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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
WTF is with the attempted vilification of Westhead?
He reported on the verdict today with an extensive article:
https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/fiv...rial-1.2338763
It was really easy to find too!
Rick Westhead is a reporter. He reports on things. He's not a commentator nor a columnist. He's a reporter. Do you understand what the job of a reporter is?
Oh and look on that link I shared he also speaks!
Did you even try to find his report on this? You said you were "interestd in hearing what he had to say" but you sure didn't seem interested enough to perform a basic google search or check TSN (where he works) |
This anti westhead stuff comes from the brainwashing that’s happening to discredit how important media is in democratic societies. If not for Westhead and mainstream media, this story wouldnt have got out there and the public wouldn’t have know that hockey Canada has spent millions to sweep this and other similar or worse incidents under the carpet.
Regardless of the verdict or your perspective on the incident, the public scrutiny from the media reports about hockey Canada’s decisions, as well as the player and EMs decisions is good for us to hear and debate. It allows us to form opinions on our own and hopefully educate our kids to make our society a fairer, more transparent and just place.
Sure, media get things wrong a lot and can focus on unimportant things at times, and members of the public can get stupid with cancel culture because they don’t think rationally or about the big picture, but publicizing these things is important. The potential for actions to become public through media or other avenues can make people think twice about doing something.
Media will always be a central part of a healthy democracy. It’s why historically dictatorships have sought to undermine and eliminate a free media and impose their own propaganda in its place. And it’s why we should support free media and fight like hell against the concept of “fake news” even when it’s being used to discredit things we don’t like to hear.