A representative for the tech giant Meta said Monday that the company plans to block access to Canadian news content on its platforms if Parliament passes Bill C-18, which mandates that the company pay news publishers for hosting content. “Ultimately, this legislation puts Meta in an unfavourable situation. In order to comply, we have to…
Meta Reaffirms Plan to Block News Access in Canada If Bill C-18 Passes
May 8, 2023
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Moscow Rejects US Request to See Reporter; Russia’s US Envoy Sees Prisoners
MOSCOW—Russia said on Thursday it had rejected a U.S. embassy request to visit detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in response to Washington’s refusal to grant visas to a group of Russian journalists. The foreign ministry said it had summoned a senior American diplomat to formally protest after reporters assigned to accompany Foreign Minister…
CBC Announces Pause on Twitter Activity Following ‘Government-Funded Media’ Label
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will temporarily cease its Twitter activities, following its labelling by the platform as “government-funded media.” “Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue,” CBC said on Twitter on April 17. “That is why we are pausing our activities on Twitter.” Twitter applied the labrel to the CBC…
Trudeau Criticizes Tories for ‘Attack’ on CBC Following Twitter Label as ‘Government-Funded Media’
In the wake of Twitter labelling the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as a “government-funded media” organization on April 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau criticized the Conservative Party, saying that it has repeatedly attacked the public broadcaster. “I think it says a lot about the Conservative Party of Canada. They’re choosing to constantly attack independent media…
CTV News Reporter Struck by Vehicle at Crash Site Remains in Hospital
CTV News reporter Stephanie Villella remains in hospital with serious injuries after a vehicle struck her while she was reporting on a car crash near Guelph, Ontario, on March 1. “The CTV Kitchener team continues to send our thoughts and best wishes to our friend and colleague Stephanie and her family,” the media outlet said…
Suspect in Florida TV Crew Attack Faces More Murder Charges
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A 19-year-old Florida man is now facing three first-degree-murder charges related to a shooting last week that killed a television news reporter, a 9-year-old girl, and a 38-year-old woman, sheriff’s officials said Tuesday. Orange County Sheriff’s officials released an arrest warrant Tuesday morning that included two new murder charges against Keith Melvin Moses…
TV Station Identifies Reporter Killed in Florida Shooting Spree
A man riding in a car with his cousin shot and killed another passenger then returned to the same neighborhood near Orlando hours later and shot four more people, killing a journalist covering the original shooting and a 9-year-old girl, Florida police and witnesses said. Orange County Sheriff John Mina characterized the shootings Wednesday as…
NewsNation Reporter Released From Jail After Arrest at Ohio Governor’s News Conference
A NewsNation reporter who was arrested in Ohio on Feb. 8 while filming Gov. Mike DeWine speaking at a news conference has since been released from jail. Evan Lambert, who is based in Washington D.C. where he works for the Nexstar Media Group-owned cable channel, had traveled to Ohio to cover the news conference about the freight train derailment in…
Filmmaker Sentenced To 15-Months Jail in Hong Kong for Carrying Pocket Multi-Tool
December 23, 2022
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Heyson Tang Cheuk-yu, the Specials Director of Taiwan Public Television Service, was charged with possessing assault weapons in public places. On Dec. 21, 2022, he was found guilty and sentenced to 15 months in jail. The Epoch Times reporter followed Tang for the past three months to learn more about his journey before he was…
One Year Later (1933)
November 19, 2022
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First, a pair of blissful honeymooners travel by train. Then, a year later, the same coach is carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems hopeless, there are two wild cards on board: the man’s wife and a terminally ill reporter. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch…
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