Canadian media have lost the plot around the vaccine rollout. And a Montreal-based website makes the list of COVID-19 conspiracy theory superspreaders.
February 17, 2021
Short Cuts
#293 A Fired CBC Reporter Is Vindicated
Reporter Ahmar Khan tried to blow the whistle on systemic racism at CBC... and they fired him. Maclean’s publishes a big, powerful list.
January 20, 2021
The Best And Worst Tweets Of 2020
Forty-nine ways of looking at a hellscape
December 30, 2020
By CANADALAND
The Best And Worst Tweets Of 2019
People still bad, animals still good
December 31, 2019
By CANADALAND
Is The Agony Of Twitter Worth It For Young Journalists?
It can be a valuable, even necessary, tool. It can also, of course, be an anxiety-inducing hellsite.
December 19, 2019
By Bailey Martens
CANADALAND
#303 Jon Ronson
A conversation about the similarities between journalism and porn becomes a tense disagreement about online shaming.
November 17, 2019
Short Cuts
#223 Jessica Yaniv, Transphobic Fever Dream
From Canadian news sites to InfoWars, a BC trans woman has become a fixation of conservative media. And new details emerge from the national media bailout that exclude -- surprise! -- nearly anyone who isn't a newspaper.
July 24, 2019
Gavin McInnes Banned From Twitter, Again
Proud Boys founder started new account for alter ego "Miles McInnes"
March 15, 2019
By Jonathan Goldsbie
Sun Covers Wrong Butts
Postmedia falls for parody account that was barely even trying
February 14, 2019
By Jesse Brown
CANADALAND
#263 The Loudmouth Senator
Paula Simons did something that makes a lot of journalists cringe. She went into politics. The former Edmonton Journal columnist is now an independent senator. She speaks about crossing over, using social media to pull back the curtain on Canadian politics... and the Senate's secret snack machine.