The change of government didn’t stop the steep decline of press freedom in Canada according to Reporters Without Borders. Canada now ranks 22nd in the […]
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J’accuse: Charlie Hebdo, Sony and Freedom of Expression
I would like to start this post with two simple words: I accuse. “I accuse” as the title of an article is odd, isn’t it? […]
Hey, Canadian Media Companies, Instead of Letters, Try Offering Something Better
So it looks like some people who have been downloading movies and TV shows illegally are going to get letters. That’s right, not even emails. […]
Ricochet launches today. What does it mean for Canadian journalism?
It’s not like us to spend time talking about another site, but then, Ricochet isn’t just another site. In fact, it’s a new model for national journalism […]
Still not convinced of the value of social media
Working in a field called public relations that calls for being on top of the action and being well connected to people and what they do, I still find it difficult to fully embrace social media.
It’s not an earthquake until Facebook and Twitter say so
Tuesday night I was cat sitting for my mother when all of a sudden it seemed like someone had turned on a jackhammer in the apartment downstairs. When it stopped, I rushed to both balconies to see if anything was happening on the street below. Nothing.
The Comment Tree – Canadian Budget Reaction, Summit of the Americas, Liberal Party of Canada
The Comment Tree is a weekly collection of posts and commentary from social and mainstream media sources – keeping up to date with the topics of interest in the current news cycle, international and domestic.
Let’s be honest about the Muppets
Now I have yet to see the new Muppet Movie, but I know lipstick on a pig when I see it, (sorry Miss Piggy!) and […]
Media rebels strike back at our broken system: Kai Nagata and the Young Turks
With the arrival of Sun News broadcasting in this country, our media seems to increasingly be aping that of our American neighbours to the south. The sensationalistic, overwrought, overhyped, hyper-partisan crap that most of us tend to get indirectly (this stuff can only be digested in small doses, evidently!) from watching the Daily Show satirize it every night, has ,unfortunately, penetrated this country’s media culture in any number of ways. The News Corp formula, if you will, is simple: replace facts and actual news with propaganda and right wing editorials, as much as possible. Sadly, this approach has spread to other news networks, due to the overwhelming ratings edge enjoyed by the Republican Party tools at Fox news (i.e. the O’Reilly factor)…
Azra Rashid
Azra Rashid is a freelance journalist and a Ph.D. candidate at Concordia University, Montreal. After completing her HBA in Political Science from the University of […]