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Why the 2025 election was the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history”

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In the first federal election since news was banned on Meta platforms, Canadians lost out, a new report finds. The 2025 federal election was likely the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history” due to the erosion of local news and Facebook’s news ban, according to the Ottawa-based nonpartisan think tank Public Policy Forum (PPF). The report was produced with Rideau Hall Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation. “Unlike Ameri…

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Why the 2025 election was the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history”

In the first federal election since news was banned on Meta platforms, Canadians lost out, a new report finds. The 2025 federal election was likely the “most poorly covered election in modern Canadian history” due to the erosion of local news and Facebook’s news ban, according to the Ottawa-based nonpartisan think tank Public Policy Forum (PPF). The report was produced with Rideau Hall Foundation and the Michener Awards Foundation. “Unlike Ameri…

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Nieman Lab broke the news in on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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