submitted 2 years ago by mediaformat@lemmy.ml to c/canada@lemmy.ca

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A coalition of 20 local, regional and national media outlets from across Canada Unrigged.ca is a news platform that provides up-to-the-hour news from across the country.

Unrigged.ca offers Canadians a place to access the latest news, podcasts, features, op/eds.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] AGD4@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can't help but associate a term like 'Unrigged' with the alt-right movement of our neighbours to the south.

Is this coalition of publications truly meant to be objective in its coverage? I don't know enough about all of the member media outlets to make an assessment, lol.

That said, I want to believe in a service like this and will follow it with cautious optimism :) .

Thanks for sharing u/mediaformat@lemmy.ml !

[-] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I can’t help but associate a term like ‘Unrigged’ with the alt-right movement of our neighbours to the south.

No kidding! (it sounds very alt-right in general)

[-] mediaformat@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I believe the name Unrigged refers to the rigged algorithms of social media giants, that prevent link sharing

From an early release message:

For some time, we’ve dreamed of bringing independent media outlets in Canada together in a collaborative approach—a site where we could be the sum of our many media parts.

When Meta systematically blocked news on Facebook and Instagram, and Google threatened to follow suit, we knew it was time to get this project done. We teamed up with Harbinger, Press Progress, The Hoser and more than a dozen progressive media outlets to launch a new cooperative platform for independent news.