Right-wing provocateurs’ effect on democracy hard to ignore

Keeping a critical eye on the news we consume, and staying aware of implicit bias, will keep those who don’t subscribe to the ideal of ideological objectivity from effectively infiltrating mainstream news.

Hamish Marshall, a former Rebel Media director, has been tapped by Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to head the party's 2019 election efforts. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Scheer's leadership campaign, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENN JEFFERYS

November 1, 2017

Just as your left-wing friends probably gravitate to the Broadbent Institute-founded PressProgress, right-wingers tend to clamour for right-wing propaganda. Research has shown that consuming certain media affects how we see others and how we see ourselves, even if we don’t realize it—wh...

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