@pagmenzies.bsky.social
“It might also be worth letting the public know what the other 192-plus first nations in B.C. think about pipelines but, near as I can tell, no one has asked them.”
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
The Truth is out there, but when it comes to pipelines and first nations, most journalists are refusing to dig into it
Plus! The CRTC reveals its dinosaur instincts, another study points to CBC bias, columnists on the take and the fight to reveal Kamloops secrets
open.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“It might also be worth letting the public know what the other 192-plus first nations in B.C. think about pipelines but, near as I can tell, no one has asked them.”
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“China’s political warfare arm, the united front, is believed to be supported, in part, by proceeds from a variety of criminal enterprises and receive guidance and direction through the Chinese Embassy and consulates in Canada.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Mr. Carney goes to Beijing and lands a triple kowtow
Canadian delegation appears to have taken its cues from editorial provided by Chinese state media while our PM's history with the Middle Kingdom overlooked
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
“China’s political warfare arm, the united front, is believed to be supported, in part, by proceeds from a variety of criminal enterprises and receive guidance and direction through the Chinese Embassy and consulates in Canada.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
The internet never forgets open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
If the goose and the gander don't get equal treatment, there's no place for media to hide
Plus! Radio-Canada praises Maduro, CBC/CTV minimize Iran protests and good heavens why are our media letting Freeland walk away with her secrets?
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
The internet never forgets open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“it was bad enough that CTV posted a barefaced falsehood. What was worse ….” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Hell freezes over, CTV’s fabrication of fake news and our 2026 forecast is still searching for sunshine
Plus! Politico warns that the far right’s stealing Christmas, a CBC content analysis ruffles feathers and more! Happy New Year
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
“it was bad enough that CTV posted a barefaced falsehood. What was worse ….” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“The late December skewering of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss simply for carrying out those duties demonstrated how dysfunctional that vital aspect of journalism has become.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Pride, prejudice and the pillorying of an editor just trying to do the job so many in her position lack the courage to do
Bari Weiss shows all the sense and sensibility required and paid the price for trying to make a story better
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“The late December skewering of CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss simply for carrying out those duties demonstrated how dysfunctional that vital aspect of journalism has become.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“the federal government’s smorgasbord of subsidies for news organizations has “suspended these (news) entities in stasis.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
The year Mephistopheles brought an end (almost) to trust in a free press
2025 signalled the conclusion of hope for media in a nation that prefers subsidies to innovation and independence
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“the federal government’s smorgasbord of subsidies for news organizations has “suspended these (news) entities in stasis.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“Though Cayley notes that Seven Days in no way invented “crusading journalism” it did introduce to the CBC the notion that journalists and producers were “agents of justice.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“CBC never acknowledged that the Convoy was a development of a political movement that deserved proper, unbiased coverage”
Thirty years developing Ideas has produced a compelling book crying out for the Mother Corp to get it right
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“Though Cayley notes that Seven Days in no way invented “crusading journalism” it did introduce to the CBC the notion that journalists and producers were “agents of justice.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“I’m old-fashioned enough to think reporters shouldn’t be blatantly stating biases. Not a great way to retain public trust.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Reporters determined to drive their industry and its reputation into the abyss one Tweet at a time
Plus! Door opens to put sacred texts on trial. Sorry journos, AI says you’re surplus to its needs, the PMO's monkeys are flying and look out - Lilley’s crashing the boards!
open.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“I’m old-fashioned enough to think reporters shouldn’t be blatantly stating biases. Not a great way to retain public trust.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“too many titles continue to mask government sources feeding them strategic information and excuse the practice by claiming the sources are “not authorized.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
They know they are lying, we know they are lying and they know we know but the lies continue
A couple of journos wade through their industry’s moral and professional fatigue. Plus! BBC under fire, sources burn politicos and the Dinger delivers a zinger
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“too many titles continue to mask government sources feeding them strategic information and excuse the practice by claiming the sources are “not authorized.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“taxpayers in the West - the most likely to take offense from the cartoon - pay to subsidize the Toronto Star.”
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Media bound to pay the price for selling their freedom to (selectively) offend
Plus! Justin Ling signs on with the Star, trans stories censored and what was the CBC thinking when it comes to safe supply?
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“taxpayers in the West - the most likely to take offense from the cartoon - pay to subsidize the Toronto Star.”
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“We have known for 40 years that once Baby Boomers like your faithful servant turned bald and grey that the system would be unsustainable. But that single, terrifying “American-style” slur has halted reform at every turn.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Tens of thousands are dying on waiting lists following decades of media reluctance to debate healthcare
Plus! More unnecessary online smartassery taints the craft and “sources say” stories continue to be all the rage
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
“We have known for 40 years that once Baby Boomers like your faithful servant turned bald and grey that the system would be unsustainable. But that single, terrifying “American-style” slur has halted reform at every turn.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“The pattern of behaviour indicates to the public that news organizations do not take their obligation to the truth seriously.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Breaking News: the public actually expects journalists to determine the truth of statements they report before they report them
Who knew? Plus! Online smartassery by reporters continues to curse the industry, Vancouver loves Harry Potter (shhhh!), layoffs continue and newspaper revenue now in uncontrolled descent
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“The pattern of behaviour indicates to the public that news organizations do not take their obligation to the truth seriously.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“Editor in Chief Brodie Fenlon confirmed that the CBC’s newsrooms are the least biased he’s ever worked in.”https://open.substack.com/pub/petermenzies/p/cbc-cashes-in-on-carney-as-the-news?r=885ov&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Editor in Chief Brodie Fenlon confirmed that the CBC’s newsrooms are the least biased he’s ever worked in.”https://open.substack.com/pub/petermenzies/p/cbc-cashes-in-on-carney-as-the-news?r=885ov&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
This isn’t the first time the America craved western Canada podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...
BONUS EPISODE:
Podcast Episode · Cascade of History · 2025-11-04 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This isn’t the first time the America craved western Canada podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/b...
“an object lesson for why trust in legacy media has plummeted, and alt right media audiences have grown.”https://open.substack.com/pub/petermenzies/p/how-one-major-media-torqued-its-coverage?
October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“an object lesson for why trust in legacy media has plummeted, and alt right media audiences have grown.”https://open.substack.com/pub/petermenzies/p/how-one-major-media-torqued-its-coverage?
“Missing in media coverage were the voices of those who find repulsive the idea that Vancouverites should be denied the right to choose for themselves what events they find morally acceptable.” open.substack.com/pub/Petermen...
The Rewrite | Peter Menzies | Substack
Seeking and destroying journalism doing harm to journalism. Click to read The Rewrite, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“Missing in media coverage were the voices of those who find repulsive the idea that Vancouverites should be denied the right to choose for themselves what events they find morally acceptable.” open.substack.com/pub/Petermen...
Journalists should not be easy prey for politicians open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
PM's speech shows how easily newsrooms are played by politicians announcing the same things over and over again
Plus! Global’s oops on Trump in the crosshairs and assuming what Stephen Harper thinks may not be the best idea!
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Journalists should not be easy prey for politicians open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“The test for media will be to see whether - as so far appears to be the case - they will comply and comfortably go along with the language shell game the government prefers or the language that best serves their readers” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Response to Carney’s deficit shell game will determine who media have decided to serve
Plus! CBC’s “Intifada Evan” shows the Ombudsman who’s boss and Rebel News puts another tick in the debates win column
open.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“The test for media will be to see whether - as so far appears to be the case - they will comply and comfortably go along with the language shell game the government prefers or the language that best serves their readers” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
Reposted
NEW PODCAST:
• @petersankoff.bsky.social on Canadian self-defence law
• @pagmenzies.bsky.social on overhauling Canada's arts & media funding system
• Plus, updates on Alberta's ballooning deficit and Ottawa's newfound bullishness on Canadian LNG exports
robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/podcast-al...
• @petersankoff.bsky.social on Canadian self-defence law
• @pagmenzies.bsky.social on overhauling Canada's arts & media funding system
• Plus, updates on Alberta's ballooning deficit and Ottawa's newfound bullishness on Canadian LNG exports
robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/podcast-al...
PODCAST: Alberta's ballooning deficit, Ottawa bullish on LNG to Europe, Clarifying self-defence law, Overhauling arts & media funding
In this episode, updates on Alberta's budget and Ottawa's interest in LNG; plus interviews with law professor Peter Sankoff and MLI's Peter Menzies
robbreakenridge.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW PODCAST:
• @petersankoff.bsky.social on Canadian self-defence law
• @pagmenzies.bsky.social on overhauling Canada's arts & media funding system
• Plus, updates on Alberta's ballooning deficit and Ottawa's newfound bullishness on Canadian LNG exports
robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/podcast-al...
• @petersankoff.bsky.social on Canadian self-defence law
• @pagmenzies.bsky.social on overhauling Canada's arts & media funding system
• Plus, updates on Alberta's ballooning deficit and Ottawa's newfound bullishness on Canadian LNG exports
robbreakenridge.substack.com/p/podcast-al...
“it’s unlikely the Liberals will lose an election anytime in the foreseeable future. The overwhelming majority of media depends on them financially. Their appointees control the Senate, the courts, most public institutions, and decide which journalists you can trust.”
thehub.ca/2025/10/07/p...
thehub.ca/2025/10/07/p...
Peter Menzies: Canada’s last remaining independent media outlets are dropping like flies
thehub.ca
October 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“it’s unlikely the Liberals will lose an election anytime in the foreseeable future. The overwhelming majority of media depends on them financially. Their appointees control the Senate, the courts, most public institutions, and decide which journalists you can trust.”
thehub.ca/2025/10/07/p...
thehub.ca/2025/10/07/p...
“Strings requiring compliance and promotion of “acceptable” views will eventually be attached to the funding. Almost every media will comply.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
The “ the soft, silent takeover of the nation’s press” rolls on relentlessly
Plus! CBC gives the latest church arson a pass, The Rewrite asks why and you get to decide if the explanation is satisfactory
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
“Strings requiring compliance and promotion of “acceptable” views will eventually be attached to the funding. Almost every media will comply.” open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
“A study of the former East Germany found that “decades of socialist rule left scars…of consensus (that) outlasted the Berlin Wall. “ open.substack.com/pub/petermen...
A society without the capacity for civil debate teeters on the brink of Mao’s visionary nightmare
Media must help us reclaim the vocabulary to freely exchange ideas or default to “power grows from the barrel of a gun”
open.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
“A study of the former East Germany found that “decades of socialist rule left scars…of consensus (that) outlasted the Berlin Wall. “ open.substack.com/pub/petermen...