EPISODE · Feb 25, 2026 · 21 MIN
Sifting political fact from fiction on social media
from BC Today
Vancouver city councillor Lenny Zhou is facing backlash after he called opposition councillors "drug dealers" in a video posted on a Chinese-language social media platform. He has since apologized and retracted the statement. We discuss the discourse behind the comments and ask listeners how social media has changed political communication, with researcher Wes Regan and former B.C. United communications director Andrew Reeve.
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Vancouver city councillor Lenny Zhou is facing backlash after he called opposition councillors "drug dealers" in a video posted on a Chinese-language social media platform. He has since apologized and retracted the statement. We discuss the discourse behind the comments and ask listeners how social media has changed political communication, with researcher Wes Regan and former B.C. United communications director Andrew Reeve.
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