• Search
    • Sign up for our newsletter
    February 24, 2022
    SHARE
    Short Cuts
    #757 A Kinder Gentler Machine Gun Hand
    Overcorrecting an overstatement creates confusion; how nice were the police in Ottawa really? And the emergency is over! Though the media seemed to suggest there wasn't really one anyways.
    Jesse Brown
    Host & Publisher
    Overcorrecting an overstatement creates confusion; how nice were the police in Ottawa really? And the emergency is over! Though the media seemed to suggest there wasn’t really one anyways. Managing Editor at Ottawa Lookout Robert Hiltz co-hosts.
    Links:
    • NYT’s generalizations about Canada can be found here
    • Robert duly noted this piece in Passage

    Sponsors: PolicyMe, Squarespace, Dispatch Coffee

    More from this series
    #1130 Is the Media Biased for Carney?
    Does this election have a “least exciting outcome”?
    March 26, 2025
    #1127 Pierre Poilievre Won’t Ride With Journalists
    Dougald Lamont joins San Grewal to discuss coverage of Poilievre heading into the next election. 
    March 21, 2025
    #1126 Trade War Economics in Mark Carney’s Canada
    Mark Carney’s visit to Europe signals Canada’s new approach to the trade war with the US.
    March 19, 2025
    #1123 Did Trudeau Salvage His Legacy?
    Trudeau rides off into a ‘Sunny Ways’ sunset.
    March 14, 2025
    #1122 Mark Carney Wins in a Blandslide
    The Liberal’s Carneycopia is betting big on Dad Energy. 
    March 12, 2025
    #1119 Should We Be Worried About Canadian DOGE?
    Battle lines are being drawn in the Canadian tech industry around a policy initiative that is drawing comparison to Elon Musk’s DOGE. 
    March 7, 2025
    #1118 How to Win The Dumb Trade War
    Making Sense of Trump’s Tariffying Tuesday.
    March 5, 2025
    #1115 Screw You, Wayne Gretzky
    Why not being American is at the core of Canadian identity. 
    February 28, 2025
    all podcasts arrow All Podcasts
    Short Cuts