SHORT CUTS #139 - Distorted Sermon, Coercive Mattress
Episode description
Quebec passes a racist law.
A bunch of media outlets ran a story that used video manipulation and questionable translation to make it look like an imam was calling for the slaughter of Jews. After he lost his job, his reputation was ruined and there were hateful protests at his mosque, Toronto Star --who ran the original story-- exposed the dangerous flaws of the early reporting.
Student leader Masuma Khan faced censure from Dalhousie University for a vulgar, anti-Canada 150 Facebook post and some of the usual free speech purists are conspicuously silent.
And we address listener questions about a weird story in Fast Company about Casper and the online mattress industry.
Massey journalism fellow Naheed Mustafa co-hosts.
Naheed's Twitter: @NaheedMustafa
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