Journalist Jesse Brown is Quick to Expose the Failures of Canadian Media. But What About His Own?

By: Simon Houpt | The Globe and Mail

Is the media industry in Canada too cozy for its own good?

Over the past year, the journalist Jesse Brown has been like an action star in a Hollywood blow-’em-up: throwing fireballs and kicking asses. Since launching his podcast and website Canadaland in the fall of 2013, he has spilled secrets about newsroom misdeeds, broken stories about TV journalists taking money from groups they cover, and challenged reporting that he believes has fallen short.