The News Forum is a Canadian English news media company which is owned by The News Forum Incorporated. The directors of this company have not been publicly announced. Tore Stautland is the founder of Trillennium Media Group. This company also operates The News Forum. Trillie Media, a sister company, has the same ownership, and also operates the popular MySpace/Vevo websites.
The company is an Internet news channel. It offers information to its subscribers based on Canadian economy, politics, business, health, education as well as sports and pop culture. Their website claims that they are “news consumers first”. They are eager to share the most recent information and share it with their readers. Their motto is “You won’t find a dead horse.” In the same way, they want their readers to be up-to-date on the latest developments in industry, politics economy, as well as in pop culture. They want Canadians to be active by providing them with relevant information.
The News Forum is a unique hybrid of traditional “news” media organization with an information service. This is a great thing for Canadian citizens as they have an information service they can trust. However, it has also created some brain drain among those who participate. The News Forum has succeeded in achieving their goal of providing content, but they have not had participants actually think, talk, or learn anything. Unfortunately, many of the shortcomings of the News Forum have been revealed.
First, Canadians have come relying on their Information Service providers for a alternative to the news they read on the News Forum. In other words, when they use the News Forum as a source of information, they are relying on the experience and knowledge of one person (the Forum administrator) to provide a counterbalance to the biased information that is given to forum members. This means that, even though the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) is known for its impartial reporting throughout the day, and the Globe and Mail newspaper does a better job of being more fair than the two national news organizations (NWSO and CBC), they still rely on one individual (the writer) as a counterweight to biased information on their websites. The result is that although Canadians are getting more varied and thorough information than ever before from their News forums, they often are left with information that is not more accurate or detailed than the information they were led to believe it was. It is a pity that Canadian citizens must depend on one source of information, which has in the majority of cases been their government, in order to counter the biased information on their government websites.
John Lindsay, the current Canadian conservative news channel Tueday TV writer, does not mention that Hindi is his mother tongue. Despite being unable to read or write either Punjabi or Hindi, Lindsay claims to be able speak and understand Hindi and Punjabi. This begs the question: if the man is unable to speak or comprehend any of these languages, why does he think he can present news items on the Canadian conservative news channel Tueday that are skewed and filled with incorrect, inaccurate or out-of-date information? Does this mean he isn’t aware of his own history and background? It’s not likely, particularly given that he graduated from an American university (averaging just over a 3.0 GPA) and has been employed in the broadcast media in the U.S. state of Texas for the past 15 years.
This is not the only instance of a news feature discussion that did not have its time or its topic adequately explained or discussed. Stephen Lewis interviewed Jennifer Paget the Canadian Justice reporter in the same episode. Ms. Paget gave a beautiful speech about women’s empowerment. She spoke about being a mother or sister, friend and a wife, as well as what it means to be a woman. She didn’t mention employment opportunities, or the fact that many women who are in similar situations don’t have a high-paying job. The segment even had an exchange of words between Ms. Paget and one of the guests in the studio in which the moderator pointed out that Ms. Paget was often criticized for being too nice , and not blaming the various people in the interview room who she felt made remarks to her regarding the manner in which she presented and discussed issues that surrounded employment and workplace violence.
In the end, the majority of news coverage and viewers for the Canadian Broadcast Corporation has been focused on the positive aspect of the story. These are just two examples of in-depth reporting that show how news forums can to provide balanced and accurate reports on subjects that are of interest to a wider audience. They also allow an array of political figures, experts and experts to share their opinions and opinions on particular issues. Through this platform, Canadians can get the best of both worlds by getting the information they require from a broader source.
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