Thursday, October 23, 2008

Canada's Fourth Estate

Reporters Without Borders ranks Canada as 13th in the world in their index of press freedom. Personally, I love the smell of press freedom in the morning. Smells a lot like, well, Canwest... who own just about every media outlet in the lower mainland, including:

Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Province
Vancouver Courier
Abbotsford/Mission Times
Burnaby Now
Chilliwack Times
Coquitlam Now
Delta Optimist
Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Times
New Westminster Record
North Shore News
Richmond News
Surrey Now

As well as:

Global Vancouver
BBC Canada
Food Network Canada
History Television
HGTV
National Geographic Channel Canada
Showcase
Slice

Ahhhh, the freedom to ensure that all of our news is filtered through the views of the ultra-wealthy Asper family. That's freedom you can believe in.

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