Reading Time: 3 minutes Trust in journalists wanes as government funding surges
Tag: Freedom of the press
Alberta Premier undermining the very fundamentals of democracy
Reading Time: 4 minutes By throttling questions she doesn’t like, Smith is forgetting that the media plays a critical role in ensuring democracy works
Study faults media coverage of COVID vaccine requirement for transplants
Reading Time: 3 minutes Portraying views opposed to those held by health experts stokes needless controversy
Media freedom doesn’t come free
Reading Time: 3 minutes Government funding is no magic bullet. Nor are crowdsourced and advertising-supported journalism perfect
China targets everyone in the world
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Communists have issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy advocates living outside Hong Kong
Cancel culture equivalent to infamous Hollywood blacklist
Reading Time: 4 minutes Pushing back against emboldened righteousness isn’t a task for the timid. J.K. Rowling is not timid
Questioning government is fundamental to democracy
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of speech, freedom of the press and academic freedom are core principles in the functioning of a democracy. Yet today those who embrace these ideals are seen as anti-American
Federal government challenges the independence of Canadian media
Reading Time: 3 minutes The proposal to give $595 million in federal funding over five years to Canadian media organizations comes with significant strings attached
Painting a masterpiece: the art of dissent in search of truth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of expression in the arts is as fragile as freedom of the press, and it’s just as vital to human rights as freedom of thought
Where the rule of law weakens, freedom wanes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Freedom and democracy are not stand-alone structures. For stability, they require institutional infrastructure, in particular, the rule of law and tolerance