Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report

Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation, report finds

The report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that almost 2.5 million Canadians live in a postal code with either one or zero local news outlets, double the proportion from 2008

Once they were the fourth violence, today they are often only the mouthpieces of the rulers: the traditional media are in a deep crisis. Not only shrinking editions, but also an increasing levelling and dependence on state funds drive readers and viewers into the arms of free media. Journalist legend Richard Schmitt gives insider information about the mechanisms behind the transformation of the once influential newspapers and television stations…

NL Experiencing Worst of Decline in Local News Outlets: Report Says

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a new report detailing the decline in local news media over the last 16 years, indicating Newfoundland and Labrador has seen the worst of it. The report, which tracked changes to 2,900 news outlets across the country since 2008, says this province has seen “cataclysmic losses of local print outlets.” Outside St. John’s, they say the province lost three quarters of its news sources in the l…

In the news today: Local news continues shrinking, P.M.’s blind trust explained

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Local news coverage in steep decline: report The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular “starving” for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps for misinformation to take hold. The report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that almost 2.5 million Canadian…

MONTREAL — Two new reports highlight the losses experienced over the past several years in the information media sector in Quebec and Canada. According to their authors, one of the main solutions to curb this crisis is through better funding and "expansion" of CBC/Radio-Canada. The Canadian Centre for Alternative Policy (CCPA) and the Institute for Socio-economic Research and Information (IRIS) each publish, on Thursday, a study that shows a dec…

Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report – 105.9 The Region

The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular “starving” for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps for misinformation to take hold. The report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives found that almost 2.5 million Canadians live in a postal code with either one or zero local news outlets, double the proportion from 2008. Put bluntly, “local news is dyin…