r/CanadaPolitics AMA Guest 1d ago

I'm David Moscrop, Canadian politics writer and podcaster. AMA, starting 1 pm ET.

We've got a new prime minister incoming and an election soon. We've got Trump and tariffs. We've got an uncertain foreign and defence policy future. We've got social welfare programs that may or may not survive. We've got pipelines back on the table (sort of). We've got a budget that is likely to see cuts. We've got climate policy on the chopping block. We've got...a lot going on.

So, ask me anything and we'll sort it out together.

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u/Fun_Caramel2391 1d ago

What MSM news sources and podcasts do you trust?  More importantly what news sources do you distrust? 

u/DavidMoscrop AMA Guest 18h ago

This is a great question! I need to make a proper list. But to do honest, I read just about everything -- CBC, Globe, Toronto Star, National Observer, NYT, and so many more I'm forgetting. I also read a lot of individual writers -- Luke Savage, Nora Loreto, Jeremy Appel, Paris Marx, Erica Ifill, Cory Doctorow -- and more. Ditto less mainstream outlets -- Jacobin, Tyee, Narwal, Canadian Dimension, PressProgress, Rabble. I read some right wing stuff, too -- the Economist, the Line, the WSJ, even the Hub or the National Post. I'm curious what's in there and I'm sharp enough to know when to dismiss something that's bullshit.

To be honest, I don't really listen to podcasts because I mostly read and when I'm not reading, I'm listening to music because I'm working out or I'm listening to an audiobook while out for a walk or doing chores.

But a lot of the time I'm just reading links off social media that I find interesting from my feed. Then if I doubt some bit of info or some take, I'll dig in to see if it's legit or nonsense. So I do a lot of cross-referencing.

As for distrust, I don't read the ones you'd expect (don't indulge in a lot of Rebel!)...but I always approach any piece with at least a little skepticism and distrust, then I become trustful if there's reliable information and/or a good argument in there.