I'm obviously not going to comment on the specific case of my former colleague at the CBC. I spent 28 years at Radio-Canada, but I don't know this person, let alone the details of the case.
What I would like to tell you is that there is an important nuance between disinformation and what you call bias and what I would call the viewpoint of a media outlet. The news media outlets that work for the public good in Canada and Quebec are not the problem. They're not the ones spreading disinformation. You may disagree with some of their articles or columns. You can criticize them. In fact, the organization I represent does exactly that, criticize the media. People send complaints about journalism to our organization. The media is not perfect, but it does not spread misinformation to do harm or sell a particular point of view. That's not what it's doing.
It's important to make that distinction and stop confusing the issue. Saying that the traditional media is the enemy of the people is not attacking one aspect of its work, it's attacking its credibility. Doing so means leaving the door wide open to those who publish nonsense and sidelining credible media. When you don't agree with an article published by a media outlet, it's very dangerous to decide that you should no longer believe anything it says and that it's a spreader of disinformation, when that's not what's happening. This has a significant impact on the public and on the fight against disinformation.
