A paucity in punditry: political commentariat not matching the real-world stakes

Our pundit class is failing to properly articulate the social and political issues of the day and it’s obvious. In the pandemic, everyone is telling on themselves.

Before the U.S. election day, more than 91.6 million American had cast their ballots, proving that politics is for everyone, affects everyone, all the way down the ballot and up again. The election was also a referendum on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but try getting pundits, insiders, and personalities to communicate that simple reality clearly and concisely in a Canadian context, writes Erica Ifill.Photograph courtesy of Flickr/ Mobilus In Mobili

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

November 4, 2020

CALGARY—Make politics more accessible. Again? Canadian political news is saturated by pundits, news media personalities, and political insiders that have their own language and shorthand for discussing politics that excludes the rest of us. Political news shows sound like a cliquey Skull and Bone...

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