Media Matters — The Daily Beaver Morning Show

On Episode 477 (not 377) of our show, Mr. Grizzly takes a self-care day and Mr. Beaver flies solo to explore various stories involving Canadian news media from the Conservatives opening a new front in its war against the press gallery, outlets being sold, outlets being wound down, and one outlet that went to court only to have a judge rule that only 1% of its content output is original news.We also talk about:* Confidence Games* Bloc Moves* Is the NDP Really Committed to Dental Care?* Holding Media Accountable* PeePee/CPC vs CTV/BCE* Saltwire / Halifax Herald / Corus / CHNL 610, Kamloops* Justice Ann Marie McDonald: Rebel News Is Not News* Smith Wants to Amend to Alberta Bill of Rights* Freeland Announces Changes to Home Downpayment Requirements* More No Confidence Votes Coming* Canada's First Quantum Computer for Public Research* The Roaring Lion Returns to Canada* Reggae Music Will Be Juno-Recognized After AllThe Daily Beaver Morning Show is broadcast LIVE (most of the time), weekdays at 7-ish a.m. Eastern. Our take on the news is the purrr-fect thing for The Best #DAMFAM in all podcasting™, Canadians on-the-go who want to stay engaged.Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves,Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly______________​​​__________________________________We welcome retweets, shares, gentle corrections, constructive criticism, compliments, show guest recommendations, and photos of what you are cooking. Send them to us via our show’s Facebook blog page [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063635884012], our Xitter feed @TrueEager, or our e-mail at [email protected]. If you like to smash with buttons, subscribe to our Podpage [podpage.com/the-true-north-eager-beaver/], sponsored by The Rae Girl, or our YouTube page [youtube.com/@truenortheagerbeavermedia] (where you can find the video version of our show and, exclusively, our monthly all pub chat / no politics live PubCast event). Since our content is free, you may now support our efforts via SuperChat on our YouTube page, or buy us a cup of coffee [https://ko-fi.com/eagerbeaver]  Until next time, be kind to — and gentle with — yourselves, Your Eager Beaver and Mr. Grizzly ______________​​​__________________________________ Not everyone can do everything. But everyone can do something. Because #DemocracyIsSomethingYouDo... Finally, support your fellow Canadians by donating to the Red Cross Wildfire Response.______________​​​__________________________________ Thank you to our podcast’s founding sponsors:  * The Peppermaster * The Miss Vee Mysteries from Corvid Moon Publishing * Canadian Tarot Dot Com  Artwork credit: Peter JarvisOpening and Closing Music Sequence credits: Cranky Canuck [[email protected]]Paul Joseph Something [[email protected]] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.