Even more so
Fake News comes to Canada
https://north99.org/p/right-wing-pundits-say-our-media-is-biased-heres-what-theyre-not-telling-you/
An effective false narrative
Right-wing pundits and politicians love to cast themselves as victims. In their alternate reality, the mainstream media is out to get them. But when you look at the facts you can see just how ridiculous that claim is.
The same columnists that cry foul do so from their positions in one of Canada’s largest, most far-reaching news outlets..
Their self-victimization rests on bad faith representations of our media landscape. Anyone that doesn’t spread right-wing talking points is automatically labeled as part of some “liberal elite.” Centrist publications that attempt to present the news ‘objectively’ are too. Through their lens, the Globe, CTV, CBC, and Global are all part of this left-wing media.
I find it hard to believe though, that the Globe and Mail and CTV – owned by some of Canada’s richest billionaire families – are leftists organizations pushing a progressive agenda.
Be that as it may, this false narrative should not be ignored. It has worked masterfully in the United States, where the political-right has increasingly displaced mainstream media with a propaganda machine of their own. And tens of millions of Americans are buying in.
Worried it could happen in Canada? Well, you should be.