That Time Vice Paid A “Hacker” $5,000 For A Fake Rob Ford Story

“A hush fell over the reporters gathered outside the mayor’s office. Everyone appeared to be skimming the story at once, another astonishing branch of the Ford saga seeming to sprout before our eyes. It was exactly as plausible as everything that had come before it and everything that would come after. Except that it was false. Just completely bogus. And Vice had paid $5,000 in cash for the privilege of running it.”

Jonathan Goldsbie – Canadaland – April 2020

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When Your Psychologist Goes Viral

“‘You know,’ Jordan Peterson said, to a large audience at the University of British Columbia this past February 15, ‘I’ve also been accused, three times in my career, of sexual impropriety. Baseless accusations. And the last one really tangled me up for a whole year. It’s not entertaining.’ When Samantha, a former patient of Peterson’s who does not want her real name used in this story, saw a video of those remarks on YouTube, she wondered if Peterson was talking about her.”

 

Jonathan Goldsbie – Canadaland – June 2018