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Ontario rips up $100M Starlink contract ahead of U.S. tariffs (www.cp24.com)
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Ford’s office made the announcement Monday and said the government is also banning other American companies from provincial contracts going forward

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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The biggest problem is the "wake-up" isn't going to be in favor of reality. All blame is going to fall on the people working hardest to actually make effective change. There is far too much propaganda and yellow journalism in the US for that hurt to be directed in the right way.

It's much easier to direct an angry mob with simple lies than complex truth.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You hit the nail right on the head.

    As a person who lives in the U.S., the corporate ownership of the media is a huge problem. Pair that with the larger social media companies all censoring content now, and there’s no sense of ‘reality’ here anymore.

    There are protests happening in major American cities, and they are only being covered by the local media of those cities, and their reach stymied online. It’s clear to me that the media is intentionally downplaying anti-Trump sentiment.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The same thing happened with the Iraq war protests both before and after Bush invaded. Massive protests in all the big cities and smaller ones in the small cities, all but ignored by the media. They only mentioned in passing that there even were protests--no footage, no live reports, just crickets. This has been going on with the media for well over 25 years. It all started going to hell after Reagan revoked the Fairness Doctrine. You can trace pretty much everything that's led to the downfall of this country back to Reagan.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Everything you said is right. But a reminder for everyone scrolling that the CBC did NOT try to erase the 2003 World Says No To War protests:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/millions-say-no-to-war-in-iraq-1.411411

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadians-join-global-peace-rally-1.397326

    "There's no question Canadians are beginning to become worried and fearful," NDP leader Jack Layton said in Toronto. "But more and more of them expressing their views like this opens up the door to some hope."

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