Toronto Star sold to private equity investors: What it means for Canadian media | Ricochet
Corporate media increasingly out of step with Canadians
At a time when polls show Canadians attitudes are shifting markedly
to the left on everything from the role of government in the economy to
wealth taxes and nationalizing old-age homes, this purchase seems likely
to push Canada’s mainstream media ecosystem further to the right.
The Conservatives can probably look forward to a clean sweep of
newspaper endorsements next election, even as those endorsements mean
less than ever before.
And the ideas that animate younger generations — a Green New Deal, a
wealth tax, a more caring and just society — will remain conspicuous by
their absence from mainstream outlets.