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Originally Posted by #-3
I think that is actually annoying me right now, is that while the recall campaigns may not succeed they will likely get 10x the signatures of the separatists, hell the loyalists likely got 40x the signatures that the separatists are realistically likely to get, but I do think the media over reporting this will play a role and maybe give them more support than they otherwise should have gotten.
There's real news happening, people are dying, Doctors and Lawyers are quiting on principalled grounds over their policies.
They need to stop giving these idiots free media, if anything every single story about them should be prefaced with how it will be virtually impossible for them to approach the amount of support the loyalists recieved, or they should preface the story with the fact that there was already a petition that affirmed Albertas loyalty to Canada and Danielle Smith actively lied about the nature and the intent of the petition.
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That's a big part of the punchline though. It isn't "free media" - Conservatives paid a lot of money to buy up corporate media so that they could make these decisions as to how the public is informed / misinformed. Pretty much every printed news and their respective websites are built to tilt the conversation in their favour.
What is really concerning is that it feels like nothing is being done to counter it. Why hasn't the Liberals busted up Postmedia? Or forced Canadian ownership as a part of the American trade conflict? If they did it nation-wide then it wouldn't look like they are specifically trying to fix this problem in Alberta.
How do we give a bigger voice to media that is not captured by these corporations / Conservative interests?
The Sprawl,
the Breach, and even
the Tyee in BC are all independent media that are trying to bring honest journalism to us but they all get labeled as being "extreme left" instead of "highly credible".
Conservative media is now so wrapped up in the cult of opinions that factual reporting and credibility is now an extreme that people need to guard against because Postmedia said so.
It is also problematic because when there is a story that does not require political spin, Postmedia will just report it as it is to maintain credibility for when they do need to spin hard to help the UCP.