Canadian media reports snub community media, say stakeholders

OTTAWA and GATINEAU – Community media groups are taking exception to being left out of two recent Canadian media reports.The Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) and the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec (la Fédération) are criticizing the Public Policy Forum’s report The Shattered Mirror: News, Democracy, and Trust in the Digital Age and Heritage Canada’s #DigiCanCon report, What We Heard Across Canada: Canadian Culture in a Digital World.In a joint statement, CACTUS and la Fédération said that it is “surprising and disappointing to find but a passing mention in both of community media and their long-understood contribution...