Media Reclamation Project

Some chilling news/analysis on the Canadian media situation:

Job cuts hurt quality of journalism
http://www.straightgoods.ca/2009/ViewBrief.cfm?Ref=3
from the Canadian Association of Journalists

Turn off the Canadian media, please [about Isreal-Gaza]
http://www.rabble.ca/news/turn-canadian-media-please
Justin Podur is a Toronto-based writer. His blog is www.killingtrain.com, where this piece originally appeared.

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Some more commentary and analysis on the media situation with regards to the Israeli military operation in Gaza:

Israel is losing this war
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/12-4
by Uri Avnery, who is a peace activist, journalist, writer, and a founding member of the independent peace movement Gush Shalom http://zope.gush-shalom.org

What You’d Know About Israel If You Watched Al Jazeera TV
http://www.alternet.org/audits/118080/what_you%27d_know_about_israel_if_you_watched_al_jazeera_tv_/
by Shane Bauer, New America Media http://www.newamericamedia.org/

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and another piece from Jesse Freeston, this time about local content (an interview with University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt, tenured but soon to be fired?)
http://rabble.ca/news/dismissing-critical-pedagogy-denis-rancourt-vs-university-ottawa