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Mar 5 2023

Eyre Eyes. Laughed at Lavrov. Fox Bias.

Mar 5, 2023
David Akin's Roundup
Clippings of #cdnpoli, #media, and #tech content aimed at those with an interest in Canadian politics and policy. And sometimes Canadian postage stamps.
Canada
Canada’s defence chief makes first trip to Ukraine since Russian invasion
The Department of National Defence said during his visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, General Wayne Eyre discussed how Canada can support Ukraine’s future needs. [Global]
The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises. [Global]
These wetlands are being called Canada’s Amazon rainforest for their ability to cool the planet. Why they’re poised to become the most hotly contested region in the country. [Global]
Canada's big six banks all reported this week that they're putting more money aside for possible loan defaults. Here's what to know about the outlook for Canadian credit. [Global]
This paper uses original Canadian survey data to compare support for and opposition to five energy-related climate policies. Results show that Canadians were very concerned about climate change and supportive of the policies. [Cdn Review of Sociology]
From the Provinces

In a bid to shake things up, party activists from across the province voted Saturday to adopt a one-member, one-vote system, scrapping the live, made-for-TV drama of a traditional leadership convention where delegates keep voting until a successful candidate wins more than 50 per cent support. [TorStar]
The Official Opposition slammed the province for not prioritizing the south Edmonton hospital first promised under the NDP government in 2017.  On the pre-campaign trail ... [CTV]
Marie-Louise Tardif doit revenir de ses vacances à Cuba mardi. Les choses se sont rapidement précipitées en son absence. La Sûreté du Québec enquête maintenant sur elle, à la suite d’allégations voulant qu’elle ait tenté d’intimider une ex-employée et d’en salir le nom. [Le Soleil]
Elsewhere
Sergei Lavrov: Russian foreign minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims
Sergei Lavrov is laughed at in Delhi after saying the Ukraine war was "launched against us". [BBC]
A bipartisan effort among states to combat voter fraud has found itself in the crosshairs of conspiracy theories fueled by Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election and now faces an uncertain future. [AP]

David Brooks: Searching for beauty as the world turns ugly. [NYT]
Media
Advertising in independent Ukrainian media is an investment in security
Mariia Leonova: Over the past year of Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine, our team at The Tellers Agency has considered closing up shop twice and seeking opportunities elsewhere due to the state of the advertising market. At the outbreak of the full-scale [Kyiv Independent]
Justin Ling: If "weak ratings make good journalists do bad things," imagine what they can do to bad journalists. [Bug-Eyed and Shameless]

Even in today’s highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox’s top executives and hosts stands out. [NYT]
Two of the top economics journals have institutional ties to a specific university ... Such home ties and publication bias may harm, but also benefit, article quality. We study this question ... [Institute of Labor Economics]
A post from December by journalism prof Mike Reilly that I just ran across this week ... [Substack]
Tech

Batteries are the single most expensive element of an EV. As they get cheaper, going electric no longer has to be a costly proposition. [WSJ]
To facilitate discovery of content with this level of statistical detail and better distill this information from across the web, Google now makes it easier to search for datasets. [Google Blog]
Issued this day ...
... in 1958: Sc # 376: International Geophysical Year. Design: Alan L. Pollock. 

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