October 29, 2020
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#283 Newspaper Seeks Wealthy Idiot
National Post doubles down on their right to publish status quo opinions. And Bell Media confuses self-promotion with local community engagement.
Jesse Brown
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Tiffany Lam
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Cait MacIntosh
Producer
Andréa Schmidt
Managing Editor, Podcasts

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