#313 White Terror And The Media

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Muslim-Canadians call out the media for harming their community. And the controversy around CBC cancelling Kim's Convenience goes international. Freelance journalist and The Backbench's host Fatima Syed co-hosts.

Further reading:

Jonathan’s full Twitter thread on The London Free Press & Toronto Sun’s coverage of the London attack;
Fatima’s most recent piece for The Guardian about the London vigil;
Shout out to Fatima Said for resurfacing John Ibbitson’s tweets;
More on Simu Liu deleting his criticism of Mark Wahlberg here.

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CORRECTION (June 10, 2021, 9:30am EST) In an earlier version of this episode, Jesse says that Nathaniel Veltman rented the truck he used in his alleged attack. Media reports confirm that he owned the vehicle.

June 10, 2021

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