New radio ads call out feds for subsidizing junk news

TORONTO – Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has announced a new radio ad campaign which will air in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver starting next week.The ads ponder a future where social media might be our only source of news. They “alert Canadians to the fact that government policy advantages social media companies that distribute false or misleading information, at the expense of credible Canadian journalism,” reads the Friends press release.“There is no such thing as democracy without journalism, and Canadian journalism is dying. We are trying to inform voters that this is not a natural death: Ottawa makes the problem...