Small FYI, a lot of Americans think Reuters is American, but it's owned by a Canadian billionaire.
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This is an update to: List of American owned media pretending to be Canadian, infiltrating Canadian culture and politics.
It is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.
I wanted to avoid highlighting for profit media, because of the relative ease of being acquired (as many already have by Americans).
These non profit media outlets will remain so long as they have an audience.
I can delete it if you want.
Why? It's not hurting anyone
Ya know, if it's not in line with your thinking.
Ya know, if it’s not in line with your thinking.
I appreciate the gesture, but you do raise an important point, that Reuters, despite being Canadian, was not included.
I believe in a healthy democracy, we must allow for discussion, even if it is unflattering (unless it's hurting someone), therefore you should do as you please.
And before that, it was British, founded by a German guy. Still headquartered in London. Do people from the US really think every relevant org is from there?
Do people from the US really think every relevant org is from there?
Yes they do.
American exceptionalism is a thing. (And has been since the 1800s)
Great list... but make it more obvious that there's a Canadian list. With such a busy graphic some people, like myself, might initially mistake the graphic at one list instead of 2.
Sorry for posting here but I couldn't comment on the .ca link.
Yes I can see your point, and you're not the first one to mention this. I've updated the infographic.
This is why I had placed the CBC Radio Canada at the top, with the hope that people would stop and think for a moment.
I'll try to make it better, but I'm prioritizing information density and just to be more informative than the other one.
If it really bothers you that much, you can also take the content, and change it yourself, as the infographic is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.
What about the Beaverton?
Came here yo say this :)
If you want to support me in my other ventures, I'm also trying to grow the !fairvote@lemmy.ca community.
You may attract more support if your active goals are actually stated where you proclaim they are.
I went to !fairvote and I see: "we did it! We have X number of subscribers!"
But what is your bloody goal?!
Unfortunately, I don't have that level of control to be able to set what you'd be able to see on a particular day.
But what is your bloody goal?!
Sure, that's a fair point, but also it's what the community sidebar was made for.
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APTN is worth including on the right side there eh. It’s a national network.
Edit: OK let me elaborate my case.
- The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is a nonprofit organization out of Winnipeg with the same kind of license and mandate as CBC.
- Broadcast over the air in a few places but on all cable carriers, usually up above ch.60 or so.
- Available streaming through apps on various platforms also.
- Low budget and focused on the issues of indigenous folks, it nevertheless is important to settler Canadians in rounding out the picture of what’s actually going on in Canada, as these issues are often underrepresented in ’settler’ media, not just due to cultural orientation, but because a lot of the news is about rural regions.
- APTN is an important part of me being Canadian, even as a settler, as we all reconcile at the end of a long-running genocide. This differentiates us from the USA.
APTN News has been added (thanks for making the case, I just didn't have time to look into them)
But that also means that I verified every single media outlets on the infographic!
Also, don't forget about independent local news (if it exists in your area)
If you have further feedback on the content, please add it to this post.
I just drafted up this infographic, because I thought the other one was missing other important media outlets.
A big shout out to CHEK TV out of Victoria, fully employee owned and community oriented. News and some investigative long form segments. Free streaming, can watch livestream and shorts as a guest. Apps available for various platforms. Not totally parochial and sometimes very good.
Thanks, I was unaware of CHEK TV. Looks like a great addition!
Who suspected the "London free press" to be Canadian? And why are they American?
London Ontario, not London England
Oh dang, another London!
There's also Paris, Ontario nearby, but that is much smaller.
And likely nicer than Paris, France
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Looking at this, it seems to me americans don't care about us french canadians....I can't tell if that's a good thing or not 🤪
I get the majority of my news from CBC. Looks like that's good 👍
I really like that wiggly guy on the APTN logo. They give a good vibe just dancing in front of the sunset :)
There's a good argument here for a law that Canadian media should be owned by Canadians.
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The London Free Press?! For fucks sakes my home city really has gone to shit, thank goodness I left...
additionally the next labour government needs to overturn harpers rules that led to the american companies buying up all the media.
Sorry if Im a broken record but I like to remind my Maritimes homies that the Saltwire (or whatever its called now) and the Chronical Herald 🤮 are also American owned.
~~What the fuck are you saying LaPresse and LeDevoir are American owned??? That's not true at all!~~
LaPresse is owned by the non-profit LaPresse Inc. It's completely independant!
And Le Devoir is owned by Le Devoir Inc. A completely 100% Québécois company. They are also 100% independant. (And pro-independance 😉)
Pl~~ease fix that image because it's not factual at all.~~
EDIT: I NEED GLASSES FFS!
I didn't see there were two sides where one was for "Canadian owned". My bad...
It's okay, you're not the first one. I was trying to prioritize information density, and unfortunately this will be an unwanted side effect.
I've made some changes in the meanwhile to lessen the chances of this confusion happening, but I don't think it'll be avoided entirely.
Why is Winnipeg Free Press missing?
I wanted to avoid highlighting for profit media, because of the relative ease of being acquired (as many already have by Americans).
These non-profit media outlets will remain so long as they have an audience.
Fair enough, Winnipeg Free Press is a large Canadian media org, but they are indeed for profit and potentially biased that way.
Thanks for being understanding!
Yes, it's the fear of being acquired, and to a lesser extent being a for profit institution means potential conflict of interest.
If it really bothers you that much, you can also take the content, and add it yourself, as the infographic is licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.
Perhaps just an addendum explaining that profit-driven Canadian news outlets are not included here due to the risk of being swayed by American interests.
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