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Although Jesse Brown from the Canadian news / podcast company #CanadaLand has said he has no plans to come to #Mastodon I still think it is worth while to give them a plug here.

https://www.canadaland.com/

I have donated to this podcast, from almost the beginning. I initially started because I really enjoyed his #CBC radio show (which was unfortunately cancelled)

Show Jesse that Mastodon is worth joining by subscribing & donating:

https://canadalandnetwork.supercast.com/new_landing#Mastodon

#Canada

Canadaland

Trustworthy independent journalism is essential in a functioning democracy. Your support helps us deliver quality reporting, news, and analysis that is free and accessible for all.
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#Mastodon #canada #canadaland #cbc
in reply to Mike Gifford

s.tim
s.tim
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Jesse's punching down on Mastodon last week was sad. Is it his contrarian nature that just gets the better of him sometimes? It's certainly not the first time he's had an inexplicably bad hot take.

Nevertheless, Canadaland is great and should be promoted everywhere. And Jesse is great. We will not let his mistaken disdain and dismissal of this platform dampen our love!
in reply to s.tim

Philip Kiff
Philip Kiff
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@stim I didn't think Jesse's take on Mastodon was particularly informed or thoughtful, either.

Though I think he's right that #Twitter's role in relation to #news journalists has been outsized for its audience. That's part of what made it especially attractive to journos: it gave many of them more influence and bigger audiences.

And sometimes Jesse can be bit of a jerk, I think! But...I finally started donating this month after listening for years. Independent news is important.
#News #twitter @s.tim
in reply to Philip Kiff

Mike Gifford
Mike Gifford
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@pkiff @stim Absolutely. But I like that he admits that and he publishes people who critic him.

Thanks for donating. Great that he is promoting a new model for investigative journalism.
@s.tim @Philip Kiff
in reply to Mike Gifford

Philip Kiff
Philip Kiff
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@stim And I like that #CANADALAND really does cover stories that aren't covered elsewhere - especially about the news media itself. And #indigenous news and #journalists.

I'm not sure that #Mastodon will ever be able to provide as powerful a platform for breaking news as the #BirdSite did: it is contrary to Mastodon's fundamental vision to force a single news thread into everyone's face, the way the BirdSite does.

But I've been thinking, maybe that's for the best in the long run.
#Mastodon #birdsite #indigenous #journalists #canadaland @s.tim
in reply to Mike Gifford

Robert12Jones
Robert12Jones
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No thanks, too biased in their reporting. Although it’s almost impossible to find any source that is not.
in reply to Mike Gifford

Robert12Jones
Robert12Jones
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Reporting is almost always opinions. I like to form my own. I was a Star reader for more than 40 years and had knew it was always a left leaning news agency, but now it’s so far left it’s nauseating. I’m a centrist, who likes to read and my options are non-existent.
in reply to Robert12Jones

Mike Gifford
Mike Gifford
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@robert12jones certainly when media claims they are reporting "Just the facts" you can be certain they aren't.

Knowing both sides of an argument is good. But being a centrist is different in Canada vs Europe. It is all relative.
@Robert12Jones
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