The Rabble to Rebel Review: 'Petro-friendly' media & Papineau-eviction fight
Does Canada’s embattled oil and gas sector have a too-cozy relationship with two of the country’s largest print-media chains? That, in a nutshell, is the working thesis of a two-part research essay by self-described “climate and coast defender” Robert Hackett, from Burnaby, B.C., and writer Hanna Araza, that hit the Rabble front page this week after making its virtual debut in the National Observer’s special report on the state of journalism in Canada. “As identified by the Corporate Mapping Project, Canada’s Fossil-Power Top 50 includes: emitters, the extractive corporatio...