Legacy media can’t seem to shake legacy of white supremacy

You wouldn’t know that an act of terrorism took place on the grounds of Rideau Hall, not from an inept Canadian news media.

Journalists attend a media availability at Rideau Cottage on May 29. The Conservatives are half-right: the news media is biased, however it’s not biased towards ‘liberals,’ it’s biased towards white supremacy and actively works to uphold that viewpoint, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

July 8, 2020

OTTAWA—Canadian media are the public relations arm of white supremacy and their inability to credibly cover stories relating to Black, Indigenous, people of colour (BIPOC) is an embarrassment to the nation. Furthermore, their inability to cover the biggest terrorist threat to hit this country—th...

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