Pierre Poilievre’s media-bashing foreshadows his approach to governing. This is a dark hole that the Conservative leader is taking his party down. Threats and even attacks on journalists are on the rise in many countries. Opinion by robinvsears
A universal tool of demagogues is to demonize and threaten journalists. It’s an effective tactic, especially when aligned with a parallel campaign to create their own controlled media.
Pierre Poilievre took a step toward that unacceptable behaviour last week, attacking a CBC reporter publicly and refusing to answer questions put to him because they worked for Canada’s public broadcaster. Like Trump and DeSantis, Poilievre uses his media-bashing to scoop hundreds of thousands dollars through hateful social media appeals using the CBC as his whipping boy.
Attacks on Canadian journalists so far are mainly restricted to insults and death threats on social media. Inciting hate for the media makes it a small step for an enraged partisan to act on those threats. A public broadcaster — which every developed nation has — cannot by definition be private. Among our public broadcaster’s missions is to reach Canadians who could never be profitably served by the private sector and to offer a voice to those who are rarely heard. CBC journalists mostly attempt to be objective and even-handed. Those who don’t can be held to account publicly, not banned.
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