List of American owned media pretending to be Canadian, infiltrating Canadian culture and politics
List of American owned media pretending to be Canadian, infiltrating Canadian culture and politics
The Walrus on Bluesky.
When local news disappears, misinformation thrives.
Please comment on any other fact-based news, and I'll edit the post to add them! They must have high standards for journalistic integrity.
- Or if they receive funding from the Canadian Local Journalism Initiative.
- Or are a qualified donee as a registered journalism organization.
Avoid list 🚫
- Canada.com
- National Post
- Financial Post
- Calgary Herald
- Edmonton Journal
- Telegraph-Journal
- The London Free Press
- The Gazette
- Ottawa Citizen
- Sudbury Star
- Windsor Star
- Vancouver Sun
- Sun Media
- Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Sun, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun
- Saltwire Network
- The Chronical Herald, Cape Breton Post, The Telegram, The Guardian (Charlottetown)
Canadian alternatives 🇨🇦
Français ⚜️
| les médias | propriété | type de propriété | contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radio Canada | Patrimoine canadien (Gouvernement du Canada) | Gouvernement | TOU.TV L'EXTRA |
| TFO | Office des télécommunications éducatives de langue française de l'Ontario TFO (Gouvernement du Ontario) | Gouvernement | Don |
| Télé-Québec | Société de télédiffusion du Québec (Gouvernement du Québec) | Gouvernement | - |
| La Presse | La Presse Inc. | à but non lucratif, organisations journalistiques enregistrées | Don |
| Le Devoir | Le Devoir Inc. | organisations journalistiques enregistrées | Don |
| L'Acadie Nouvelle | Acadie Nouvelle ltée. | à but non lucratif | abonnement |
English
| Media | Ownership | Ownership type | Donate |
|---|---|---|---|
| CBC News | Canadian Heritage (Government of Canada) | Government | CBC Gem Premium, CBC Shop |
| TVO | The Ontario Education Communications Authority (Government of Ontario) | Government | Donate |
| Investigative Journalism Foundation | Investigative Journalism Foundation | Non-profit | Subscribe, IJF Shop |
| PressProgress | Broadbent Institute | Non-profit | Membership |
| The Walrus | The Walrus Foundation | Non-profit, registered charity | Donate |
| The Narwhal | The Narwhal News Society | Non-profit, Registered journalism organization | Donate |
| The Tyee, BC based | appears to be self-owned | Non-profit, Registered Journalism Organization (pending) | Donate |
| The Breach | Breach Media Canada | Non-profit | Donate |
| The Grind, Toronto specific | Arts and Labour Media Inc. | Non-profit | Membership |
| Briarpatch, SK based | Briarpatch Inc. | Non-profit | Donate |
| Overstory Media Group | Non-profit? | - | |
| The Canadian Press News | The Globe and Mail, Torstar | For profit | - |
| The Globe and Mail | The Woodbridge Company | For profit | Subscribe |
| Toronto Star | Torstar | For profit | Subscribe |
| Reuters | Thompson family | For profit | Subscribe |
| Global News | Corus Entertainment | For profit | - |
| Winnipeg Free Press | FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership | For profit | Donate |
| Canadaland | appears to be self owned | appears to be for profit | Patreon, Canadaland store |
Social Media
List of most promising counters to *dark money*
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Ground news is also Canadian, from Kitchener, ON. While not a news network, it is a good news aggregator that shows political bias.
Canadaland - mostly a collection of podcasts, listener-funded.
Thanks! Canadaland has been added!
No Reuters?
One of the best wire agency/news networks in the entire world is Canadian, kind of shocking to see it not mentioned here.
My apologies, it's just a single person (me) doing all of this, to reduce corporate/American influence. Thanks for letting me know, I'll add it shortly!
Thank you for your effort and time!
Glad to be supported by the broader community!
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Overstory Media Group is probably Canadian
probably Canadian
Yes, that's what I have found to be the case as well. I wasn't able to find ownership or other details...
I'll add them nonetheless, hoping someone can provide sources.
I hate to post another comment, but another great tool for media reading in general is RSS feed aggregators. Yes they can be janky, but it is the easiest way to explicitly choose what media you receive, rather than relying on algorithms in news apps / social media to dictate all that you read.
NetNewsWire is a great option for Apple devices Feedbro integrates into your web browser And Feeder is the one I use on my Android phone.
Here is a general comparison list on Wikipedia of different feed aggregators.
If you are a bit more technically inclined, I highly recommend hosting your own feed aggregator online (allowing you to sync your saved articles / read articles between devices, and better battery life on mobile devices). The two apps I usually see recommended for this are tt-rss "Tiny Tiny RSS" as well as FreshRSS.
Is it surprising that the American owned media tend to be highly in favour of corporations?
The most promising counters to dark money:
- Democracy Watch
- The Investigative Journalism Foundation
- Council of Canadians
- Protecting Canada
- Canadians for Tax Fairness
- PressProgress
- Fair Vote Canada
- Bluesky Starter Pack: Ontario journalists that cover work & wage issues.
Obligatory, come join us over at !fairvote@lemmy.ca . We are trying to restore control of government back to the people!
"Wes' Brot ich ess' des' Lied ich sing"
I'll sing the song of whoever gives me bread.
In case anyone is wondering about who owns POSTMEDIA NETWORK
Top Shareholders:
Postmedia Network Canada Corp.- 63% - Chatham Asset Management LLC (a multinational American company)
- 17% - Allianz Global Investors GmbH (a multinational German company)
- 13% - Leon Cooperman (a billionaire Jewish investor from New York)
- less than 1% is Canadian companies
- rest of the percentage is listed as 'unknown'
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/POSTMEDIA-NETWORK-CANADA--42378696/company-shareholders/
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/
The Canadian Press is Canada’s national news agency.
Added!
This is a great post, thank you!
Who owns The Beaverton?? LOL
As far as I can tell, The Beaverton are self owned (but still Canadian). However, I am reluctant to include them because they are satire, and I don't want to cause confusion.
Oh, I wasn't saying to include them. Just bring a smartass.
Millions of beavers who generate income from damming rivers in northern Canada to generate water power and create irrigation for southern farmers. Don't make fun of them .... they have sleeper cells all over North America that will down a tree on your house or car or public building.
Fantastic list.
Without the Narwhal, most of us would have no fucking clue what DoFo and Co were up to with the Greenbelt since 2018. Just as a for instance.
Someone posted a story yesterday from a new print paper called The Grind, and it's really decent. Looks on the level so far. idk if it makes your cut for the list, but anyone looking for a free local paper in Toronto you can read irl like it's 2010, they've got some drop locations in the city (Gateway news stands in the TTC, some record and book shops).
https://briarpatchmagazine.com/ out of Regina is another classic. Been around since the 70s and it's unionized afaik.
Just for clarity, the Vancouver Sun is also owned by Post Media Group.
Thanks, I've added Vancouver Sun!
The Globe and Mail is owned by a private holding company that is, in turn, owned by the Thomson family, which Wikipedia describes as Canadian.
Yes, please give me a source on their American ownership … As far as I can tell, the Thomson family is Canadian, so I can't exclude them.
They're Canadian, AFAICT.
Edit: to be clear: the Globe and Mail belongs in the Canadian Alternatives part of the list.
Postmedia also now owns Saltwire, which operated most of the major newspapers in Atlantic Canada: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaltWire_Network
If you're francophone (or just a francophile) I highly recommend La Presse and Le Devoir. The former is a non-profit and considered a "newspaper of record", the latter isn't non-profit but is still an independent publication and is also often considered a newspaper of record.
And of course there's Radio-Canada, the French language publication of the CBC.
The French avoid list for me mostly revolves around Québecor — but this is more of a journalistic integrity issue rather than an American media problem. I find it important from a moral and ethical perspective to avoid media megacorp conglomerates (and this is also yet another reason to avoid Postmedia).
One more thing on franco media, reading the news is a great way of developing vocabulary in your second language. Give it a shot, it's really fulfilling and in this case unlocks some great independent / non-profit options :)
Thanks! Especially for the link to the newspaper of record, it's important we have reputable sources.
How about Black media, which at one point ran every small town newspaper in BC. Pretty sure that was some billionaire but BC based.
Not gonna say they are good because they definitely have shilled for conservatives in the past. I'm just curious where they are today on this scale. Would not surprise me if they were bought south.
*Edit.. not surprising
I presume you're referring to Black Press Group. This is now owned by American Carpenter Media Group.
Where does Winnipeg Free Press sit?
I know they are awful but I have wonder how canadian are media companies like rebel media, if nothing else it might be one more reason to stay away
CBC News 2024-09-19: Rebel News not eligible for journalism tax credits, Federal Court rules.