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Jul 15, 2026
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Canadians’ trust in media keeps falling—and no wonder
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Canadians’ trust in media keeps falling—and no wonder
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15 JULY 2026
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The most significant thing about the latest report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism isn’t that trust in Canada’s government-dependent media continues to decline.
It’s that, for the first time in its 15-year history, the report shows that consumption of news via social media and online video surpassed traditional sources. Combine that with the expectation that, by the end of this year, the majority of Canadians will have unplugged from cable, and it’s almost as if th…
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