CTV's unbalanced reporting is what is a threat to democracy

A CTV article published on Tuesday calling Alberta’s choice to use the notwithstanding clause to get striking teachers back to work “a threat to democracy” has caused quite a stir — not for the reasons you might expect, namely, debates between the clause and Charter rights, but because of how CTV crafted the story. Readers complained that the story was biased, sensational, and lacked balance in its sourcing of expert interview subjects, one of whom revealed to the Post that they were recently interviewed by CTV on the topic, but his comments or comments like his, never made it into the article. If anything is a threat to democracy, it’s an under-informed populace.

The initial headline for the article, “Experts call Alberta’s use of the notwithstanding clause a threat to democracy.” Two