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Jul 23
35m 18s

It’s Time to Break Up with American News

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About this episode

Why are we reporting on American news when we have more than enough to cover here in Canada?


Canadian media has been breathlessly covering Trump, Epstein, Stephen Colbert, and The Wall Street Journal, but all this reporting doesn’t add much to the conversation. 


Is it time to decouple Canadian news from the US news cycle?


Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: J.J. McCullough 

Photo: Gage Skidmore


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