Canadians are becoming “more attentive” to potential biases in news coverage by “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, says a Feb. 17 report from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The report is based on the results of an online survey of 1,226 Canadians.
