Misinfo, Astro-Turfing, & Media Bias Abound Early In Canada’s Election Cycle
We’re barely a week into the Canadian federal election cycle and the misinfo and narrative warfare is in full swing.
On Monday Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland got her wrist slapped by Twitter when she posted a video of Erin O’Toole edited to make it sound like the Conservative leader was campaigning to kill one of Canada’s sacred cows: universal healthcare.
Liberal government gave Canadian Press $2 million during pandemic
Meanwhile, the Canadian Press has been acting as a “truth-tester” verifying claims by Canadian politicians.
Canada’s evacuations from Kabul are over. Here’s where the focus will shift next
For weeks, the threat of further chaos and suffering in Afghanistan has been visceral, pressing near enough to haunt the re-election campaign of a prime minister half a world away.
Now, everything that was once feared is here.
Majority of Voters Don’t Trust Media’s Coverage of Afghanistan, Say Situation Is Actually Worse than Reported
Voters’ distrust of the Biden Administration’s claims about Afghanistan mirrors their distrust of the media, with a majority (54%) saying they do not believe what they’re being told and 34% expressing faith in the administration’s portrayal of the situation.
January 6 as Distraction from Afghanistan, Other Crises
How top officials traded the security and stability of Afghanistan, and by extension, America, to instead promote unfounded fears about white domestic terrorists.
The Left Accuses the Media of Warmongering After Barely a Week of Biden Criticism
Even conservatives concede the mainstream media has been relatively tough on the Biden administration’s Afghanistan debacle.
This leaves the president’s remaining vocal defenders perplexed and charging the press with effectively colluding with “national security elites” to be too tough on Biden.
