Feb 12, 2015
Economics for journalists? From the Fraser Institute? Biased?
Donald Gutstein
The right-wing think-tank the Fraser Institute offers an economics for journalists training program. What could possibly go wrong?
Donald Gutstein
Donald Gutstein is an adjunct professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University and co-director of NewsWatch Canada. His book on Stephen Harper and think-tanks will be published
this fall. His website is www.donaldgutstein.com.
May 1, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 6 -- Are corporate fat cats funding obesity research?
Donald Gutstein
Who's funding your health research? Is it the same people who funded tobacco research to 'prove' second-hand smoke doesn't cause cancer? Let's follow the money.
Apr 24, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 5 -- The Tobacco Papers revisited
Donald Gutstein
It took a court case to prove it, but Fraser Institute research results that questioned whether smoking can cause cancer were funded by Big Tobacco. Who funds today's research?
Apr 17, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 4 -- Who owns the National Post?
Donald Gutstein
If two foreign interests, with little background in news, own the Canadian newspaper National Post, then is it still Canadian? Hmm, seems like they found a loophole around that.
Apr 8, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 3: Big Oil and Calgary's School of Public Policy
Donald Gutstein
Does the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy benefit from the university's reputation for scholarship and independent research and, at the same time, promote the oil industry?
Apr 3, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 2 -- Barrick Gold's Peter Munk
Donald Gutstein
Barrick Gold's retiring chairman Peter Munk has pumped millions into support for the unfettered free market.
Mar 28, 2014
Andrew Coyne's Fudge Factory
Donald Gutstein
Andrew Coyne tries to swat down those who advocate for decent government programs. He's not always successful.
Mar 25, 2014
Follow the Money, Part 1 -- The Weston Family
Donald Gutstein
With millions of dollars from the Weston family's vast fortune, the Fraser Institute has attacked public education for over a decade.
Nov 15, 2012
Making workers' health a public concern
Donald Gutstein
Mae Burrows
Workplace health issues need to become part of our daily consciousness. Unions can't make that happen on their own.
Feb 16, 2012
Generational conflict: Neo-liberalism's new bait-and-switch ploy
Donald Gutstein
Generational conflict is neo-liberalism's strategy for diverting attention away from the real cause of the financial and economic crisis -- the actions of the one per cent.
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