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It's slightly hilarious that The Star is concerned about "misinformation", given the fact that they are one of the main peddlers of misinformation in Canada. Look at this trash they published after NATO obliterated Libya, https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadian-at-helm-of-libyan-mission-goes-out-in-style/article_c73e92ce-9461-527a-9f4a-b169a9d703af.html .

Similarly, the paper regularly spits a deluge of misinformation about the Ukraine war. This editorial is absurd, suggesting that it's Putin who is escalating Pacific military tensions, and not the US, who is amassing military allies in Australia, Philippines, Japan and surrounding China with military bases. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/vladimir-putin-is-dragging-the-pacific-into-ukraine-war/article_e6c8a3fb-5d55-57db-8070-a16f58dc8a82.html

The Star is concerned about misinformation only insofar as it undermines their specific political outlook, but to suggest that they are, in general, concerned that Canadian youth actually understand how the world functions, is farcical. For instance, this article by The Maple shows the obscene role the Star and its MSM allies have played in pushing for war: https://www.readthemaple.com/newspaper-wars/ . What have these wars accomplished for working class Canadians? What did they accomplish for the working people in the countries we invaded and continue to occupy? That Canadian youth are disillusioned and confused makes sense, considering none of the wars The Star has decided to support make sense unless you're a ruling class liberal.

One of the key tenets of right wing propaganda is that the mainstream *cannot be trusted*, that they are beholden to oligarchic interests and will lie, cheat and steal at any turn to undermine working people. Of course, the right uses this cynically to push their faux populism at the behest of the same ruling class interests, but they are also *right*, and The Star is at the centre of this problem.

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