We Need to Avoid American Media!

I think we need to go even further and avoid American culture and practices. Tbh that is their biggest export, via the entertainment industry; a recipe for a way of life that guarantees their enrichment and your impoverishment.
- The American entertainment industry's been on a steep decline these past few years so it's kind of a problem that solves itself.

I’d add The Globe and Mail to this, not just CBC. CBC being free is a huge plus, but I feel like the Globe has more robust editing and reporting whereas I find some CBC articles to be poorly written, fairly misleading or sometimes downright trash.

Here are my Canadian media recommendations:
CBC
The Breach
The Investigative Journalism Foundation
The Narwhal
Rachel Gilmore
The Tyee
Keep in mind that CTV and CP24 are owned by Bell Media. The CEO Mirko Bibic is a long-time conservative donor who laid off hundreds of employees shortly affer receiving hubdreds of millions in handouts from the federal government. That's to say, CTV/CP24 can have some wildly varying opinions and, like all journalism, must be read critically.
- Under the CBC umbrella, my favorite "news" program is still "This Hour has 22 Minutes".
  Having a good laugh while hearing about current events is very cathartic.
  
  This Hour has 22 Minutes has been so funny lately! It was my gateway to CBC Gem.
- I also read Reuters.
- I feel the spirit of Luigi when I hear these stories.

Wow. I didn't know this. But I do get most of my news from the CBC.

They will radicalized your small population of idiotic racists with this media and grow them like a cancer.
- They already have.

I've... Never interacted with any of these except maybe the Toronto sun.
Actually most of the news I've watched has been CBC.

There's a really good post listing Canadian outlets:
https://sh.itjust.works/post/33693127

I didn’t realize national post was as well. Not that I read it a lot but that’s good to know.
Also ride or die for the cbc all day everyday

Pierre Poilievre Is afraid of CBC because it keeps Canadians informed on a wide range of topics and informed people are harder to control.
- So many people around me don't trust cbc. And that's ok, never completely trust a media outlet. But then they go regurgitate whatever fox News says like it's the fucking Bible.
  
  That’s how it started in the US in 2015. It’s like our parents became different people overnight.

American here, if you stop listening to them then you loose track of how bat shit insane the lies they're spewing are. They'll drive a wedge between you and their audience and you won't even know why. It will be because they'll prime their audience against you at every turn. Corporate media and alternative media are always working their way into the minds of your family and friends. Trust me. You can't ignore them. That's how I lost family.
- I agree with you and @Nemean_lion@lemmy.ca about the importance of keeping updated. Just remember you don't have to be the one watching it. There are really great pundits out there who are already doing the hard work of swallowing the crap and serving it up in a decent format. The good ones usually include the hypocrisy, rebuttals, reality of the situation, all sorts of knowledge to share with friends and loved ones (even better if you find a good segment to start them on new news media). (I can provide some creators, but there's a lot out there you can probably find)
  I honestly don't know how effective any of this is though with the constant swallowing of propaganda. You can dispute one claim with facts, but then they watch an afternoon and get 5 more. I think steering them clear of the bullshit is the most important thing but it's not just news sources but algorithms on every platform that keeps them locked into that mindset. Laws need to be passed for news/media organizations to make them responsible for the things they report if we want to actually try and reach citizens instead of corpomedia.
  edit: grammar
  
  I agree too. its frustrating, because on one hand, it gets exhausting listening to all the false information they're putting out, or just outright lies, but on the other hand, it's important to keep informed and know what they're doing. I guess in the end, it's really just a tactic; tell as many lies as possible, because the other side won't have the time, energy and resources to dispute and rebut all of them. So the lies not being challenged will be believed to be true. And that side will keep piling on the lies, because they know the other side can't refute all of them.
  I remember in one of the US debates, one side was telling lies and saying things that were objectively, factually false, and they weren't being called out by it by the moderator. Later on, one of the analysts on another network said that the problem was, if the moderator keeps fact checking the person who's always lying, it looks like they're picking on them and favouring the other side. When someone pointed out that was because the other side wasn't lying, or lying to the same degree, the analyst said it didn't matter; what mattered was the perception.
  CBC is really the only source I follow and trust, but I'm not sure what other sources to go to. I want to be more informed, but don't know what other sources to go to.
- The more people ignore then, the less ads revenue they make. If they become fringe then sure some people will lose friends and family to them, but way less than if everyone keeps checking them "just in case".
  
  Exactly. This is the reason why titles becoming more and more "clickbaity". Eyeballs and clicks are what they need to justify their ads/marketing budget. After that manufactured rage "engagement" equals to "internet fortune and fame".

Nah, bro. Never block or ignore enemy media. Because if you do, you don't know what the enemy is thinking. Keep your enemies close.
- Yes, make sure they keep their ad revenues, that will teach them!
  
  So you pass around the text or screenshots. They don’t get clicks or view metrics and you don’t become uninformed.
- Totally fair, but maybe we advocate for pirating it? I agree with you it's important to know what the enemy is thinking etc (also, in less apocalyptic terms, I agree with JSM "He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that.") but I don't wouldn't advocate people pay and support those American companies.