to the dismay of old people everywhere. Editor-in-Chief David Walmsley claims they're "actually expanding" a print edition that ha...
7 Dec 201737min
Ep. 210 - Why Newspapers Don't Have To Die
After 34 newspapers were abruptly killed by Postmedia and Torstar last week, Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey made the case that it was just part of an inevitable decline in the industry. Chris Powell vehem...
4 Dec 201741min
SHORT CUTS #144 - I'll Kill Your Newspapers If You Kill Mine
A lot of Canadians lost their community news this week, after two news giants traded 41 newspapers and shut nearly all of them down. Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey says he didn't know Torstar was plannin...
30 Nov 201739min
Ep. 209 - The Man Behind The Paradise Papers
Gerard Ryle is the director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, who are behind the Paradise Papers, the Panama Papers and other similar investigations. Major revelations are...
27 Nov 201729min
SHORT CUTS #143 - Goddamnit, Fine, Let's Talk About Jordan Peterson
A Master's student was reprimanded for showing her students a public TV clip of psychology professor/YouTuber Jordan Peterson explaining why he refuses to use people's preferred pronouns. Now the who...
23 Nov 201742min
Ep. 208 - Ahead Of The Times: Jezebel Reporters On Louis CK
Reporters Anna Merlan and Madeleine Davies were investigating and writing about Louis CK well before the New York Times story came out. And they faced a lot of criticism for it. They join Jesse to ta...
20 Nov 201738min
