Scale and media disconnect on Iran protests

After weeks of protests, thousands of casualties, internet blackouts, and viral moments of resistance, the Canadian media is only now ramping up its coverage of the Iran,

Why hasn’t there been more coverage of this historic moment in Canadian outlets?  

Plus, Iranian-Canadians have been rallying across the country, but progressives aren’t joining to support them. 

Duly Noting: updates on the WE Charity scandal, The Narwhal vs the RCMP, and a Toronto Sun reporter’s very bad tweet. 

This episode uses generative AI for the following purposes: Descript Studio Sound effect on the audio of Kaveh Shahrooz

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Katie Laur (Associate Producer and Fact Checking) Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Guest: Kaveh Shahrooz

Further reading: 

• Canadians join global protests in solidarity with Iranian uprising - CTV News 
• Over 12,000 feared dead after Iran protests, as video shows bodies lined up at morgue - CBS News
• Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution - CTV News 
• As Iran cracks down on protesters again, the world cannot be silent - The Globe and Mail
• Adam Zivo: The Shah of Canada — Iranian-Canadians pulling for crown prince - National Post
• Beryl Wajsman: Canadian media and leftists' neglect of Iran uprising is complicity in Islamist terror - National Post
• Adam Zivo on protests [Facebook]
• More than 120 protesters blinded by Iranian agents, probe confirms - Berkeley News
• Why Tehran Is Running Out of Water | WIRED
• Postmedia Suspends Toronto Sun Parliamentary Bureau Chief After Tweet Applauding ICE Killing Minneapolis Woman - PressProgress
• B.C. trial to test whether RCMP violated press freedoms in arresting journalist | CBC News
• Supreme Court revisits Trudeau-era WE Charity scandal in case that could reshape the law - The Globe and Mail   

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