EP 187 – The Corporate Press Can’t Be Trusted

This Episode: Social media companies are pulling Canadian news links from their platforms, what effect will this have on the news industry? Then, pride month yielded a bunch of interesting stories, is there a rift developing in the LGBT community? Plus, last week was reportedly the hottest week in earth’s history… but was it?

Articles And Links Mentioned:

Article: Google set to remove news links in Canada
Article: Canadians are losing their appetite for news — and trusting it less
Article: ‘You don’t belong here’: Teacher tells Muslim students they ‘can’t be Canadian’ if they won’t back Pride
Article: New Brunswick pushes back against Trudeau’s demand that schools keep students’ gender identity secret from parents
Article: Supreme Court strikes down college affirmative action programs
Article: Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there
Article: NOAA Throws Cold Water On Media Hysteria Over Earth’s ‘Three Hottest Days On Record
Article: Forest fires: truth going up in flames
Article: Good Climate News: Wildfire Trends Have Fallen Off Significantly Over the Recent Decades
Article: The Anarchist: Toronto’s anti-capitalist cafe is permanently closing

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Article: Trudeau says ‘full buy-in’ from opposition needed before launching new foreign interference probe
Article: Justin Trudeau tweets invitation to Taylor Swift asking her to bring tour to Canada
Article: Have best-before dates hit their expiration? Feds consider recommendation
Article: Vaccines could be the “next big thing” in cancer treatment, scientists say
Article: Ontario to beef up tenant protections, prevent renovictions, housing minister says

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