The CBC National News story central here was linked a month ago in another thread, yet it warrants a thread of its own to look at its claims and look and the issues in context .
In what borders on an Orwellian-timed "two minutes of hate" with flashed on screen visuals, the CBC's lauded investigative reporter Katie Nicholson delivers a piece representative of the New Cold War and the bias and misinformation it thrives on.
It’s not that the CBC is at unusual here in its tactics, unfortunately far from it. Yet as a top trusted news brand in Canada it illustrates that political news from any source, and from any political perspective should be looked at carefully rather than automatically trusted.
The video, as of this post, can still be seen on the CBC site here:
Russia and China are spreading coronavirus misinformation on social media to further their own national agendas, using officials, bots and state-run media.