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Who will tell the stories of democratic struggles across Canada and beyond? | May 24 2013 | rabble staff | At rabble we devote special attention to covering democracy movements in Canada and beyond, sharing the stories and struggles of people fighting for change. Supporting members help make this happen.
Times Square ticker in NYC reports on Nigel Wright's resignation.
World media reports on Harper government's growing Senate expense scandal | May 21 2013 | rabble staff | The resignation of Stephen Harper's Chief-of-Staff Nigel Wright, and the growing Senate expense scandal, has made worldwide headlines this long weekend.
How to provoke race hatred: On the Roma, Sun TV and the responsibility of broadcasters | May 21 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | might stand in the way of the network’s getting compulsory carriage on cable systems throughout Canada, it saw the light it, and made a tepid apology.
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What does 'means' mean? Harper, the media and a growing scandal's unanswered questions | May 20 2013 | Derrick O'Keefe | Actual media scrutiny is what is required when the highest office in the land is involved in dodgy, unethical and potentially illegal matters.
Rob Ford
Schadenfreude, evidence and politics: A half-hearted defence of Rob Ford | May 19 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | The Rob Ford genie won't go back in the bottle. It's time to make the video public so we can judge for ourselves.
Charles Rusnell
CBC journalist Charles Rusnell: Slaying Alberta's Tory dragon, one scandal at a time … | May 17 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | If CBC Edmonton investigative reporter Charles Rusnell were a police officer, he'd be the kind of cop who'd ticket the chief's car at a funeral.
Media Watch: About those corporate media editorials endorsing the BC Liberals | May 14 2013 | rabble staff | There's one big editorial endorsement missing. The Vancouver Sun editorial board has -- in an unusual move for them -- declined to issue an election editorial.
Can we get 100 more survey responders? | May 8 2013 | rabble staff | We are opening up our survey to push for 100 more responders and are working to get it done by May 20th.
Student unions need the campus press | May 7 2013 | Mick Sweetman | The campus press in Canada has its origins in the student union movement as students found they had to have a way to raise student issues that weren't covered by the mainstream media.
Read the Broadcasting Act! Explaining the CBC to Stephen Harper | May 2 2013 | Karl Nerenberg | The CBC is designed, by the Broadcasting Act of 1991, to be an independent, 'public' broadcaster, not an instrument of 'state' propaganda.
'Free speech,' 'freedom,' the CRTC and Sun News | Apr 25 2013 | Nik Beeson | This week the CRTC is holding hearings into whether Sun News should be given mandatory carriage in every basic cable and satellite package across Canada.
Ezra Levant and Michael Coren
Wicked Witch war of words: 'Has Thatcher bashing crossed a line?' Well, er… no! | Apr 13 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Not done in Canada, you say? Oh yes it is! If the recently dead political figure is someone on the left, one can say pretty much whatever one feels like.
Scoop: How the Fraserites slip their propaganda reaction-free into the media | Apr 9 2013 | David J. Climenhaga | Cub reporters are taught in their first journalism course to seek reaction to controversial statements. Yet the Fraser Institute’s reports usually appear without even a hint of it. Why?
Who comes knocking? Please complete our visitors survey | Apr 3 2013 | rabble staff | It was 2011 last time we asked, so it is rabble survey time! We get a lot of people visiting rabble.ca and our visitors survey gives us good feedback on how we are doing and who is visiting us.
Toronto anti-war protest, March 2003. (Photo: wyliepoon / flickr)
Media coverage of Iraq War anniversary erases role of popular protest | Mar 28 2013 | Yves Engler | The Iraq war was not the first time that popular movements forced the hand of foreign policy decision-makers.

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