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Disgusted that Kevin O'Leary wants to be our Prime Minister? Thank Canada's public broadcaster.

| January 19, 2017

It's been one day since human sinkhole Kevin O'Leary joined the Conservative leadership race as candidate no. 14 and already the Canadian media is working to make it seem like this isn't a giant national embarrassment.

Konrad Yakabuski calls O'Leary a "change maker" and various media are reporting that his entry "energizes" a so-far tepid leadership race. Vice's Justin Ling hilariously tweeted yesterday "I, for what it's worth, think O'Leary is a generally smart guy who says smart things." God help us.

Money talks, CBC bans journalists from making paid appearances

Dennis Gruending

| January 31, 2015

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has been forced by growing public criticism into prohibiting its on-air employees from giving speeches -- that sometimes netted thousands of dollars per appearance — to corporations and industry groups.

Communism killed the cat: This week's Blogs roundup

Jessica Prupas

| January 22, 2015

This week, the Charlie Hebdo tragedy is still fresh in our collective consciousness. But lest we continuously ride the #JeSuisCharlie bandwagon, let’s pick our battles a little more scrupulously. Nora Loreto reminds us that the free speech we are fighting for isn’t always universal, and that progressives should thus use their activist gusto wisely.

The coverage of the Amanda Lang-RBC sage is missing a big component: temporary foreign worker abuse or outsourcing practices.

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What's missing from the coverage of the Amanda Lang-RBC saga?

Syed Hussan

| January 13, 2015

News of CBC anchor Amanda Lang trying to "kill" a CBC story on RBC hiring of foreign workers back in 2013 has hit the airwaves. Initially revealed on Jesse Brown's Canadaland, the story is now being covered in many mainstream media outlets.

It's time to unfriend the CBC

J. Baglow

| January 13, 2015

When an institution that I can remember from my childhood—a staggeringly long time ago—starts to rot, it’s usually from the head, like the proverbial fish. We cannot blame the MotherCorpse’s current condition, of course, on the Harper government, or the squad of yespersons he has appointed to the CBC’s board.

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Coverage of Amanda Lang-RBC fails to acknowledge worker abuse

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