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Canada is two years into a news media bailout that was lobbied hard for by the country's newspapers. As it turns out the money that's flowed has had uneven impacts on the industry. And last week the Online News Act was tabled that will mandate tech companies - like Google and Facebook - to pay news companies compensation for posting their content on their sites.

Will this expansion of government news aid inflame disparities? Will it help an industry in crisis? Are we destined for a media landscape where government approvals are the only way to survive?

Featured in this episode: Colette Brin, journalism professor at Université Laval; Tim Bousquet, editor-in-chief of the Halifax Examiner; Emma Gilchrist, editor-in-chief of the Narwhal

Further reading:

• Feds to force tech giants like Facebook, Google to pay for news with new bill, Global News
• Just How Extreme is Bill C-18?: It Mandates Payments For Merely Facilitating Access to News, Michael Geist

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Fact-checking the war in Ukraine. And the ‘Pay Me for Clickbait Act' - sorry, the ‘Online News Act.' Olena Goncharova co-hosts. 

Links:

• Front Burner episode re: war crimes in Bucha
• Radio-Canada piece re: long-term care homes in Quebec
• CBC Power and Politics interview with Pablo Rodriguez
• CTV Power Play interview with Pablo Rodriguez

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Canada is two years into a news media bailout that Trudeau cabinet ministers promised would be conducted with the utmost transparency. Instead, the process and which outlets are getting funding (and how much) is information that has been veiled in secrecy. 

What's more is that in order to apply for these government bailout programs, one must first pass the (also secretive) litmus test for whether or not it is worthy of being deemed a Qualified Canadian Journalism Organization (QCJO).

This week, we speak to the chair of the board who helps make these decisions. 

Featured in this episode: Colette Brin, journalism professor at Université Laval

Further reading:

• Minister vows transparency over $600M media fund, defends inclusion of Unifor, CTV News
• Journalists question Liberal government's $600M media bailout plan, CBC News
• FILDEBRANDT: Trudeau's media approval board agree, the Western Standard are ‘qualified journalists', Western Standard

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The public inquest into the Portapique massacre is far from revealing. Will we ever get the answers to the many, many questions still remaining? And journalists are being blocked from covering events at the Indigenous delegations' visit to the Vatican.  Paul Palango co-hosts. 

Links:

• Paul Palango's book: 22 Murders Investigating the Massacres, Cover-Up and Obstacles to Justice in Nova Scotia
• Brandi Morin's video on Twitter
• Vatican News story re: Indigenous delegation

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In 2015, award-winning author and (former) UBC professor Steven Galloway became the target of a social media storm after an allegation was leveled that he had sexually assaulted a student. An allegation, Galloway has denied ever since.

But at the time, a number of both staff and students at UBC came out publicly in support of the accuser. In turn, Galloway sued them for defamation. Defendants include 20 people who tweeted, commented, or spoke about the allegations. In one case, the individual being sued simply reviewed an art show, and never even printed Galloway's name.

Many of these defendants said this defamation suit is meant to silence sexual assault survivors, so they filed a SLAPP suit in response. Some were dismissed by a judge, others weren't. And which were and which weren't leads to all kinds of questions about how the legal process deals with sexual assault allegations. Meanwhile, Galloway says the SLAPP suit has delayed his ability to clear his name by years.

Is this case a path to justice for a CanLit star who was ruined by an online mob? Or does this represent the silencing of survivors and the #metoo movement? 

Featured in this episode: David Wotherspoon, partner at Dentons; Hilary Young, law professor, University of New Brunswick; Glynnis Kirchmeier, defendant.

Further reading:

• She accused a university prof of sexual assault. Now he's suing for defamation. Some fear the ‘landmark' case could have a chilling effect, Douglas Quan, Toronto Star
• Under a cloud: How UBC's Steven Galloway affair has haunted a campus and changed lives, Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail
• Details of UBC actions revealed through defamation suit brought by Steven Galloway, Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail
• L'Affaire Galloway, Kerry Gold, The Warlus

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Short Cuts is off this week, so instead we bring you our latest episode of the best politics show in Canada, The Backbench. As nations around the world cut off business with Russia, can Canada help fill the international demand for oil and gas? More importantly, should we? And the pandemic caused unprecedented government spending, as well as shifting priorities on everything from work to healthcare. How will that all play out in the upcoming budget?

This week's contributors: Jason Markusoff, Caroline Elliott, Murad Hemmadi 

Further reading:

• Shannon Proudfoot's Maclean's profile of Pierre Pollievre
• And the accompanying Q&A

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So many journalists would look down their noses and sneer at the likes of BlogTO, Narcity, MTL Blog or any of the similar media companies that have populated the Canadian landscape over the last decade. But while companies that pride themselves on hard news are struggling to find a funding model that works, BlogTO just sold for $15 million.  

Featured in this episode: Tim Shore, Founder of BlogTO

Further reading:

• ZoomerMedia announces acquisition of blogTO, Yahoo Finance
• Freshdaily Lays Off Entire Editorial Staff Two Weeks After Launching, CANADALAND

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Canadian MPs wax poetic about how President Zelensky inspires them… but is that really going to change anything? And how defamation lawsuits help cover up the truth and keep journalists silent. Jan Wong co-hosts. 

Links:

• CBC Reporter Travis Dhanraj's video asking a question to Chrystia Freeland and Melanie Joly
• President Zelensky's address to Canadian Parliament
• Prime Minister Trudeau's promo video
• CBC piece re: Manifesting a house
• Globe & Mail opinion piece by Doug Saunders

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Sarah Polley has come forward with memories of a violent sexual encounter with Jian Ghomeshi when she was 16. But why is the press tongue-tied about describing the alleged violence? Sarah sits down with Jesse to discuss how to safely run towards danger, and whether it's even possible to ethically use child labour in the production of TV and film.

Further reading:

• Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley
• Sarah Polley Is OK With Oversharing, New York Times
• Sarah Polley breaks silence about traumatic encounter with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio
• For Reference: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
  

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Patrick Brown has had his name cleared - according to an anonymous source. And the media loves a good war story. Karen Geier co-hosts. 

Links:

• CTV News piece re: Patrick Brown with update
• National Post piece re: Patrick Brown
• National Post piece re: GiveSendGo and Freedom Convoy fundraising
• Haaretz piece re: Stephen Bandera
• CBC piece re: Chrystia Freeland holding black-and-red scarf
• Le Devoir piece re: Serhii Filimonov

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