Journalism Event A Glaring Example Of How Blind Institutions Are To Entrenched Echo Chambers

[The Pulse]: A panel of journalists discussed the unprecedented and historical event known as the Freedom Convoy at Carleton University Mar 10, 2022. The conversation was called, Journalism Under Siege and was led by a panel of journalists who covered the events on the ground over the course of the 20+ day protest in Ottawa.

To attend the event in person, proof of vaccination was required. People could also watch a livestream online or the replay on YouTube

The panel consisted of journalists primarily from legacy media outlets like CTV, CBC, The Toronto Star and The National Post. There were two freelance journalists in attendance as well, both who held the same general perspectives about the Convoy and the people who attended as legacy media.

The discussion consisted of each journalist sharing their experience reporting on the convoy in Ottawa. Throughout, there was also lengthy discussion around why members of legacy media were treated so poorly while on the ground in Ottawa, and why there seems to be a growing distrust in legacy media.

To be clear, Carleton University was effectively holding a journalism panel discussing why some members of legacy media were mistreated at a protest that wants to end vaccine mandates in a building that requires mandatory vaccination.

This is a glaring example of how completely blind and out of touch some of these institutions are to the echo chambers that have been created. Keep in mind, Ontario lifted its proof of vaccination mandate many days prior to the event....<<<Read More>>>..