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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I would hope so.

Here’s a semi-related tip I learned that I use religiously:

Journalists are not supposed to be leading you to an opinion, so I look at if they’re using qualitative words instead of quantitative

Ex; “The car drove fast.” is leading you to an opinion. They should tell you a speed in number format so you can decide if that’s too fast for yourself.

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, hopefully you can continue to provide this type of analysis when others in this community cast doubt on high-quality reporting merely because of the nationality of an outlet's ownership.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

While I recall seeing some columnists who seem to have a specific agenda to back certain industries, I think what most people are concerned about is not that breaking reports are done by cartoonishly evil journalists, but that foreign interests have undue influence over editorial decisions. (As I see it, billionaires from our own country are equally as bad and media concentration in general should also be addressed, but it makes sense to have reasonable restrictions on foreign-ownership of media.)

[–] patatas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I absolutely agree with everything you just said.

And yet when our PM threatens to slash the CBC's budget by $198m, the same folks hammering those points fail to point out the exact same issue of undue pressure and influence. Why?