Co-ordinated hate campaign thrives under complicity of silent majority

The rise of the far right means that BIPOC and other marginalized journalists are under siege; the coronation of Pierre Poilievre will only make things worse.

When a group of far-right white men develop a list of female journalists and female journalists of colour to target, that’s fascism, writes Erica Ifill. Unsplash photograph by Sergey Zolkin

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

August 17, 2022

OTTAWA—Women in news media are in peril, mainly due to white men. Lisa LaFlamme’s unceremonious departure from CTV News on Monday, as described by her fire-starting video, announced that...

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