• girlfreddy@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    You’re right, his base won’t call him out. But we’ve got some of the best journalists in the world here in Canada and I guarantee you every one of them will hold his feet to the fire on that topic.

    • streetfestival@lemmy.ca
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      4 months ago

      I hope you’re right! I have very little confidence in mainstream news media these day to do anything besides serve the interests of corporations and the wealthy. Recent examples: (coverage of) Colonialist genocide in Palestine, carbon ‘tax’, recent capital gains tax. This issue is compounded by how few Canadians read non-mainstream news. I know you do, but I think we’re clearly outliers since we’re on Lemmy