CANADIAN MEDIA CHANGES ON THE HORIZON
This week MY CANADA will comment on political reporter/TV analyst and commentators. Most were on the scene for probably a decade and people discussing politics agree most reporters and analysts on daily TV news talk shows are past best before dates. After a decade or sometimes longer of CPC influence some partisan commentators from every party seem to be smarting from the 2015 federal election results
A good example was the recent Prime Minister Trudeau CBC program with questioners from across Canada. Apparently if one Canadian TV network launches a public interest program the others will not allow the session any airtime even if the issues discussed are of news value. Such practice is poor journalism and might even be considered undemocratic let alone un-Canadian.
Probably the drive for unparalleled corporate profit and more almighty dollars has become a trend eventually bound to deprive all democracies of the cherished form of government. Loss of democracy rotates according to history and possibly the decline in competitive reporting is a sign the decline is again rising. The most recent Liberal gift of a majority government from voters made up of representation from a variety of recent Canadian factions, while promoting gender equality, seems to be a change from the past form of government. Though only 10 or 12 weeks into governing and yet to face the full furry of building opposition criticism the Trudeau form of government at least for the time being appears to be holding and even increasing in popular support.
Most Canadians wonder if the change can continue or will politicians feel a need to get back to traditional governing styles that truthfully until the recent election seems mired in 19th and 20th century. Representing today’s younger generation will maybe change traditional governing style and even re-establish some democratic rights recently revised or abandoned by previous Liberal and Conservative regimes.
Liberal opposition at present is largely criticism based on previous government issues and legislation stated much too soon. The Trudeau government might stumble badly in the future, however the majority mandate does signify Canadian voters are prepared to give the different and to date mostly positive junior government a chance. Of course the Conservative and to a lesser degree New Democratic members disagree. With less than three months governing and a myriad of issues on the horizon for mostly inexperienced appointed ministers to deal with the opposition, criticism will likely accelerate. How the Trudeau government deals with adversity without resorting to traditional political partisan politics rather than diplomacy, concessions when in error, and listening to the will of the majority, should indicate if change can really happen.
Back on the subject of partisan journalism, indications are the future is beginning to surface as the print media spirals into oblivion due to the rise of social media. Every person can now express an opinion, usually without properly researching facts, and so far with little chance of legal rebuttal. The future seems to be a great deal different than in the past when it comes to media reporting. While politicians, the media and every other public forum are still held to fairly high standards of commentary correctness the masses have access to an almost completely uncontrolled social media. There is for the time being at least a low threshold of social media legal reprisal. It will be interesting to watch the future evolution of news reporting on TV, the internet and to a different degree print media. The future could reflect the possibility of a highly publicized law suit against an individual, or more likely a group of individuals, for stating false information in a public forum. Such a highly publicized action would probably change social media as dramatically as the rise of uncontrolled commentary.
A good example was the recent Prime Minister Trudeau CBC program with questioners from across Canada. Apparently if one Canadian TV network launches a public interest program the others will not allow the session any airtime even if the issues discussed are of news value. Such practice is poor journalism and might even be considered undemocratic let alone un-Canadian.
Probably the drive for unparalleled corporate profit and more almighty dollars has become a trend eventually bound to deprive all democracies of the cherished form of government. Loss of democracy rotates according to history and possibly the decline in competitive reporting is a sign the decline is again rising. The most recent Liberal gift of a majority government from voters made up of representation from a variety of recent Canadian factions, while promoting gender equality, seems to be a change from the past form of government. Though only 10 or 12 weeks into governing and yet to face the full furry of building opposition criticism the Trudeau form of government at least for the time being appears to be holding and even increasing in popular support.
Most Canadians wonder if the change can continue or will politicians feel a need to get back to traditional governing styles that truthfully until the recent election seems mired in 19th and 20th century. Representing today’s younger generation will maybe change traditional governing style and even re-establish some democratic rights recently revised or abandoned by previous Liberal and Conservative regimes.
Liberal opposition at present is largely criticism based on previous government issues and legislation stated much too soon. The Trudeau government might stumble badly in the future, however the majority mandate does signify Canadian voters are prepared to give the different and to date mostly positive junior government a chance. Of course the Conservative and to a lesser degree New Democratic members disagree. With less than three months governing and a myriad of issues on the horizon for mostly inexperienced appointed ministers to deal with the opposition, criticism will likely accelerate. How the Trudeau government deals with adversity without resorting to traditional political partisan politics rather than diplomacy, concessions when in error, and listening to the will of the majority, should indicate if change can really happen.
Back on the subject of partisan journalism, indications are the future is beginning to surface as the print media spirals into oblivion due to the rise of social media. Every person can now express an opinion, usually without properly researching facts, and so far with little chance of legal rebuttal. The future seems to be a great deal different than in the past when it comes to media reporting. While politicians, the media and every other public forum are still held to fairly high standards of commentary correctness the masses have access to an almost completely uncontrolled social media. There is for the time being at least a low threshold of social media legal reprisal. It will be interesting to watch the future evolution of news reporting on TV, the internet and to a different degree print media. The future could reflect the possibility of a highly publicized law suit against an individual, or more likely a group of individuals, for stating false information in a public forum. Such a highly publicized action would probably change social media as dramatically as the rise of uncontrolled commentary.
