L'Affaire Potter and anti-Quebec Bias in Canadian media
b"The backlash in Quebec to Andrew Potter\\u2019s infamous Maclean\\u2019s column has generated a backlash of its own in English Canada. The pearl-clutching has come primarily from Canada's journalist class, who spent the week loudly accusing Quebecers of being overly sensitive to criticism. Of course, things look a lot different from inside the province.
In his recent article at Ricochet, Trevor Hanna writes that the Potter controversy emphasizes a long-running friction in the relationship between the Two Solitudes and highlights Quebecers\\u2019 sensitivity to cultural condescension.
In this conversation we take on the English Canadian media\\u2019s insularity problem, share a smart Twitter Essay from Tricia Wood of torontoist.com and push back against the Canadaland podcast\\u2019s very bad take on l\\u2019Affair Potter."