This paper used to be worth reading. It used to represent a diversity of views. It used to be a paper that Edmontonians could look to for local and unbiased information about their city, the province of Alberta, and Canadian and world news. All that changed when Postmedia bought it. At first it still carried columnists like Paula Simons, who though she was controversial at times, always intelligent and interesting. Then it gradually culled out its progressive voices so that it is unrecognizable as the paper it used to be.
It has become the face of Ayn Rand. It is a mouth piece of the Cato institute, the libertarian think tank that supports the Fraser Institute, and is funded by the Koch brothers, climate change denying billionaires.
Sadly, it has changed from the Edmonton Journal of yesteryear, and has morphed into a propaganda sheet for right wing politicians.It reads like a political tract.
Because of our so-called "freedom of the press," The Edmonton Journal, and other publications by post media are not required to register with elections Canada. These papers just spew out biased pages and pages of conservative drivel, with no checks or balances. It must be nice to have limitless media on your side, right,Jason Kenney, and Andrew Scheer? Every political party should own their own newspaper chain.
Their cartoonist, Malcolm Mayes is a joke. He always takes the wrong side of an issue, calling Greta Thurnberg a "grinch", instead of applauding her for her sincere attempt to make climate change the important issue it is.
The best thing I could say about the Edmonton Journal until this current election period, used to be its letters to the editors section. Sadly, even this has become a disappointment as fellow progressives give up on the paper and have stopped writing in. Either that or the editors have decided that their readership was just too 'lefty' to publish. read more
