Donald Gutstein
Donald Gutstein, a senior lecturer in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, writes a regular media column for The Tyee.
Stories by Donald Gutstein
Donald Trump Versus... Wait, Bernie Who?
They're two 'upstarts,' equally popular with their base. But you wouldn't know it from Canadian media.
Conservative Scholar Helped Shape Stephen Harper's Worldview
Walter Berns inspired a generation of Alberta conservatives.
Meet the People Who Made Possible Stephen Harper's Reign
An excerpt from Donald Gutstein's new book 'Harperism.'
New BC Think Tank's Findings Remarkably Helpful to Clark
Resource industry success benefit us all, Resource Works says. Some more than others, I say.
Whose 'Independent Thought' Is Andrew Coyne Plugging?
Political ideas he champions in column are standard neoliberal fare.
Why Did Harper Cut Canada's Library and Archives?
Tory explanations don't add up, so here are three possible reasons.
Blame Boomers or Fat Cats? Debate Rolls from Tyee to Sun and Back
Gutstein vs. Kershaw on who's squeezing the under-45s.
Stoking the False War Between Generations
Want to please a one per center? Blame the Boomers for 'generational theft.'
Surely Harper Doesn't Want More Poor People. Or Does He?
'Economic freedom' is right’s buzz phrase for why steep inequality is no problem.
Debunking Fraser Institute's Latest Crusade: Teacher Merit Pay
Most studies show scant link between student achievement and financial rewards for instructors.
Big Media's Sway Will Be Tested at Ballot Box
Most corporate news outlets buttressed Harper's drive for a majority. But has the game changed?
Harper's Crime Floggers
The case of the Macdonald Laurier Institute, key accomplice to Tories in their assaults on truth.
Falcon, Fraser Institute's Candidate?
There's reason to think so. Start with his 'heroes' Bill Bennett, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
New Citizenship Handbook Twists 'the Canadian Story'
A close read reveals shrewd propaganda designed to expand Harper's immigrant base. There's a lot of war and no medicare.
Inside the DDT Propaganda Machine
Pretend to speak for poor Africans, lie about true causes of disease. That's how you get the news media to love a lethal pesticide.
This Is How You Fuel a Community of Climate Deniers
Start with big oil companies, and the money and connections flow.
Promoting 'Spiritual Capital': What's In It for Harper?
Right-wing guru urges melding religion and money making.
Press Panic Sweeps the Nation
How to turn a legal, logical, 'leftish' coalition into a hysterical 'crisis.'
Harper, Bush Share Roots in Controversial Philosophy
Close advisers schooled in 'the noble lie' and 'regime change.'
How Big Media Covered the Teachers' Dispute
Mixed messages from reporters and editorial board rooms.
How CanWest Helped Elect Campbell and Company
Unlike the dubious 'strike vote' story, a report bad for Libs lay buried until after election day.
Budget Coverage Out of Balance
Sun treatment of the last two NDP budgets and the current Liberal effort was vastly different, despite some similar numbers.
U.S.-style Media Monitor Comes North
How the Fraser Institute’s U.S.-inspired CanStats targets the media and distorts science reporting.
Senate Comes to Scrutinize Big Media in BC
What's it like to live in Canada's media concentration capital? Just fine, a senate committee has already been told. They'll hear other views next week.
What the Sun Calls an 'Exclusive'
And other concerns as B.C.'s paper of record 'converges' its news.
A Sun Columnist's Change of Heart
The Vancouver Sun's Don Cayo's first heart attack was treated in Florida and he trashed the care he might have received here. Now he's changed his tune.
The Fraser Institute's Plan to Undercut Public Schools
Its 'report cards' in The Province are divisive propaganda -- and more about helping privatizers than the poor.
Where School Choicers Got Started
The idea's roots reach deep into U.S. Christian and libertarian politics.
