The blocking of Canadian news by social media giant Meta has affected some unlikely media outlets whose primary purpose is not the production of news.
Posted: Aug 15, 2023 8:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago
Luke Gordon Field, editor in chief of The Beaverton, said the blocking prompted him to act. The blocking was no joke, he said. "As comedians and comedy writers being compared to journalists, who have to be objective and fair and work extremely hard, was incredibly insulting to us and frankly defamatory," Field told CBC Radio's"And we would not take it anymore because we just consider ourselves superior to journalists of all natures."
"We're a creature of social media," Field told CBC Radio. "We rely on people coming to our website and the few pennies we get from online advertisers every time someone does in order to keep the lights on and pay our writing staff. From a business perspective, it's not just important but necessary."Dr Mouth's Rock and Roll Lunch Party
"If I can't even provide them with the radio station's website address so they can do that, that's a big issue as far as I'm concerned and really has nothing to do with the greater issue at hand here. This is kind of like fallout from the whole thing," he said.
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