1. My intern has the night off so I'm going to tweet a bit about Canadian media, something I always end up regretting.
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2. CBC Opinion has emerged as an important venue for debate in Canada thanks to editorship of
@RobynUrback, but....3 replies 1 retweet 14 likesShow this thread -
3. Among the good things
@RobynUrback is doing is cultivating Native voices & putting Native issues front & center. But....3 replies 1 retweet 11 likesShow this thread -
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@NoLore has a detailed critique of CBC Opinion arguing it skews to the right.https://medium.com/@noraloreto/cbc-opinions-is-a-right-wingers-dream-6856d41fa7ef …2 replies 9 retweets 28 likesShow this thread -
5. There are a few details & arguments in
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6, Unfortunately the response from Canadian pundits (you know who you are) to
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7. The unwillingness of Canadian pundits engage the argument on substance is quite a bit more damning than original critique.
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I'm guess part of the problem is that a lot of the Indigenous voices are counting as "left" in terms of assessing editorial balance?
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No, my problem is there are lots of opinions not so easily categorized along left/right lines, like free speech
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I'm not suggesting is your problem. I'm suggesting the CBC editorial staff may wind up counting much of the Indigenous focused stuff, or stuff you see as not left/right, as being lefty stuff that balances the right.
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Yeah, I suspect that is what is happening.
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