SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agoCTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservativespressprogress.caexternal-linkmessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservativespressprogress.caSamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square57linkfedilinkcross-posted to: canada@lemmy.ca
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoA reminder that CTV is owned by Bell, one of the mega media organizations in Canada.
minus-squareMongostein@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI worked for a different subsidiary of Bell for a while. I can attest that they don’t give a shit about real people.
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoMy brother works for them too. He’s far nicer about them than I am.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years ago*mega media organizations in Canada … who support, fund, finance and back the conservative party … and most likely fascism if and when it would take power in this country.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWhen you put it like that, it makes perfect sense why the cons want to shut the CBC down.
minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIf you control the media, you control the minds of the people … the first rule of fascists and authoritarians “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ― Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda
minus-squareHellsBelle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThanks for fixing that. :)
A reminder that CTV is owned by Bell, one of the mega media organizations in Canada.
I worked for a different subsidiary of Bell for a while. I can attest that they don’t give a shit about real people.
My brother works for them too. He’s far nicer about them than I am.
*mega media organizations in Canada … who support, fund, finance and back the conservative party … and most likely fascism if and when it would take power in this country.
When you put it like that, it makes perfect sense why the cons want to shut the CBC down.
If you control the media, you control the minds of the people … the first rule of fascists and authoritarians
“Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” ― Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Minister of Propaganda
Thanks for fixing that. :)