If a website really doesn't want me to read it if I'm not looking at their ads [1], I really prefer the "please turn off your ad-blocker" wall / dialog / whatever. I know instantly what the issue is, and I can close the site and go elsewhere for information.

When instead they throw up a fake "something technical went wrong" message, it's just gaslighting. It's an insult. Yes, I'm looking at you, Postmedia sites.

[1] It's funny, I read the dead-tree editions of various newspapers for decades and never looked at the ads, and they didn't seem to have a problem with it then.

#Postmedia #adblocker #NationalPost #Canada #media #CanadianMedia #gaslighting

Dark Money, US Think Tanks and a Canadian TV Network

The News Forum grows while broadcasting a lot of talking heads tied to the libertarian billionaire-backed Atlas Network.

#Canada #CanadianPolitics #cdnpoli #CanadianMedia

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/02/10/Dark-Money-US-Think-Tanks-Canadian-TV-Network/

Tonight is the last chance to sign up for @thetyee 's year-end membership drive, to fund their reporting for 2026. They're at 743/750 new recurring supporters & supporters who have upped their recurring contribution! https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/12/31/Final-Day-Tyee-Builder-Drive/

Reasons why I'm proud to support The Tyee:

1) They're one of the few Canadian leftist independent news organizations that does original reporting, and has high journalistic standards.
2) They have absolutely no paywall. This is only possible because of the contributions of supporters. They are an example that this funding model for independent media works!
3) They're very clear about their AI policy. Right up front on this page: "We do not publish journalism that is written or generated by AI. We do not use generative AI to create or augment news images." https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/12/05/The-Tyee-New-AI-Policy/

Very proud to be a Tyee Builder! They can also issue tax receipts now (:

#canada #CanadianNews #CanadianMedia #BritishColumbia #Alberta

Dec 23rd @ 6pm ET

#BadHasbara (#TheWorldsMostMoralPodcast) welcomes journalist #RachelGilmore to discuss the downfall of #Canadaland and #JesseBrown's online witch hunts directed at #PalestineSolidarity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7MbBF-aP1A
#CdnPoli #polCan #Palestine #Gaza #media #médias #CanadianMedia #GazaCoverage #PalestineCoverage #socialMedia #réseauxSociaux #médiasCanadiens #traitementMédiatiqueDeGaza #traitementMédiatiqueDeLaPalestine

Major shake-up in podcasting!

🎙️ The Walrus has acquired Lead Podcasting — a bold move to supercharge Canadian audio journalism and storytelling.✨

https://thepodcasting.org/the-walrus-acquires-lead-podcasting-major-shakeup-in-canadas-media-podcast-industry/

#PodcastNews #AudioJournalism #CanadianMedia #TheWalrus #LeadPodcasting

On November 14, two #Montreal #police officers assaulted Dimitri Lascaris when he attempted to enter the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where #Canadian #PrimeMinister #MarkCarney was giving a speech.

This is by no means that first time that he's been assaulted by the #cops in Montreal. These experiences have become a regular occurrence whenever he tries to attend speeches by Ministers in the #CanadianGovernment.

This time, however, he managed to capture the assault on video.

As he explains in his report from outside the hotel, it is now obvious that Lascaris has been placed on a government #blacklist. Although he's a #lawyer in good standing and a card-carrying member of the press - facts about which Canada's government is undoubtedly aware - it’s clear that the Liberal government has instructed Montreal police and the #RCMP to prevent Lascaris from entering any building where a Minister of the Canadian government is speaking - and to use force, if necessary, to exclude him.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fgIP-GjsEt0

#CDNpoli #Quebec #QCpoli #MontrealPD #PoliceViolence #CopCrimes #RemoveQualifiedImmunity #ACAB #DefundPolice #CivilLiberties #AntiFascist #Censorship #PressFreedom #Journalists #CanadianMedia #journalism #Media #Neoliberalism

Fixing Canadian media needs as many Canadians as possible to stand up and be counted.

https://openmedia.org/FixCanadianMedia

#Canada #CanadianMedia #News #bill_c18 #OpenMedia

Heroes for the helpless: A critical discourse analysis of Canadian national print media’s coverage of the food insecurity crisis in Nunavut

Bradley Hiebert
Elaine Power

#FoodInsecurity #Nunavut #Inuit #CanadianMedia #CriticalDiscourseAnalysis #Canada #MediaMarkt

#Read all you want! #OpenAccess
#Share generously! #KnowledgeSharing
#Grow your understanding of #Food
#Repeat

https://canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/article/view/149

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHIX1D4lpiU

#RationalNational #CanadianMedia 🇨🇦 on #Netanyahu