Alternatives to American Owned Media Pretending to be Canadian
Alternatives to American Owned Media Pretending to be Canadian
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.
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.
Small FYI, a lot of Americans think Reuters is American, but it's owned by a Canadian billionaire.
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)
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.
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 :)
additionally the next labour government needs to overturn harpers rules that led to the american companies buying up all the media.
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.
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!
What about the Beaverton?
See my comment regarding the Beaverton here.
Basically, I wanted to avoid satirical media.
Came here yo say this :)
The London Free Press?! For fucks sakes my home city really has gone to shit, thank goodness I left...
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 🤪
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!
Someone should start posting this infographic to other areas of the internet, it contains more information than this infographic.
And it's licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0.
If you want to support me in my other ventures, I'm also trying to grow the [email protected] 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.
Jeez, you, @[email protected], etc. are worse than the stereotypes of vegans or crossfitters. I support election reform and would be very happy with proportional representation, but you guys are too much!
I genuinely believe growing the movement for proportional representation is a critical - perhaps even more important than buying Canadian.
I apologize if it's annoying, but you can also block me if you don't like my content.
And since I did create the content for this post (and I am donating it into the world under CC-BY-NC-SA), shouldn't I be able to promote my other interests?
I appreciate how much the two users you highlighted contribute to lemmy.ca and promote a vision of action and hope, especially in these times
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.
There's a good argument here for a law that Canadian media should be owned by Canadians.
There used to be...
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.
Added the Chronical Herald!
