When Donald Trump held his first news conference this month following his election as U.S. president, observers worldwide decried his shameless attack on the media and his critics.
In an onslaught against the press, Trump labelled CNN “terrible” and “fake news,” lambasted the digital-media powerhouse BuzzFeed as a “failing pile of garbage,” then turned his sights on the BBC, calling the news outlet, “another beauty,” and refusing to answer a reporter’s questions.
Could something similar ever happen in Canada? You bet it could.
In B.C., a slightly abridged version of Trump’s scorched-earth offensive against the media and his critics is already underway, (Read more…) by BC Hydro, with disquieting consequences for the principles of freedom of expression and freedom of the press.