Roasting the Press Episode 30 for Sunday, June 23rd, 2024
New Gov't Funding for Legacy Media Farm Teams, How Farm Teams Compare to Actual Independent Media Outlets, Ontario’s “Scary” Child Welfare System & Dr. Fauci Lying to RFK Jr in 2016
Tonight’s new media personalities include Freedom Forum editor Chuck Black, independent media commentator Marie Anne and Mongo Minds Productions owner Richard Gagnon.
New Government Funding for Legacy Media Farm Teams
Our first piece tonight is all about the Canadian Journalism Collective, an organization more commonly known as “the collective.”
As outlined in the June 7th, 2024 CBC News post, "Google signs deal with organization to distribute $100M to Canadian news companies," the collective has signed a deal with Menlo Park CA based multinational conglomerate Google to distribute the approximately $100Mln CDN under the provisions of the Online News Act for redistribution to Canadian media outlets.
The collective, formed in May 2024 specifically to distribute the Google funding, is currently taking applications from Canadian based media focuses companies and startups looking to receive the funds.
The collective insists they’ll take…
