CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives

CTV has cancelled a segment on its national morning show fact-checking “election misinformation” after an online backlash from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives and right-wing alternative media outlets targeting a prominent journalist. An audio recording obtained by PressProgress shows the show’s executive producer made the decision over concerns that the “volume of that push back” targeting the journalist had become a “distraction” for CTV. Rach…

Journalist Rachel Gilmore on CTV Your Morning, March 25, 2025. Screenshot: CTV CTV canceled a segment of her national morning program devoted to the verification of "electoral disinformation", following a campaign of negative online reactions targeting journalist Rachel Gilmore, led by a conservative official and right-wing alternative media. This "cancellation" of the well-known journalist, regularly targeted by online hatred, testifies to the …