{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/73fb297d-023b-5595-a03d-88c27dbc7890/6f35cbd3-9b9b-4807-8e9d-5105e6dd4f71?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ep.36 - Fake News Election Panic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b7654916956211f9e95065/61b76561df4a050013852d0f.jpg?height=200","description":"After the Mounties' massive manhunt for two murder suspects, Justin questions whether the RCMP's mandate is overstretched — and makes the case that their role in local policing should be an election issue.   And with an election looming, there's a frenzy over fake news. But is it even a problem? And who's being served by this idea?  From the show:  <a href=\"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/rcmp-contract-policing-investigation/article38085153/\"> The RCMP's thin red line: Is contract policing unsustainable?</a> (Globe and Mail)  <a href=\"https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/im-here-to-protect-my-people/\"> Inside the impossible work of Canada’s biggest Indigenous police force</a> (Maclean's)  <a href=\"https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/twitter-troll-pipeline-immigrant-russia-iran-1.5014750\"> Twitter trolls stoked debates about immigrants and pipelines in Canada, data show</a> (CBC News)  <a href=\"https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/07/18/news/twitter-bots-boosted-trending-trudeaumustgo-hashtag\"> Twitter bots boosted the trending #TrudeauMustGo hashtag</a> (National Observer)   Support Canadaland media at <a href=\"http://patreon.com/canadaland\">patreon.com/canadaland</a><p><a href=\"https://backbench.supercast.tech/\" rel=\"payment\">Support the show: https://backbench.supercast.tech/</a></p><p>See <a href=\"https://omnystudio.com/listener\">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>","author_name":"CANADALAND"}