Canadians are becoming “more attentive” to potential biases in news coverage from “mainstream” media outlets, leading them to either explore alternative news outlets or reduce their overall news consumption, Canada’s telecommunications watchdog says.
The public has developed a “more critical attitude towards traditional news sources” over the past few years by applying more scrutiny to media outlets’ potential biases, a Feb. 17 report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) says. The report is based on the results of an online survey of 1,226 Canadians.
In response, Canadians are also becoming more likely to seek out alternative sources of news, become more “selective” about the news they watch, or watching more political commentary, according to the study, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter….