Dan Rather hits back at Trump, Bannon over attitude toward media

The Yahoo web page notes:
"Legendary journalist Dan Rather joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show Thursday, where he addressed Donald Trump’s tumultuous relationship with the media. Trump has repeatedly referred to media outlets and journalists as liars and fake news, most notably CNN. Rather said that neither he nor anybody else has ever seen a president handle the media like Trump. But there was one president who came to mind, and it didn’t end well for him."
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‘Trash radio’ creates culture of intolerance in Quebec

The Star's Allan Woods writes:

Waiting by an elevator after paying condolences to the friends and family of Quebec mosque attack victim Mamadou Tanou Barry this week, Mounir Laffet expressed a frustration shared by everyone in Quebec City’s Muslim community.

“The problem here in Quebec is the trash radio. I think they are accomplices,” he said, referring to Quebec City’s flourishing community of talk radio and shock jocks who kick off controversy while attracting criticism and lawsuits with their on-air commentary.

“I know that there is freedom of the press and all that, but do we give them the right to say whatever they want?” Laffet asked. “For me they are extremists on the other side.”

The Tunisian-born Laffet is not the only one to have reached that conclusion.\

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NatPost alleges drug smnuggling by Vice editor

"Three current or former Vice journalists told the Post that a former Vice editor offered each of them $10K to carry illicit cargo hidden in the lining of suitcases from Las Vegas to Australia."
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J-Source story about the Macleans layoffs

Rogers Media is eliminating about 13 positions at Maclean’s, according to the union that represents its newsroom, writes J-Source Associate editor H.G. Watson.

Unifor Local 87-M believes the downsizing may violate the contract with the employer in several ways and expects to file grievances next week.

Writer Jonathon Gatehouse and photographer Nick Iwanyshyn confirmed on Twitter that they were among those laid off from the magazine.

Rogers Media magazines have already undergone significant layoffs and restructuring.

In September 2016, the Financial Post reported that Maclean’s print schedule would be reduced to once a month in 2017; the print schedules for Chatelaine and Today’s Parent reduced to six times a year; and Canadian Business, Flare, MoneySense and Sportsnet were all moved online and to Rogers magazine app, Texture.

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Layoffs and Macleans

Ottawa's Al  MacKay reports on Twitter: "Layoffs today at Macleans - including Que correspondent Martin Patriquin. Over a dozen folks cut. First they cut the print edition down to once a month - and now Canada's NATIONAL newsmagazine is apparently down to about 20 editorial staffers."