The government just made its toxic media bailout plan even worse
By Andrew Potter · for CBC News
People in line for media bailout dollars shouldn't be the ones deciding who gets media dollars
Image: Patrick Doyle/Canadian Press
The government's panel will be staffed by pretty much the same legacy news organizations and vested interests that have spent the last three years demanding the government bail them out in the first place.
The news release put out Wednesday by Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez begins well: "The Government of Canada understands that for a democracy to function properly, it needs to have solid, independent news media."
If only he had stopped there. But instead, the release goes on for another 700 words to outline a plan whose principal effect will be to undermine the independence of the news media.
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