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I think the only path forward is for journalists to get serious about defining and protecting their job. No government is going to step in to do it because of the optics, but many sectors have colleges that define and enforce standards of behaviour.
It's time for journalists to step up and do the same.
I think this is a great idea. A professional accreditation that is managed by journalists would definitely help with preventing misinformation and disinformation. Require certain number of years working under a professional journalist and an ethics exam (similar to PEng) to be a "Professional journalist". Then government can legislate rules at the recommendation of this body around whether an organization can be called a "news organization" and is protected by freedom of the press laws. This way the managing body can strip people of their professional accreditation for peddling misinformation and disinformation and general journalistic malpractice.
There would need to be public members of the board as well or it could very quickly turn into an old boys club.
Yeah, that's done in the professional organization I'm familiar with and I assume with others too
The paradox of tolerance.
You cannot tolerate those who will not tolerate others. Those acting in bad faith will always work to tear down.
implied First Nations have falsely claimed that unmarked graves have been found at former residential schools.
This did happen. It was a fake story, and it made up much of the questions of our last debate, which took a lot of time away from questions of the rising cost of living.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/27/kamloops-mass-grave-debunked-biggest-fake-news-in-canada/
I’m not taking the right-wing rag with mixed factually seriously.
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/new-york-post/
The Post has been criticized since the beginning of Murdoch's ownership for sensationalism, blatant advocacy, and conservative bias. In 1980, the Columbia Journalism Review stated that the "New York Post is no longer merely a journalistic problem. It is a social problem—a force for evil."
In a 2004 survey conducted by Pace University, the Post was rated the least-credible major news outlet in New York, and the only news outlet to receive more responses calling it "not credible" than credible (44% not credible to 39% credible)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post?wprov=sfti1#Content,_coverage_and_criticism
Is this one better?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564
No body was ever found, just something lumpy in the ground.