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Thanks sideloader. Pretty damning anecdote about reporting on the arctic. Press coverage that happily glosses over international uncertainty and debate in favo

by themeek 11y ago

Thanks sideloader. Pretty damning anecdote about reporting on the arctic. Press coverage that happily glosses over international uncertainty and debate in favor of a national narrative and interests conclusively outs coverage for what it is. Media concentration is extremely high inside the United States as well, and of course reporting is similarly colored.

Sideloader 11y ago
My post was a response to a claim that the Canadian media offers a higher quality product than its US counterpart. I disagree and gave my reasons and provided a couple of examples. I did not, however, claim that US media concentration isn't high. It is, but it's not as extreme as the Canadian example. Independent media is almost non-existent in Canada, online or otherwise. Viewpoints that deviate from the mainstream are far and in between. The only online independent journalism site I can think of that has gained a wider audience is The Tyee based in Vancouver. The Canadaland podcast, created and hosted by journalist Jesse Brown, also seeks to provide a wider variety of viewpoints and it directly addresses the sad state of Canadian media culture (something Brown is intimately familiar with). You picked one example I provided and took it out of context as if that disproves my point. More info about the Parks Canada/CBC story http://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/what-exactly-did-parks-canada-secretly-pay-the-cbc-65000-for/ http://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/what-exactly-did-p...
- themeekforgotpw 11y ago
  No, I wasn't arguing with you. I was agreeing with you. I do not think anything I said disproves your point, nor was it my intention. I was speaking more broadly about the sorry state of journalism in both the United States and Canada (not comparing them). Thank you for the information.

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Thanks sideloader. Pretty damning anecdote about reporting on the arctic. Press coverage that happily glosses over international uncertainty and debate in favo

by themeek 11y ago

Sideloader 11y ago
My post was a response to a claim that the Canadian media offers a higher quality product than its US counterpart. I disagree and gave my reasons and provided a couple of examples. I did not, however, claim that US media concentration isn't high. It is, but it's not as extreme as the Canadian example. Independent media is almost non-existent in Canada, online or otherwise. Viewpoints that deviate from the mainstream are far and in between. The only online independent journalism site I can think of that has gained a wider audience is The Tyee based in Vancouver. The Canadaland podcast, created and hosted by journalist Jesse Brown, also seeks to provide a wider variety of viewpoints and it directly addresses the sad state of Canadian media culture (something Brown is intimately familiar with). You picked one example I provided and took it out of context as if that disproves my point. More info about the Parks Canada/CBC story http://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/what-exactly-did-parks-canada-secretly-pay-the-cbc-65000-for/ http://www.macleans.ca/society/technology/what-exactly-did-p...
- themeekforgotpw 11y ago
  No, I wasn't arguing with you. I was agreeing with you. I do not think anything I said disproves your point, nor was it my intention. I was speaking more broadly about the sorry state of journalism in both the United States and Canada (not comparing them). Thank you for the information.