February 10, 2022
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#753 Wrong 2: Wrong Harder
Angry, bias-confirming echo chambers seem evident this week when it comes to the Freedom Convoy. And "a Toronto star at the Toronto Star" dies this week and Jesse dares to speak ill - or at least some truth - about the dead. Maclean's senior writer Paul Wells co-hosts. 
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Angry, bias-confirming echo chambers seem evident this week when it comes to the Freedom Convoy. And “a Toronto star at the Toronto Star” dies this week and Jesse dares to speak ill—or at least some truth—of the dead. Maclean’s senior writer Paul Wells co-hosts.
Links:
  • Richard Martineau’s piece in Le Journal de Montréal
  • News editor Jonathan Goldsbie’s tweet re: Faith Goldy’s face during the land acknowledgement

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