Most MSM is highly partisan, full of their team's talking points and they pretty much write and sound the same.
I'm not an 'anarchist', 'rebel' or the like but a lot of very good reporting comes from citizen journalists and nosy busybodys.
Graeme Hamilton:
Who hasn’t experienced the mild annoyance of being passed over in favour of someone whose credit card is shinier or whose airline ticket is pricier?
Soon, if a Quebec government proposal to award professional status to journalists goes ahead, it will be reporters’ turn to grumble as their elite-status colleagues jump to the front of the line.
Quebec’s Culture Minister, Christine St-Pierre, announced this week that she is pushing forward with a plan to create “a new model of regulation of Quebec media.” Public consultations on the project will be held across Quebec this fall.
Key to the plan would be legislation establishing the “status of professional journalist” in order to distinguish those committed to “serving the public interest” from “amateur bloggers.” It is proposed that state-recognized professional journalists would enjoy unspecified “advantages or privileges” not available to the great unwashed.
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Graeme Hamilton: Quebec seeks special status for select journalists | Full Comment | National Post
I'm not an 'anarchist', 'rebel' or the like but a lot of very good reporting comes from citizen journalists and nosy busybodys.
Graeme Hamilton:
Who hasn’t experienced the mild annoyance of being passed over in favour of someone whose credit card is shinier or whose airline ticket is pricier?
Soon, if a Quebec government proposal to award professional status to journalists goes ahead, it will be reporters’ turn to grumble as their elite-status colleagues jump to the front of the line.
Quebec’s Culture Minister, Christine St-Pierre, announced this week that she is pushing forward with a plan to create “a new model of regulation of Quebec media.” Public consultations on the project will be held across Quebec this fall.
Key to the plan would be legislation establishing the “status of professional journalist” in order to distinguish those committed to “serving the public interest” from “amateur bloggers.” It is proposed that state-recognized professional journalists would enjoy unspecified “advantages or privileges” not available to the great unwashed.
more...
Graeme Hamilton: Quebec seeks special status for select journalists | Full Comment | National Post