Manipulation

"It's not the people who vote that count; it's the people who count the votes."
- Joseph Stalin

Same thing could be said about people who make the news vs. people who report it...
I'm slightly concerned (though not conspirational) about the seeming trend toward "The New Fascism," defined here as:

(a) the rule of private corporations (b) the elevation to power of people adhering to The New Fascism (c) the wholesale use of press and media to lie to the population about the meaning of democracy (d) the destruction of health and safety codes, of limits upon police action, and of all publicly owned services and institutions (e) and total subservience to the USA in order to end Canadian sovereignty.

Every time Canadian media chains are allow themselves to be tempted by the lucrative "infotainment" formula in lieu of proud and professional journalism, proponents of "The New Fascism" faces one less hurdle.