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Media, public discouraged from questioning authority in 2019 federal program: Report

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Summary
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76% Informative

Access to Information records show researchers were paid nearly $370,000 in 2019 to discourage the media and the public from questioning authority.

Media Smarts of Ottawa was paid $ 369,975 for the project titled Critical Thinking In The Digital Age: Countering Coronavirus Misinformation.

The project saw researchers spread the message of invoking Canadian values rather than be seen as Liberal partisans.

VR Score

75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

83

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

69

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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