TVO Today | The Agenda on Bluesky
Should the CRTC ban Fox News as it did RT, the Russian State-controlled channel? @spaikin.bsky.social asks Joanna Baron (Canadian Constitution Foundation), Jeffrey Dvorkin (@masseycollege.bsky.social), @pagmenzies.bsky.social (Macdonald-Laurier Institute) & @chrisdornan.bsky.social. At 8/11pm
Considering it is not actual “news”, yes, it should be banned.
We should ban organizations that pretend to be news: Fox News, Rebel Media…
Agreed.
Or force them to drop the “news” word from their branding and descriptions and add “entertainment.” But a ban would be better.
Or force them to drop the “news” word from their branding and descriptions
Yes! News should be a legally regulated term, just like engineer, lawyer, or physician.
Yes.
Next question: should they ban Facebook? Also yes.
Twitter? Yes, certainly.
I think so long as there are content moderation policies that focus on misinformation, then they’re ok. But that’s challenging sometimes, and not always practical.