CTV faces backlash after hiring (then firing) Rachel Gilmore for an election fact checking segment.
Is the role of the fact checker still viable in the modern media ecosystem?
Plus, reports of foreign interference in the current Canadian election.
Host: San Grewal
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor), Sam Konnert (Fact Checking), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Lori Turnbull
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