Trudeau government has 'fetish for media control,' influential publisher argues

The publisher of one of Canada’s most influential news organizations has accused the Trudeau government of having a “fetish for media control.”

Holly Doan, who worked for CTV and CBC before helping to create Blacklock’s Reporter in 2012, said Ottawa has made a “disastrous intervention” in the news sector over the last five years.

That includes “picking winners and losers” by subsidizing certain outlets – at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayers’ cash – as well as battling Blacklock’s in court, she said.

“What you're seeing is an industry in full-on depression,” she told NowMedia video host Jim Csek during an interview on Friday.

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