Legacy media is failing Canadians for the sake of war absolutism

It is not surprising that with the weak state of Canadian news media they would sell out their democratic duties of challenging power for a buck and an extra click.

Press gallery reporters scrum Justice Minister Arif Virani on Sept. 19. Legacy media and the Canadian political class failed to show the humility and regret for embarrassing everyone by sanitizing Ukrainian involvement in Nazi war crimes, writes Erica Ifill.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ERICA IFILL

October 4, 2023

OTTAWA—Let’s check into how Canadian media are doing with the fact they shit the bed on one of the most important stories of the year. Again.

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