Peter Menzies: With mainstream media in bed with the Liberals, Canada needs independent journalism more than ever (The Hub)
Photo credit: Winnipeg Free Press If not for independent media, Canadians would have no insight whatsoever into the increasing co-dependence between the nation’s news organizations and the Liberal Party of Canada. What began as what was billed as a harmless and temporary little tax credit to help major publishers through a period of digital transition has grown so minaciously that major titles are now openly displaying concern for their financial sustainability should the Liberals lose an election. We know this thanks to a report in Blacklock’s Reporter, which, as with The Hub and a few other holdouts, still refuses out of respect for journalistic integrity traditions to take any benefit from the government ... CLICK HERE for the full story