Linda Wood
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Journalist. Publisher. Founder. Canada's National Observer
https://www.nationalobserver.com
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Max Fawcett
1 day ago
The recent news that a German conglomerate is buying into Ksi Lisims LNG doesn't mean Justin Trudeau was wrong about the lack of a business case for an east coast terminal. If anything, the case for *west coast* LNG is getting weaker by the day.
#cdnpoli
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/o...
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The business case for LNG just keeps getting weaker
Sorry, haters: Justin Trudeau is still right about the lack of a business case for east coast LNG exports. There might not be very good one for west coast exports, either.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/03/opinion/lng-business-case-keeps-weakening
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Fascinated by the
@laurahazardowen.bsky.social
piece in
@niemanlab.org
on the newsroom jobs that may safeguard journalism's future newsrooms. She cites a "Future Newsrooms" study by FT Strategies who combed through 6,687 LinkedIn job listings.
www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/thes...
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These 16 new journalism jobs could help publishers “future-proof” their newsrooms
Your next gig: "Senior editor, AI innovation"? Or "podcast social video editor"? Or "editorial director, newsroom engineering"?
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/these-16-new-journalism-jobs-are-designed-to-help-publishers-future-proof-their-newsrooms/
about 22 hours ago
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Eric Wickham
6 days ago
This is an important story but I wish it mentioned (not just included a buried hyperlink) the reporting done by
@cloelogan.bsky.social
on this nearly a month ago. This probably would have made me cranky if I had worked on this story.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/08/n...
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We've taken down our paywall until June 10, our deadline for raising $175,000. This is made possible by the readers who've gotten us to 30% to our goal. Enjoy the open access to Canada's National Observer and thank you to everyone who has already pitched in.
8 days ago
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Weird, indeed
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13 days ago
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The latest nation-rocking story from
@rorywh.bsky.social
about "the biggest data breach" in Canada's history and how the data shows up on a US website. Read and weep.
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14 days ago
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Ontario Liberals should ask hard questions about a riding nomination, not wave them away
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/19/o...
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Ontario Liberals should ask hard questions about a riding nomination, not wave them away
The Ontario Liberal Party should be expressing concern at alleged irregularities from a nomination contest in Scarborough Southwest, and assuring people that the party will get to the bottom of it. In...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/19/opinion/ontario-liberals-scarborough-southwest-nomination
19 days ago
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I just posted the best job in independent media in Canada. Go to our jobs page to check it out. Please share it with your networks, because it really is a huge opportunity and we can't afford a recruitment agency. But we are looking for an outstanding person to join us in this new role. Thanks!
20 days ago
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On climate, Mark Carney is no Stephen Harper
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/o...
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On climate, Mark Carney is no Stephen Harper
The prime minister is relaxing environmental regulations, reducing the industrial carbon price and talking up the importance of pipelines. He's also doing more to implement durable and lasting climate...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/opinion/climate-mark-carney-no-stephen-harper
20 days ago
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World's largest carbon capture complex gets go-ahead in Ottawa's oilsands 'grand bargain'
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/n...
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World's largest carbon capture complex gets go-ahead in Ottawa's oilsands 'grand bargain'
Memorandum of understanding between federal government and Alberta also includes a new long-distance oil pipeline to the West coast and carbon price rising to $130/tonne by 2030.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/15/news/worlds-largest-carbon-capture-complex-gets-go-ahead-ottawas-oilsands-grand-bargain
20 days ago
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Linda Wood
Max Fawcett
21 days ago
Behold, the
@nationalobserver.com
's latest YouTube show, featuring my friend and favourite oil analyst
@roryjohnston.bsky.social
. We talk about what's happening in/with Iran, what it means for Canada, and whether another pipeline will get built.
#cdnpoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDsW...
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Canadian Oil in the Iran War era
YouTube video by National Observer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDsWcUMaZjs&feature=youtu.be
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The birds are coming to Quebec!
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/14/n...
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The birds’ beautiful season is back
The coming days will mark the peak of migration for millions of birds coming to nest in Quebec.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/14/news/birdwatching-montreal-migratory-birds
21 days ago
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We’re in the midst of the last oil boom. Alberta is already pissing it away
@maxfawcett.bsky.social
says
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/12/o...
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We’re in the midst of the last oil boom. Alberta is already pissing it away
Alberta should be using the windfall from the war in Iran to prepare for the future. Instead, it's busy trying to recreate the past.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/12/opinion/alberta-last-oil-boom
23 days ago
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Free now: A Canadian version of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA is recruiting on university campuses
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/11/n...
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A Canadian version of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA is recruiting on university campuses
Inspired by the impact that the US organization had on politics south of the border, a group of young Canadians has launched Unify Action, which aims to bring Kirk-style content creation to university...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/11/news/canada-turning-point-university-campus-organization
23 days ago
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A Canadian version of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Is recruiting on university campuses
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A Canadian version of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA Is recruiting on university campuses
Inspired by the impact that the US organization had on politics south of the border, a group of young Canadians has launched Unify Action, which aims to bring Kirk-style content creation to university...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/11/news/canada-turning-point-university-campus-organization
26 days ago
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Canada’s tactic for lower electricity emissions is about to hit a wall
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/a...
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Canada’s tactic for lower electricity emissions is about to hit a wall
Replacing coal with cleaner-burning fossil gas has cut emissions in half. Cutting the remainder now requires a U-turn for surging fossil-gas power — charts.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/analysis/canada-electricity-emission-strategy-fossil-gas
28 days ago
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Energy efficiency is also a nation-building project
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/o...
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Energy efficiency is also a nation-building project
The prime minister has made building his overarching political goal. But when it comes to energy, saving might be even more important.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/05/07/opinion/energy-efficiency-electrification-nation-building
28 days ago
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Linda Wood
Andrew D Thaler
30 days ago
Welp. This is a hell of a story. Canadian Mining Journal published what appeared to be an entirely fabricated deep-sea mining paper, with quotes from fictional people and a source paper that does not exist.
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reposted by
Linda Wood
Canada's National Observer
about 1 month ago
The website has been taken down, but
@rorywh.bsky.social
captured a screen recording beforehand.
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Tomorrow! 'll be joining the Vancouver Art Gallery and Canada's National Observer for Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change. It’s a free, live virtual discussion on how artists are responding to one of the defining challenges of our time/ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
about 1 month ago
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I'm looking forward to this discussion, bringing journalism and art together as ways to grapple with the future. I hope you'll join me.
2 months ago
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reposted by
Linda Wood
Canada's National Observer
3 months ago
Nominations are out for one of Canada’s premier journalism awards. The National Newspaper Awards issued its preliminary decisions on Friday, and Canada’s National Observer is on the list. Twice!
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Canada’s National Observer lands two nominations for National Newspaper Awards
CNO is nominated in the Innovation in Journalism category for Civic Searchlight, while Arno Kopecky's tenacious coverage of the Poilievre campaign earned a nomination for the Mary Ann Shadd Cary Award...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/20/explainer/canadas-national-observer-lands-two-nominations-national-newspaper-awards
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Linda Wood
Jimmy Thomson
3 months ago
And congratulations to
@arnokopecky.bsky.social
for the recognition of his globetrotting guerilla coverage of the Poilievre campaign. He was away from home for basically the entire campaign, writing brilliant and unique dispatches from the back of the room.
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Linda Wood
Jimmy Thomson
3 months ago
Congratulations to
@rorywh.bsky.social
for being what must be one of the earliest-career nominees in National Newspaper Award history — and in the innovation category, no less. Huge.
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To mitigate disaster risk, we must bolster Canada's struggling media
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/19/o...
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To mitigate disaster risk, we must bolster Canada's struggling media
Building climate-resilient communities requires more investment in Canada’s local news outlets while facing the reality that social media platforms are more unpredictable than ever.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/19/opinion/natural-disaster-mitigation-media-canada
3 months ago
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I'm down in California today and opened National Observer and saw this. Man, I felt proud, sure, and, at least for today, the WHY of journalism answered in full.
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3 months ago
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Linda Wood
Canada's National Observer
4 months ago
Marine renewables could supercharge Canada's power grid, deliver economic and climate gains and advance reconciliation with Indigenous communities, but "Canada must act now" to realize their potential, said Marine Renewables Canada's Elisa Obermann.
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Canada can turn 'natural advantage' in marine clean power into $200 billion play by 2050
Development of offshore wind, tidal, wave and river-current resources would boost GDP by over $500 million a year in near-term and support 115,000 full-time future jobs, but needs ‘decisive action’ by...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/18/news/renewable-wind-tidal-energy-canada
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That wasn't the problem.
4 months ago
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Sixty-four per cent of the Department of National Defence's assets are exposed to a “high” level of climate risk, according to a recent climate-risk assessment submitted to Finance Canada.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/09/n...
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Defence department warns of increasing climate risks to bases and infrastructure
Climate hazards like flooding, storms, permafrost melt and coastal erosion are increasingly threatening nation defence infrastructure and operations, while complicating the management of its contamina...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/09/news/canada-defence-department-climate-change-assessment
4 months ago
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Linda Wood
The Tennessee Holler
4 months ago
OBAMA: “People make excuses for him. They say he’s not serious. Everything a president says is serious!”🔥
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Rose coloured glasses or clear view?
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/o...
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Climate activism may be waning, but the age of clean technology adoption is just getting started
While climate action is still popular, it has fallen down the priority list of most Canadians. But when it comes to EV and heat pump adoption, belief in the cause barely matters anyway.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/04/opinion/climate-activism-cleantech-adoption
4 months ago
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Someone explain to me why ICE is doing business in Canada?
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ICE confirms armoured vehicle contract with Ontario company as Ford seeks distance
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed it will buy armoured vehicles made by a Brampton-based defence manufacturer to support its enforcement operations, as pressure mounts on Prem...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/news/ice-confirms-armoured-vehicle-contract-ontario-company-ford-seeks-distance
4 months ago
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While the federal government is selling bonds to fund climate solutions, another bond market is booming as climate damage intensifies.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/a...
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Green bonds are back, but are catastrophe bonds a better buy?
Ottawa is back in the market with a new 10-year green bond to fund climate solutions. The hotter climate money story might be catastrophe bonds.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/analysis/investing-green-catastrophe-bonds
4 months ago
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Poilievre’s huge margin reveals the extent of the Conservatives’ far-right drift
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/o...
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Poilievre’s huge margin reveals the extent of the Conservatives’ far-right drift
An 87 per cent positive vote speaks not only to Poilievre’s support amongst his base, but also the degree to which he has eviscerated entire segments of the Conservatives’ traditional coalition. Poili...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/opinion/poilievre-leadership-vote-conservative-politics
4 months ago
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Grander, larger conspiracy theories coming to a city council near you. Watch out. Beyond everyone's annoying uncle, what Rory, Zoe and Supriya shared blew my mind.
@nationalobserver.com
w/
@supriya.bsky.social
@zoegrams.bsky.social
@rorywh.bsky.social
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[CNO Live] Climate disinformation is getting smarter. Are local governments ready?
YouTube video by National Observer
https://youtu.be/hX5iD5Hbhzk?si=bFKhI1ZXRrdlJlIh
4 months ago
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Yeah, this, too. Read, weep, act.
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4 months ago
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Diane Airbus
4 months ago
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
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In case you've been wondering, yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist.
@maxfawcett.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Yes, Danielle Smith is a separatist
Alberta's premier says she supports "a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada." Her actions tell a much different story — one that makes her position on the issue impossible to ignore.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/opinion/alberta-danielle-smith-separatism
4 months ago
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Linda Wood
ProPublica
4 months ago
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-garcia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Beautifully, catastrophically absurd.
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4 months ago
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Linda Wood
Canada's National Observer
4 months ago
The ideas animating the man behind Alberta's separatism petition range from the pedestrian — "attacks" on Alberta's oil sector from Ottawa — to the fringe and beyond. Speaking with him this morning,
@arnokopecky.bsky.social
drew out several startling admissions.
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'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/news/world-according-man-behind-albertas-separatism-petition
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'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/n...
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'They're trying to replace us': the conspiracy theories driving the man behind Alberta separatism
Mitch Sylvestre says the Canadian government is criminal, he has fears of a communist takeover and he's 'cured of federalism.' Arno Kopecky spoke with him about the allegations of coordination with US...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/29/news/world-according-man-behind-albertas-separatism-petition
4 months ago
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China's embrace of low-carbon technology has already destroyed millions of barrels of oil demand. Now, it seems, India is next — and with it, the rest of the developing world. Alberta's separatists might want to pay attention.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/o...
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India is leapfrogging into clean energy. Alberta's separatists should pay attention
Sorry, separatists: Oil isn't going to make an independent Alberta great again. If anything, it might be its undoing.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/opinion/india-leapfrogging-clean-energy-albertas-separatists-should-pay-attention
4 months ago
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BC billionaire urged not to sell building to ICE
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BC billionaire urged not to sell building to ICE
Activists are urging BC billionaire Jim Pattison — Canada's fifth-richest person — not to sell a warehouse his company owns in Virginia to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a det...
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/news/pattison-ice-warehouse-detention-centre
4 months ago
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Our partnership with Le Devoir begins again with this story: Fréchette and Drainville, two nationalists seeking power for the 'real people'
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/n...
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Fréchette and Drainville, two nationalists seeking power for the 'real people'
The two members of the national assembly will be removed from the Council of Ministers during the CAQ leadership campaign.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/news/caq-quebec-leadership-race-frechette-drainville
4 months ago
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Bite-sized. Energy-packed. Tasty. Free.
4 months ago
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I guess it took a while for his pollsters to poll the base and tell Trump that bashing Canada will be popular. Here we go.
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4 months ago
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Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/a...
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Federal Conservatives trade journalists for partisan cheerleaders
When Conservatives gather in Calgary at their convention next weekend, right-wing “content creators” will be welcomed as journalists. This publication, not so much.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/24/analysis/poilievre-leadership-convention-influencers-media-access
4 months ago
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How's your local government doing differentiating what's real and what's AI-generated propaganda. Join me
@supriya.bsky.social
@rorywh.bsky.social
@zoegrams.bsky.social
4 months ago
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